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mm mm dead, GKKAT DEMOCRAT EXPIRES SUDDENLY. After a Long lllnewM, Wae Unexpected?Funeral Tu? st ft O'clock. Princeton. N. J.. June 14.?Qrover (Cleveland, twice president of the *J sited HutM, died at 1.40 o'clock this morning at hie home, "West la thai quiet college town, he had lived since his retire it ss the nation's chief executive, II rears ago. j Whan the sad came, which was in. there were in the death Iber oa the second floor of the Oevuland residence Mrs. Cleveland. Dr. loa D. Bryant of Now York, Mr. Csssslani's family physician and per frteod; Dr. Oeo. Lockwood, also Maw York, and Dr. John M. ?ff Princeton. Aa omclai statement given out and by (he three physicians gave traakssj superinduced by stom aad a* da ay ailments of long 19. as the causa of death. Mr. Cleveland bad been In ?aHa foe the last two years and Iff pounds In weight, his unexpectedly gome be was brought home where his condition flee a time was such that ths hotel mm which he was staying was kept aajam after Its regular Mason because tsa was tea Ml so be moved. But when Mr. Cleve land was brought back to he showed signs of Im isaeat and gained five pounds in Although confined to his room con anousty after his return to Prince It was not until yesterday that Jfr. Cleveland's condition aroused un? less oa the part of Mrs. Cleve Uadeubtedty affected* by the Mr, Cleveland showed signs of failure ml Mrs. Cleveland tele to Dr. Bryant, who arrived from New York at 4.S4 p. m. Lock wood followed Dr. Bryant New Yerk and when they reach hare Dr. Coohran Mr. Cleveland's physician, was also called in. the evening Mr. Cleveland ta rally and Mrs. Cleveland assured that It was merely anoth? er mi the many attacks Mr. Cleveland mmd suffered. , Bssnsap W< Mr Cleveland became worse dur? tost the aright aad Mrs, Cleveland was aallsd to fas hfdelde of her husband, ejas dletlngulsaed patient sank Into from which he re? nt Oeses only to suffer a re Thts continued throughout the ana the early morning, last time he became unconscious about two hours before he died, is peaceful. Just before he Cleveland seaght to say hat mm words were Inaudl text of the official statement Mr. Cleveland's death for many years had attacks of gas origin. Also he standing organic disease aad kidneys. Heart flail eosaetloeted wffh pulmonary aad oedema was the lro? of his death." two or three hours later Dr. at, la answer to a question, said the "hesrt failure which occa death was Induced within 14 of the end and death was Anally to that." thus corroborating the lei Information that Mr. Cleve? to grow worse yesterday . n. Tnw news of Mr. Cleveland'* death SSM as a sadden shock to the peo a <of Princeton, as It did to the peo h at the rest of the world. As the spread about the university were placed at half staff and expressed regrets and ex Mr. Oleeetand's virtues, aas announced tonight that the for the funeral on Friday had freed st I p. m. None of the fastral arrangements has been He!/ decided upon and probably not be made public tomorrow. The OdViai Pn n-Ismathm. ra*h ragten. June 14.?In Washlng wnere many of those who are leaSfcrvg olllolals of the govern earn* Into office during hi* ad t ration and where thousands of met htm at social functions SSI tasj Watte House the news of ist Cleveland's death caused prefowad sensation. Official action red promptly. A few hours of his formal proclamation an ?warn iMg the death. President Koose west directed Secretary Cortelyou. the ajgaW cabinet officer In Washington ssad thus the acting head of the ad? ministration, to hsve all executive departments place the national flags am their buildings at half mast. This was Immediately promulgated probably will be in effect for SO The president's proclamation was iws: Mbmrybody Is wise after the event. By the President of the United States, A PROCLAMATION. The White House, June 24, 1908. To the People of the United States: I Qrover Cleveland, president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897, died at 8.40 o'clock this morning at his home in Princeton, N. J. In his death the nation has been deprived of one of its greatest cttlsens. By profession a lawyer his chief services to his coun? try were rendered during a long, va? ried and honorable career in public life. As mayor of his city, as govern? or of his State and twice as president he showed a signal power as an ad? ministrator, coupled with entire devo? tion to the country's good and a cour? age that quailed before no hostility when once he was convinced where hie duty lay. Since his retirement from the presidency he has con? tinued well and faithfully to serve his countrymen by the atmpllcty, dig? nity and uprightness of his private life. In testimony if the respect In which his memory Is held by the gov? ernment and people of the United States I do hereby direct that the flags on the White House and the sev? eral departmental building* be dis? played at half staff for a period of 30 days; and suitable military and naval honors under the orders of tho sec? retaries of war and of the navy be rendered on the lay of the funeral. Done this twenty-fourth day of June In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred an.' 