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M TX \t\ LK W KS. The i 'hange of Color rYoin t.recii to lloo! or Vollow ?r llrcun. . Despite the commonness of autumn Coloring*, we del not yet know the full meaning of aut mm colors of leaven. We do know that late In the summer the tree In preparing f >r the leaf fall by drawing the valuable substance of the leaf Into th ? stem. It also ceases I? make hlorophyl (the green *,ab stance of the leaf which aids in the making of the plant's ood). and hi gradually fadea away Ir the bright light. By fading la exposes to v ew any other colors in the eaf, and all loaves contain yellow coloring mat? ters called innthophyl, whose func? tion Is not known, and It Is these which give the yellow color to au? tumn leaves. \ The red Is formed differently. In bright light end cool temperature a new substance, called erythrophyl. H made from sugar and tannin In the loaf cells, and that has a red color. A brown substance Is also sometimes formed, and. besides, the skeleton of the leaf Itself turns brown as the leaf dlea It Is the various combinations of those subatancea that give the many shade* of autumn color* Some students think these colors are* a useful protection to the living protoplasm (life material) of the leaf after the green disappears, protect? ing It against the full blase of light, which la Injurious, but others think the colors have no use at all, but are simply the incidental chemical result of the process) In the ripening and dying of the l?af. As yet the weight of evidence seem* to favor thte latter view, but the mut? ter la still unsettled. It is geenra'ly thought that frost has something to do with It. but It has not. except to vitality of the leaf tenda to has '.t. Anything which effect* ten it. for which reason an injured branch of a maple will often show red autumn color even In summer. The colors are brightest where the leaveo roeetve the movt brilliant sun L> aline.?Professor W. F. Oanong In St Nicholas. 1 * Oatntry Life. ? (From the Argonaat.) Margaret, who lives In the city, went to the eouatry to visit some cousins At breakfast the first morn? ing there was a dish of honey on the tabes, and Margaret, to show her cou? sins that she was familiar with coun? try life, carelessly remarked. "Ah. I saw you keep a bee." Everybody Will Wear Specs Some Day. ? Pr?sent statistics show that there li I a wonderful Increase In the number of people who depend on glasses for gcod vision. Take enlightened Bos ton. Tho Hub." for instance. There are more people wearing specs there than In any other city of Its slse. Where learning and progress are. you wfll find the most people wearing glasses. Are you going to stay behind till yon b .vc to have them and then rysipbo find you havs waited too long, that some small trouble has grown on till glssses won't remedy It? IF YOU DOXT NEED TCW WE , TELL YOU. W. A. Thompson, ? a Main tun** Huaur. s. C. $2.75 ?TO ? And Return. $4.05 ?TO? (For Myrtle Beach.) ?VIA And Return Atlantic Coast Linn Tickets for laic f<?r all trams ??eh Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May j<r h ami mntitui inj? to Saturday, Sept, |th, 19a limited to return Monday follow? ing date of Hale, i An excellent opportunity to rbit the famous Seashore Ri raorts tl South Carolina at a minimum l or information, call on Ticket A^ent, or write. W J, CRA G, T. C. WHITE, Pat. Traf. Mgr. 6en. Pas Agt. WILMINbTON, N. C. NEED MORE STEAMSHIPS. Unite*.! Stifles Has Practical^ No Lines \M I^athi-American Ports. RdttOf Watchman <fc S < > u t h i o n! Referring to my letter of heeem - bar 14. 1908. to editors of Southern newspaper*, on the interest of the South In the expansion of our export trade with the Latin-American coun ttiea, I take the liberty of add ff?lim you on the great importance of direct and regular steamship communica? tion between the South Atlantic and Gulf ports and those countries. It is obvious, of course, that if the products of the Southern Stales are to be sold In Mexico, Central and South America and the West India Is? lands, they must be carried to those countr es. Mexico Is the only one wfth which we have rail communica? tion, and to a great part of that coun? try, especially from our territory south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east >f the Mississippi, traffic can l>* moved efficiently by water as well at by rail. Therj are direct and reg? ular lines from some of the South At? lantic and Gulf ports to some of the Mexican, Central American, and West Indian ports. There are no such .lines to any South American port. New York Is the only port on our t'\rttlc coast from which there are recular steamship sailing to ports >oi:th of Venezuela. There are four . egular steamers per month from New York to Brasil; seven to the River Plata, and three or four to the Went coast, making a total of seven? teen or eighteen. From European ports there are fourteen to 13razll; Eighteen to the River Plata, and thtee to the West coast, or a total of 85. The inferiority of the nervlce frcm the United States is even greater hau Is Indicated by the comparative number of sailings, us the steamers fiom