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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.