'hirty-second. Theodore Roosevelt. By the president, Alvey mu Adee, Acting Secretary of State. _____ Mr. Bryan's Fine Tribute. Lincoln, Neb., June 24.?The fol? lowing tribute to Former President Orover Cleveland was written tonight by w, J. Bryan, and will appear In next week's leaue of his paper: "The death of ex-President Orover .Cleveland bringe to a sudden end the phenomena! career of one of the strongest characters known to the po? litical world during the present gen-/ oration. Like every commanding fig? ure he had xealous supporters and earnest opponents, but those who differed from him were as ready as his warmest friends to concede to him the possession of elements of leadership to an extraordinary de? gree. He was deliberate In action. Arm in conviction and ready to accept responsibility for what he did. Few men have exerted a more posi? tive Influence upon those associated with them. We are not far enough from the period In which his work was done to to measure accurately his place In history, but the qualities which made him great are a part of the nation's heritage, and universal sorrow Is felt at his death." CAROLINA MUTUAL'8 AFFAIRS. Efforts Being Made to Determine the Company's Liabilities. Spartanburg, June 81.?Judge Hy drlck today hlgned an order referring the affaire of the Carolina Mutual In? surance Company to J. J. Burnett, master, for the purpose of taking teetlmony on contested claims. This company recently went Into the hands of a receiver. 8. M. Wetmore being appointed to this position. He has retained J. W. Nash as attorney and together they are trying to learn what the liabilities of the company are. After this Is done the court will au? thorise an assessment of the pollcy holedre to pay off all the losses. MILLS ARE ROSPEROUS. Quarter of a million to he Paid Out In Dividends on July 1. Greenville, .June 25.?July 1 Is leml-annual dividend day In Green? ville, ind over a quarter of a' million dollars In checks will be mailed out Monday to shareholders In Green? ville mills and banks, dividends hav? ing been declared at the annual spring meetings. The aggregate for the hanks is $21.000 while the total for the mills Is $236.860; the combined dividends amounting to $257.650. Mad Dog Bitten. Little Mabel Glfford. a daughter of Mr. R. F. Glfford, was bitten by a mad dog on last Monday or Tuesday and was taken to the Pasteur Insti? tute at Baltimore for treatment. Wo sincerely hope that It will be affect? ive, and that no serious results will accrue from the Injury.?Camden People. The directors of the Paris paper Le Journal are offering a prize of 400 pound* for the best symbolic statue of the French Republle, of today. Tho figure with the Phrygian cap is considered out of d tte. The Young Ladles' Auxiliary So? ciety of th? Presbyterian church will 5*ell Ice cream on the lot between the Oh Step and manse on Friday after? noon at 6 o'clock. ENGINEER LEE'S REPORT. RESULT OF INSPECTION' OP THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Minor Defects Found at Few Place? In Pipe Line?The Sceptic Tank Does Not Purify Sewerage Is Opin? ion of Highest Sanitary Authorities. Sumter, S. C, June 23. 1908. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, Sumter. S. C. Gentlemen: As directed by your honorable body I have inspected the Eastern or Turkey Creek division of the sewerage system. I have examin? ed all man-holes carefully, have tried and tested all flush tanks and examined the line of pipe as best I could. I wish to attract your atten? tion to the great difficulty of Inspect? ing a sewerage system after its com? pletion, nearly all of it being covered up and hidden from view. The pipe Joints are not visible except the few near man-holes and only the inner sides of these can be seen. The foun? dations and sides of man-holes and flush tanks cannot be seen, therefore I wish you gentlemen to clearly un? derstand that I am not assuming any responsibility in making this my re? port. The pipe used in this construction seems to be a good quality of hard burnt glazed sewer pipe, and the sizes used are adequate with the grade obtainable to accommodate the sewage of the city with an increased population. The grade Is very good as manifest? ed by the flow ove*r the sand in the bottom of the pipe; at one point (on Ha user street) the water in the pipe is backed up about two inches?in other words, in one man-hole the depth of the water is practically noth? ing, while in the next man-hole up the line the water is two Inches deep and standing perfectly still. This' la probably caused by some small obstruction, as sand, In the pipe and not a dip in the grade. With copious flushings this obstruction could most likely be washed out. The Joints which can be seen from the inside of the pipe near the man? holes appear to be well closed and straight, some little oakum la hang? ing down in the line of pipe, but this is as little as could be expected in almost any pipe, some dripping of seepage water from the crown of the pipe can be heard. There is by actual measurement three and three quarter inches of seepage In the 22 lnch pipe at the outfall. The meas? urement was taken before any flush tank had been operated, so I am sure it Is all seepage and leaks. With the exception of a little at the corner of Main and Warren streets nearly all of the seepage is found between the intersection of the main line with the Hauser street line and the foot of E. Liberty street, and from the same point of Intersection