European ports are gererally faster and have superior passenger accommodations. Prom our South Atlantic and Gulf ports there Is occaRional communica? tion by tramp # steamers with ports sruth of Venezuela, but as a rulo ruch 0. the products of the Southern States a- find their way Into the markets ut South America are sent through Northern ports. In fact, a consider? able- proportion of the exports from the United States to the east coast of South America, south cf Para, brazil, g<o from New York acrosw the Atlan? tic to Europe, and across the Atlantic again to South America. For In? stance, In a report on trade condition* in Brazil/ by Special Ageat Lincoln Hutchinson, published by (he Bureau of Manufactures, It, to stated that at least fifty per cent of the American i 1. ams sold in Brazil ana shipped by way of England, and considerable proportions of other kinds of traffic move by the same route. It It sometimes argued that, if our merchants ?tnd manufacturers would AevOtC sufficient attention to cultivat? ing Latin-American trade, and would mi velop a sufhciero volume of traf? fic, there would be no difficulty about securing adequate transportation fa? cilities. To a certain extent this is true. There are large numbers of so called tramp steamers constantly looking for traffic wherever It Is to be f? und, and any shipper In any Amer? ican port, who had a full carg0 for South America, would doubtless have little difficulty in finding a sh p to carry It. The difficulty Is that our merchants and manufacturers. In their efforts to build up trade with the Ijatin-American countries, come into competition with European ri? vals who are generally served by reg? ular lines of steamers receiving aid, either in form of susldies or of lib-' eral payment for carrying the mails.] from the countries whose flags they] fly Vessels from these countries) snail | on regular schedules. The South] .Wmrlean merehant ordering goods In L r< rp??ol or Hamburg by mail knows! v h' ii Iiis order will be received, by I e i.at steamer It will be shipped, and ?i -t when he ma> CSPCOt it to arrive. If he sent hla order to the United i n.s, unless It was from one of the comparatively few points having reg ulet sailings, he could have no Idea when it >nld be received by the American shipper et when the goods i ould be snipped. Therefore, while it ? ? tl Ue lb U, Ml ter n nie has one.- bee!) '? sloped, there would prebabl] be no difficulty in obtaining all the ships needed to carry it. the difficulty of building up sueh a trade Is greatly Increased by lack of direct and regit? Inf steamer* carrying the mails und piis.<enKers ats well as freight. In tin report on trade conditions in Braalli referred to. Mr. Hutchinson teil* of Instances tu which u look twice as lom;. to ?et mill orders from the United Statei at from RuropoJ and says: *'In a very large pmt of our I ta/ll trade tie- malls an an Impor? tant factOff, and there can be BO dotil t that many orders which might I otherwise go to our manufacture) . I*'1 to Europe Instead." In a similar report on trad" condtloni in Argen? lipo, Paraguay, and Uruguay Mr, Hutchinson says. 'There ale some di? rect mails to the Rivet Pinta? but they are car h-d on slow freighters and th? scrvIce la general li greatly Inferior to thai from Europe, both in dispatch and in frequency. Constant snnoysna and delay results, and marohanti who have no direct Amor lean ties will, other things 1 i n equal, place ordert In Burope rather than In the United States." There si s dlffi reneei of opinion as t ? the methods which should be adopted for the Improvement ot out ?teamshlp communication wT t u the Latin-American countries, i think wt can all agree, however, that if we arc to realize the full benefits of our geographica] relation to those markets and of the demand which exists In them for (roods which we produce, something practical must be done to secure the establishment of regular steamship lines. Whatever policies may be adopted to this end, it is so manifestly to the Interest of our sec? tion that all Southern products ship? ped to those countries sho/uld go through Southern ports, that, not only those engaged in business at those ports, but the Southern people gen? erally, should work together in some practical way to secure direct lines from the South Atlantic and Gulf ports. Those ports have the great advantage of shorter distances, espe? cially to all points in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, the north? ern coast of South America, and points on the West coast reached by way of the Tehauntepec and Panama Raftways. This advantage with re? spect to the West coast ports will be greatly Increased on the completion of the Panama Canal, and It is im? portant that the people of our section should be prepared to make the most effective use of that waterway. This is a matter which concerns ?li the people of the South so vitally that I believe all those Interested in Southern development should work to? gether In an effort to bring about an improvement in our steamship ser? vice to all the Latin-American coun? tries. Yours very truly, W. W. FINLEY, President. TarUY Ik a Coward Maker. "Tariff legislation has made cow urds of brave men and has proved the truth of the statement of the late Gen. Hancock that the tariff was a local issue," said President Wilcox of the Public Service Commission, whq was in Washington a fortnight since. "I've been watching the debates in the hopes of noting one speech In fav? or of the whole country but find that every man wants to legislate for his own city and let the rest of the coun? try struggle along best it can. "Last evening I listened to a con- \ gressman voice a plaint which proves that Gen. Hancock was possessed ">f ? prophetic mind. 