to the Silver street man-hole on the Hauser street line. In this distance there Is about one Inch of sand in the bottom of the line, there Is also deposited in the grit chamber some sand. Some of this sand may have been left In the pipes after it was laid and some evi? dently has been coming In through a break In a man-hole, which break 1 will later call your attention to. This seepage seems to fluctuate with the rainfall. Some of It may disappear, but I am afraid it will always be about the same. My reason for be? lieving that It will not disappear la because so much of the seepage la confined to the short distances above mentioned. If this seepage was dis? tributed all through the line where wa? ter bearing strata is encountered I would think that It came In through very small openings which would fill up later. As the sand appears only at the above mentioned points I am afraid that It Is also coming in through leaks and was not all lefl when the pipe was laid. I have not applied the usual ball test to the lines of pipe because I am afraid of stopping up the pipe. The passing of a ball of one inch less diameter than the pipe through th* line Is the standard test of sewers. I have inspected all man-holes and And them to be of good design with the exception of two where leaks in the bottom were found, but which are now being repaired. I have also examined and tested all flush tanks and And them to be all right with the exception of the one on Main street in front of the Southern Express Company's office, which one falls to siphon, but is being repaired, I understand. The sceptic tank is of good design and construction with the exception of the manner of diverting the sewer? age from the grit chamber when that chamber is to be cleaned out. The present device is simply to divert the untreated sewage into an open and dry ditch which has no particular outlet, and allowed to run in this manner until the chamber Is cleaned out. The discharge pipe from the tank whs found to develop a leak which was caused by not having the earth underearth properly tamped, This is being repaired by the assistant engi? neer in charge of construction. I must attract the attention of the council to the manner of the proposed treatment of the sewage because I am afraid that it will not prove a sat? isfactory disposition. The sceptic tank treatment alone is only the preparatory treatment to the com ' plete purification of the sewage by intermittent nitration. To cover the question of sewerage purification I will herewith embody in my report a paper read before the Ohio State board of health by its engineer, A. E. 1 Klmberly, on "Sewerage Purification," which paper is clear and in accord? ance with all standard authorities on this form of sewage purification.. Your body may not think it neces? sary to further treat your sewerage at the present time, but put In the com? plete filter beds when you think It necessary. Your engineer has pro? vided space for the Installation of a complete purification plant. My reasons for being in doubt as to My reasons for being in doubt as the safety of dumping the untreated sewage into Turkey creek is because of the fact that this stream is often very nearly dry during a dry spell of weather in the hot summer and au? tumn. I would suggest to your body that you have the sand In the pipes clean out now because after connections are made It will be very much more difficult. If there is no sand entering the pipe now we should be tolerably free from any sand deposit hereafter, and I am In hopes that we will find this to be the case. The nature of the ground through which a great deal of the pipe is laid Is exceedingly difficult and I think that your engi? neer has made as good a job on pipe laying as possible under the circum? stances. I am naturally suspicious of the line of pipe through such difficult soll. I would have thought that a better location could have been found nearer the Turkey creek bottoms where the pipe line wou'r' not have been so deep and not subjected to such underground water pressure, but I suppose that such a location was not permissible, and that your engineer had to make the beat of It he could. Your superintendent of construction deserves commendation for getting a line of pipe through such a hill of sand. His man-holes and flush tanks are also of special good workmanship. Respectfully submitted, * W. Loring Lee, City Engineer. BANKS IN FIXE SHAPE. Report of the Examiner Shows That .Money on Deposit is Being Lent Out to Industrial Concerns?The Figures. The State bank, examiner, Mr. Giles L. Wilson, of Spartanburg, has made public his compilation of reports from the 233 State, private and sav? ings banks in South Carolina, the statements being as of date June 4th, 1908, on which date the call for statements was made by the exami? ner. The number of state, private and savings banks is the same as on the date of the last call, March 9th, but there has been since that time one state bank nationalized and one new state bank has begun business, mak? ing the number the same. The report shows that the 223 banks have loans and discounts amounting to $36,070,722.60 at this time while the capital stock amounts to $9,193,676.67; the total deposits reach $14,476,377.11 and the savings deposits reach $11,076,454.60. At the beginning of the present calendar year, the loans