'How I'm ever going) to get a renomlaution and be re-elect? ed. I don't knrw,' he said. 'In one end of my district there are nine fur? niture factories employing a lar^e numl>er of men. ""Those furniture factories use thousands <d mirrors each yeaT and they have s?*nt word to rae that thev want glasH -put on the free li?t. In the other end of the district ther?- are six glass factories. They haw or? dered me to make a fight to nave a h*gh protective duty maintained on >4/ite glass. " 'I'm ?rp against it.' "Truly,'" said a woodpulp patriot. *ho was listening, "the position of j that congressman was pitiable, but pitiable only because he is a coward, j If a Democrat he ought to ^stand im his party platform. The ones whi> find themHelves even more ludicrously placed arc the high protection Re publican editors?those patriots ?of the pen who have long howled the belief that Free Trade was a crime and that the nation could live only under the beneficence of Protection. "Now they wildly reranl a<nd ah rick ?until their wails of pain keep sena? tors and congressmen awn tee. Why, you say: "why, because woodpulp Is protected and because they are pay? ing more for print paper OSM thev would be forced to pay If wood and pulp were on the free list. 'We itfO arc loyal to our beliefs.' they ? wail. 'We still believe that protection spells a national prosperity but*for Gawd's sake deliver us from it. even if you rob us of our beliefs.' "?National Monthly. An tMid old Custom. wheM a io n associate of the Royal Academy is elected sunn- of the acad? emy mod. is dsah off with the news, and the Brst to arrive with the glad tidings at tin- house of the fortunate artist is by custom rewarded with q guinea, it says much for the honesty of artists' models as s clasi thai no ? cas< Is known of one of them having obtained this guinea by false pre* tenses from some obscure Mid wealthy amateur. London Punch, The [/infer. "Dooi the new oftlct boy loaf or make mischief?" "Loafs." "Discharge him. We can direct mischievous lad's efforts Into some useful channel, but w < can't do any thing with a loafer."' Buffalo Bx? press. THE COCAINE HABIT. Much More Serious Danger Thau Is Hydrophobia. Within roc. nt years the cocaine habit among negroei lias grown to be a grei t evil In Charlotte and many other Southern cities.' The negro who takea cocaine becomes temporarily erased and there is no crime which he will r*ot commit or attempt when under its influence. Policemen dread him a$i they dread nothing else, for he has both a maniac's strength and a maniac's fury. In Charlotte are joints where cocaine fiends hold per? iodical orgies; these places, filled with crazy demons, bear little resem? blance to the dreamy atmosphere of Chinese opium joints. Opium or its derivatives?morphine, heroin, etc., ?would from the standpoint of so? ciety be far preferable. To procure cocaine the habitue will undertake any crime; and since he is or soon becomes, worthless as a worker, crimes and shifty expedients consti? tute abnost his only resources. The police know well that the frequent purse-snatching on Charlotte streets are attributable to the cocaine fiends. They know, too, that crimes of vio? lence in the community arise mainly from the same cause. Thus the co? caine negro commits crime to supply himself with his drug and is a most dangerous criminal when supplied* Continued spread of the habit threat? ens the nogro population, and the white South in its relation to the ne !gro population, with a menace un? mistakably grave. These remarks are written without ai.y reference to the recent cases in the recorder's court of Charlotte for selling cocaine improperly on pre? scription. One defendant was very little blamable, according to the evi? dence and the court's decision, and the other still less. We are discuss? ing the large problem of the cocaine r.egro. This is primarily a problem of how to cut off his supply, and it pre? sents great difficulties. The madden? ing drug has so little bulk and weight that enough to debauch a whole city for weeks can easily be carried in one pocket. Negro vendors of co? caine Bell by the "sniff," and the trade yields huge profits. These ne? groes seldom have very much dif? ficulty in getting stock, tor, just as there was always whites willing to sell Indians guns and rum though the massacre of white women and children inevitably followed, so there are white men now who will sell ne? groes cocaine. And it should not be supposed that dnrg stores are tho only source of supply. There has grown up