and dis? counts of the 204 banks reported on reached $32,248,203.98; the Individ? ual deposits reached $16,410,885.29 and the savings deposits amounted to $11,917,313.82. It will be seen that the loans and discounts have increas? ed by about four million but the In? dividual deposits have decreased and the savings deposits also. The comparison shows that the money of the state is being utilized for business and investment purposes. Since the first of the year there has been an increase of 29 banks in the State, with an Increase of a half mll [llon dollars capital. The multiplica? tion of small banks Is a good sign of the times. TAR HEEL POLITICS. North Carolina Convention Still In Deadlock. Charlotte, June 26.?After having taken 14 ballots without material change the Democratic State con? vention adjourned at 2 o'clock this (Friday) morning to meet again at 10 o'clock today. The adjournment Is accounted a victory for the Craig forces. Some think that when they've rounded off the corners of rnttennQ*s they've polished the Impurity into pu? rity. Nature provides that If we make life a dream <>f pleasure we shall awaken by stubbing the toe on a pain. VALVE OF WATER HATES. The Commercial Supremacy of Towns That Can Obtain Water Transpor? tation Seen is Assured?Interesting Letter From Former Citizen or Sumter. Mr. Editor: I noticed some time 1 ago In your editorial a few lines1 which attracted my attention, in re? gard to building a railroad to the river to connect with the boats of the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co. That, in my mind, would be a paying local proposition. Now, you well know Sumter is bottled up by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and so long as those conditions exist, you need not expect anything from the Atlantic Coast Line. For example, take the' manner in which they treat? ed you concerning the new station? a station that really should be in Mayesville, and I sometimes think they made an error when they drew the plans, thinking it was for Mayes? ville. Sumter should be a distribut? ing point and in order to maintain that position must have a water route. Now, I think, by all means, they should encourage the Betts Lumber Co. railroad to build to Sumter. Now I am in a position to know that your paper has done quite a great deal In helping along the wonderful growth of Sumter, but you can still do more by driving solid facts Into their minds. Sumter needs the water route and by all means pull together and get aame. Enclosed find clipping from the American which will ex? plain what this water route has ac? complished for Georgetown and Eastern Carolina. Now I hope you will find space to reproduce this ar? ticle. Thanking you very kindly for your kind consideration in this mat? ter. Now I believe your valuable paper can accomplish this feat if you will keep it before the people. Thank? ing you in advance for a few moments of your time. I remain, Yours truly, J. W. Scaffe. 208 E. 20th Street, Baltimore, June 21, 1908. Baltimore's splendid position for trade with the South and as a dis? tributing point was never more strik? ingly illustrated than by the experi? ence and the present condition of the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company. Deprived by a fire at sea of the services of one of its steam? ships, the George Weems, officer* of the company have been at work to secure another ship to maintain the splendidly growing coastwise business between this city and North and South Carolina and Interior points reached via those States. The propo? sition with the company is to find a ship of 15 feet (loaded) draft, of large freight-carrying capacity and in good condition. For such a ship they are ready to pay a proper fig? ure. While Baltimore sends great quan? tities of boots, shoes, dry goods, bak? ery products, spirits, groceries, hard? ware, flour, grain and miscellaneous articles by this coastwise line, the canned goods movement is immense. This movement will begin in volume within a month, so that the company has but little time to secure a ship to help out the Theodore Weems, which Is kept plying constantly up and down, the coast loaded to ca? pacity, and with inability to carry all the freight offered. Helps City's Trade. Not for many years has there been started from Baltimore a transporta? tion enterprise that has done so much to develop the city's business and that Is so large with promise. A striking development of the present year is the great flow of cotton from Charleston abroad to every country of Europe via Baltimore, a business formerly done via New York. On the pier of the Carolina company, at the foot of Long Dock, there are now stored hundreds of bales of cotton consigned to Russia. Austria, Ger? many, France and England; there has Just gone from the pier 1,100 bales for England, and there is on the ship bound north over 1,000 bales for for? eign markets. So great is the de? mand of cotton to reach Europe by way of Baltimore that the amount moving is regulated simply by the ability of the Carolina company to carry it and of the foreign bottoms to take it. This movement is a great trade tri? umph for Baltimore and it demon? strates how rare are the advantages of this city if the people, like the Wlllian ? Brothers, will only realize them and work to develop them. A sign of the improvement in bus? iness is that the northbound lumber und the southbound products from Baltimore are Increasing. The prin? ciple involved in the business of the coastwise steamship line Is that by It goods can reach the South cheaper from her?? than from New York and other Northern cities, and the same Roods can be distributed through here and abroad ami to a vast section of WYstt-rn country cheaper. These geo? graphic conditions form a tremendous trade Influence and the business of the steamship Company is destined to become one of the most satisfactory of Baltimore's commercial achieve? ments. A Loral Enterprise. Begun as a strictly local enterprise and conducted by men who for gen? erations have been in the water trans? portation business, it is the aim of this company to always maintain the important trade link a:< a Baltimore concern. They find expansion of fa? cilities needful and are seeking to in? terest local merchants and trade bodies in plans for the means for the expansion. The traffic agreement entered into between the steamship company and the Southern Railway Company opens up a new trade vista of rare promise. The products of the mill towns of the interior Carolinas and Georgia now find their markets in Baltimore and via Baltimore abroad and to the West over lines of least freight re? sistance, and that branch of the bus? iness is growing wonderfully. Balti? more goods and goods from the North and West reach these Interior mill towns over the same attractive route. Norfolk once tried to recapture this company, and Northern capitalists have tried to capture it. but the pres? ent owners are intensely desirous that the enterprise, bsgun here and of so much local benefit, be always owned here. ? THE ENCAMPMENT ENDS. Troops Break Camp in Orderly Fash? ion at Sullivan's Island. Charleston, June 27.?With the breaking of camp of the Second and Third regiments of the South Caro? lina National Guard on Sullivan's Isl? and today, the departure of the sol? diers was rapidly, smoothly and safely conducted by special trains this after? noon. With the same precision and order? ly arrangements by which the Nation? al Guard arrived in Charlestons and went down to Sullivan's Island, the troops returned here on the early afternoon trips of the ferry, the local commands repairing first to their ar? mories and putting up their equip? ment, while the out of Charleston commands loaded their baggage qn ^ the cars, conveniently placed at the ferry wharf and then boarded the coaches and took their departure. The ease, dispatch and general effi? cient handling of the men and bag? gage was a striking commentary of itself on the military training of the soldiers who are under the Dick law the reserve force of the general ar? my. "***>? mann r In which the bag gt a - w a? h andU ? d ?peciall y spo k ? Volumes for tne }uarterma*ter** Nie? ps rti The Atlantic Const Lir.^ ran two specials out of Charleston for the de? parting soldiers; the Walterboro com? pany went on the regular train, leav? ing here at 5:30 o'clock and the two specials leaving shortly afterwards carried the soldiers for Columbia, Camden. Sumter and Elloree to one section and the National Guardsmen for Florence, Georgetown, Benntees ville, Hartsvllle, Darlington and Tim monsville in the other. The Southern railway carried out the companies for Branchville, Barnwell, Bamberg. Wlnnsboro and Edgefleld. The soldiers were all In a good hu? mor. Some of the number were anx? ious to get home after their arduous but pleasant work of the past ten days In camp, while others would like to have tarried and spent some time here. The men had all spent the time profitably on the island and learned more in ten days than they could have ever done In State encampments which were once popular. The work at Fort Moultrie was Interesting to them, they enjoyed the seashore life and they go home, ready to come back next year. The Charleston battalion of the Third regiment shares the same sentiment, respecting the benefits and pleasure of an enceampment at the seashore, directly under the charge of the of? ficers of the regular army. The Remedy That Does Good. ?"Dr. King's New Discovery is the remedy that does the healing others promise but fail to perform," says Mrs. E. R. Pierson, of Auburn Centre, Pa. "It Is curing me of throat and lung trouble of long standing, that other treatments relieved only tem? porarily. New Discovery Is doing me so much good that I feel confident Its continued use for a reasonable length of time will restore me to perfect health." This renowned cough and cold remedy and throat and lung healer is sold at Slbert's Drug Store. 50c. and |L Trial bottle free. Religion may become an escape from duty, rather than its inspiration and fulfillment. A Revelation. ?It is a revelation to people, the severe cases of lung trouble that have been cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. It not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs. I* M. Ruggles. Reasnor. Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I had consumption, and I got no better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hem? orrhages and pains in my lungs and they are now as sound as a bullet." Slbert's Drug Store. What Is classed as the longest river system is the Mlmissippl-Mlasonrl which Is also the most useful, as great cities have grown op along Its banks.