a distinct cocaine trade. It is strongly believed that the drug is shipped to ne^ro vendors in Char? lotte by.a regular purveyor from at least one outsldfc point. At Senator Kluttz's instance the last legislature closed up a "Wide gap, previously existing in the law of hab-1 it forming drugs. and 'habitual u??rs" can no longer buy from drug? gists without prescriptions, Since flien prospects for curbing the drug habit In general have been improved by a proposed limitation, manufac? turing and importing pharmacists as? senting, ux>on the amount of such drugs to be imported each .year through American customs hoases. In cities -where the evD has grown it behooves the police to exert ?them seives actively. Every one working against cocaine will have the grati? tude and support of the better class colored people, who recognize in this drug a deadly enemy of their race. ?Charlotte Observer. tan* Way to tie! Things. On a very hot afternoon In Ticpeka recently, a number si around-town chaps who don't seem to have .much to do were lounging in the chairs in front of a leading hotel. Stveral traveling men came ot^ of the hotel, and finding all of the chairs occupied looked and spoke things that wouldn't go well in polite society. "Let's dump a few of them eut," .suggested one. "Hold on a minute. replied "an? other. "Watch me get ? chair/' With that he walked over to one of the loungers .and in the most courteous Way said: "Will you phase tell DM whether that Is a drug store across the street ."' ".\<>," neplied the lounger, "that's i bank." <>h. is it? Well, lay, what is thai dee big building just '!<??.?.:) the stre d there, two corners away?" "That's the postoffice," was the re? ply. "Yog) live In this charming eity. th> n?* asked the drummer. "l do."vsaid the lounger. "Well, then," replied the traveling man. 'I'm a guest at lhi< hotel, and paying for at commodatlons, Suppose you gel tip and give me that chair." He got the ohalr.?Kansas City Journal. Everything, "We bad a glorious dinner!" "That so? What did they glvt you?" "BSverythlng you can imagine.'' "Well, we had hash, too."?Cleve land Leader. Centennial of the Dtectplea off Christ Bept 7th. isn.? ;, pamphlet of 56 pages was published at Washington. Pa., under the title of "A Declaration and Address." The Scccdcr Presby Urian Minister who wrote it was an Irish Immigrant of marked scholar? ship, piety BO 1 grace, whose name, Thomas Campbell, indicates that be? fore he was an Irishman be was i Scotchman. It was a plea for the re? union of all churches by a return to the doctrines, ordinances and life of the Apostolic church. It called for the abolition of all creeds and confes? sions of faith as tests of fellowship, and the reinstatement of the Word of God, and particularly the scriptures of the New Testament, as the united churches' only rule of faith and prac? tice. It plead for the renouncement of all human leadership and the ex? altation of Christ as the one head of the church. It breathed the kindliest spirit of Christian fellowship, and was manifestly inspired by a yearn? ing for peace and unity in the family of God as well as by loyalty to Christ. Shortly before this date and soon after it other leaders in different churches and in various parts of the new world took the same position. As fast as these became acquainted they united in the common cause. Alexan? der Campbell, the son of Thomas, was soon recognized as their foremost champion. There is nb general ecele l siastical organization, but great vigor in local church activity and mission? ary endeavor. A million and a half dollars was devoted last year to mis ' sions, benevolence and education. They expect to increase these offer? ings to two millions this year. Easter is generally observed by offerings for the support of orphanages both at home and on the mission fields. Their 11,000 churches, in whose fellowship a million and a quarter members are now living are various? ly known as Churches of Christ, Christian Churches or Disciples. The Centennial is being celebrated by a far-reaching campaign of betterment in all departments of Christian life and service. The culmination of the celebration will be a great convention In Pittsburg, Oct. 11-19, 1909. Fifty thousand delegates are expected to attend. It will be the greatest relig? ious gathering of the century, not only in the number of persons present, and the splendid achievements reported, but especially in its testimony for liberty, unity and loyalty in the Church of Christ universally. One of the monumental features of the cele? bration will be the exhibition of the er tire membership roll of a million and a quarter names which will be perpetually preserved both in a brotherhood depository, and in the "Library of Congress at Washington. It has been about four years since the Christian church was first organi? zed here in Sumtcr. Since then it has passed through many vicissitudes; but the little band of its members has continued faithful, though Struggling Bgalntt heavy odds. Their efforts are now being crowned with a measure of success. Some time ago the American Christian Missionary Society of the Christian church and the South Caro? lina Missionary Society agreed to aid financially the local congregation thus enabling them to secure a pastor* So about two months ago they called Mr. M. S. Peckham. M. A., of Hiram College, OL, who up to that time bad been taking post graduate work in the University of Chicago. Mr. Peck ham wa.s for two years a foreign missionary at Havana, Cuba. Since his arrival the Christian church has held Its services in the Lyric theatre, but now a new house of worship is beinj? bieTlt on the church lot at the corner of Washington and Calhoun tareets. The new house of worship Will be constructed of concrete blocks and will seat about three hundred pecpie. It will be ready for use some time In September. He was afraid to tell her right out and out that he loved her, so he be? gan in a roundabout way. hoping she would catch his dirft, then betray, by her confusion, her own feelings. He didn't dream but that she loved him. but thought that she like himself, was afraid to demonstrate it. "Heart trouble?" sin replied, "are yon sure you've heart trouble, Al? fred? You know Ind'.geetion Is very like it at times." "oh. I know I've ^ot heart trouble aii right, I?can't you see it > >ur ?< |ffM ?'Why. how silly. Alfred; no one can see heart trouble; they have -<; feel it. Have you taken anything for it ?" "NO, not yet, but I?I want t" don't you know." "Then a hy don't you ?" "I?1 would; that is, I If I .? >ui ' i? " "Can't you gel It, Alfred?" "I I don't know." silence for two provoking mo? ments. "Allied"' (coldly). "Let's have* a game of checkers.*' Prom the hobo's polnl of view no lean OUght to do enough work to ten dC" a vacation necessary. VY-yes?" TROLLEY ( Alis IN COLLISION. Double-track Can of the riisrlostni "Oonsottdated'' cra*h into liacti Other?Five Negroes injured. Charleston, July it.? Two largo largo double-truck cars of the Consol? idated Company collided at 6 o'clock this morning in the suburbs near the city boundary, inj jring five negroes who were riding on the platform of the car which was run into. The ne? groes were not seriously hurt, how? ever, the injuries being cuts received in the breaking of the glass vestibules of the cars. The cause of the acci? dent was the dew on the rails and the rear car running too close to the for? ward so that when the front car ap? plied its breaks near a switch, the rear car was unable to stop in time to save striking the car ahead. The negroes were removed to the Roper hospital ind the injuries promptly at? tended to. This is the first collision accident on the railway line in nearly two years Proof. "He says his wife wants him to wear a mustache." "He's a liar." "How do you know? ' "Because he doesn't wear one."? Houston Post. "I s'pose you wouldn't marry me if I were the only nun on earth?" "I wouldn't even be engaged to you," re? sponded thegirl, "if you were the only man at a summer resort."?Kansas City Journal. Sunday School Superintendent? Elsie, can you tell me anything about the epistles? Li Uli Elsie?I guess they were the wives of the apostles. ?Chicago News. THEY NEVER FAIL. That is What They Say About Them in Sumter, and It Is Therefore, Re? liable. Another proof, more evidence Sumter testimony to swell the long list of local people who endorse the old Quaker remedy, Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this convincing endorse? ment of that remarkable prepara? tion: / Wm. Burdeil, living at ill Church St., Sumter, S. C, says: *T can highly recommend Doan's Kidney pills for backache and kidney trou? ble. I suffered from backache and sharp shooting pairs through my loins, could not rest well at night and in the morning would be very lame and stiff. I was also caused much annoyance during the night by tho frequent passages of the kidney se? cretions. Doan's Kidney Pills were recommended to me, I procured them at China's drug store and can truth? fully state that they gave me great relief. For some time I have been-, free from backaches and pains, the kidney secretions are clear and I do* not have to arise at night. I feel so< much better in every way that I can/ highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to any person suffering from kidney complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. Foster-Mdlburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? take no other. No. 3. Do You e Know It Requires 4 to 6 Years To buiio a MJesToi ishnw ateno, from the time \v? pi SOS the lum? ber lu our 1 amber yards until the piano is finished. We air-dry all our hinder and that Is one resv* son why our pianos are m> thor? oughly good. The Lumber in abonf iwo-thhds of the pianos ?Mde i*< in virgin forests less than twelve months befsse they are inlshed ready t?> sell They are made out of din dried luru ber and this Is tiM principal re;i son they srtll sot stand and are so anseUsfectOf} after a few yeata One piano in .? life-time Iseaoaah and if that pleno is a STtEFF it sill. wri i 1 i o hay Chas. M. Stieff M wrrACTi iiKit of Tin: Artistic Stieff, Shaw and K Stieft Self-playtr Pianos. V Southern Wareroom I WI ST TRADE ST. < Cl [ARLOTTE, - N. C C. H. w ll mo r H Msasner? (Mention this paper.)