The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 19, 1910, Image 8
COUNTY CORRESP?KtibHCE.
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IMBM of Intrreat Prom ?II P?rt? of
dumi?T and Adjoinlug Counties.
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Is printed Tuesday afternoon
Saturday's paper Friday after
ROCKY BLUFF.
Rocky Bluff, Oct. 14.?The heavy
ralne of the past week stopped
work for several days, but this has
boon a good week for work, except
for the heavy dews early In the
morning*.
Mr. J. J. Hatfleld and family spent
ahsnday at Mr. W F. Baker's.
Mr. Willie McLevd and family
spent Sunday * fternoon at Mr. W.
F. Baker's.
Rev. 8. B Hatfleld spent Sunday
night with Mr. O. P. Josey.
Mr. Henry Huggtns, of Camden,
spent Sunday night with Mr. John
Anderson.
Mr. Johnson White and family
?pent Saturday night and Sunday
srlth Mr. J. K. White.
Mr. Clinton Jonew and sisters.
Ml? as Annie and Leila, of Concord,
?pent Sunday with their uncle, Mr.
Johnnie Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugglns. of Vir?
ginia, are spending s ma time at Mr
J. U McLeod's.
The health of the community is
very good.
Rambert. Oct. 17.?We* have had
A few days of fair weather and every- j
thing la on the rush, although the
?caretty of hands haa prevented the
cotton Melds from being cleared. There
as only a certain number of day hands
to be had and, though the pay be
tittle or much, the amount of work
to Just the same. The scacrclty ot la?
bor and high prices have caused
07 to neglect the saving of hay
gathering of corn, however, we
Ore all likely to make mistakes.
Today is the big show day In Sum
tee and a great many from thla sec
Men have gone to add their faces to
the numbers there and their dimes to
the overflowing coffers, a thing
which is Impoverishing the State,
while many a human being Is suf?
fering at our doors. ?
After a short tllnees of five days
Willie Dees, son of J. W. Dees, died
iday morning. He will be burled
at Swift Creek church.
Mrs. flallie Holland la very 111. We
the will of providence, the skill
I the physician and the kindness of
m people, that she will soon be bet?
s'.
The schools in our sectlcn are
ling good progress and we hope
?such good may be accomplished by
?torn
P18GAH.
Plagah. Oct. 17.?It now looks as
%t fall has come. The rainy spell a
short time ago destroyed and severely
Injured a lot of hay.
Cotton picking Is fast approaching
the end Mv November 1st it will
bo practically ended.
Mr. T. M. Bradley has a fine OOfg
crop II.? don t practice the William?
son plan of corn culture?plants in
April and pushes the corn from the
?tart The big earn show there Is
nothing In stunting the corn, Who?
ever saw a stunt*.I pi* make a fine
hog**
He aayn bin Immune Might proof
cotton does very well.
Indications point to the planting of
A targe oat crop and some wheat
From reports, the hens have quit
taring, and ej.ts are so good to eat
and high too. t\'o one about here Is
getting any.
The Le? County Baptist Cnlon will
aneet at Antioch church *he last of
thla month. Quit* a number from
will go.
r l> J. Hatneld !? the moderator
Mr. Barney Spann the clerk.
Roth of them are efficient officers.
The Kershaw Baptist Association met
laat Thursday with the Sand Hill
church near Kershaw, and finished
Friday night A larae number of
ministers were present. The speeches
were able and instructive on the
many subject* discussed. The meet
Ing was Interesting all the way
through. Plsgah church was re pre
oented by itev. T I* Cole and Jas. K.
tcii're. Both of these were duly
RORSjfOd. Mr <*o|e was elected to
the Southern Baptist Convention
which meets next vear at Jackson?
ville. F|a., and Mr. Du Pre to th?
Baptist State Convention ,?t LaoreiM
In December Kershaw is ,\ pretty
place, hss electric llichts. a large
bank, big oil mill and many fine
?tore* and residences and presents
the noveltv of being In two counties,
SHOOTING AI NEGRO CHURCH.
H?H HAMMOND KU I I I' KING
II M l LAU Kl N DAY.
Captured .m.l Lodged In Klchland
County Juli Yesterday Afternoon.
Columbia. Oet 17.?in a three
cornered shooting bout at Madraw'c
church In lower Klchland county
Sunday afternoon. Mos.- Hammond,
a negro, killed Sing Hall, another ne?
gro. As Hammond was running
away. J. S. Jacobs, also a negro, shot
him In the leg. Hammond returned
Jacob's fire, but his shot went wild.
W. O. Lucius held an inquest ov?
er Sing Hall Monday afternoon.
Hammond was captured at his house
on the plantation of A. B. Campbell,
known aa "L.eesburg." which is about
ten miles from Eastover. He was
lodged In Jail Monday night by Char?
lie Kelly, a constable, and Is held for
murder.
Wanted a Drink.
The quarrel between Hall and
Hammond began when Hammond
asked for a drink. Sing Hall replied
that he did not "tote" liquor to
church. Hammond got so mad that
two negroes had to hold him. Hall
walked away and Hammond was re?
leased. As soon as he was free, he
whipped out his pistol and shot Hall.
Then he ran for the woods. The
bullet entered Just below Hall's right
eye.
Spectator Takes Hand.
The Jacobs negro drew his gun
and opened fire. One of the shots
struck Hammond in the leg. H.>
paused only long enough to shoot at
Jacobs and then kept going.
He waa found at his house In bed.
His wounded leg lasted barely long
enough to carry him home.
A great many negro shooting and
cutting affrays have occurred ar
Madraw's church. Several years ago
a killing took p.ace. The church is
notorloua for the number of rows
which have their origin there.
FCNKRAI? OF MISS BURGFSK.
Friends of Miss Burgess at Her Old
Homo Hear With Sorrow of Her
Death.
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Special to the Dally Item:
Simirnerton. Oct. 17.?News of the
death of Miss Annie Burgess in Sum
ter on Saturday morning was re?
ceived at this, her old home, with
much sorrow. Miss Burgess ' had
been in 111 health for months past,
but it was only within the past ten |
days that tidings from her bedside
gave so little hope of her recovery.
She was the youngest daughter of
the late Dr. T. L. Burgess, members
of whose family have long been res?
idents of this community. The
Misses Burgess moved to Clinton, S.
On where Miss Annie was employed
as music teached In the faculty of
the Thornwell Orphanage. The re?
main were brought to this place on
Saturday afternoon, and the funeral
services conducted In the Presbyter
Ian church at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning. The Interment took place
at Evergreen Cemetery where others
of the family have been laid to rest.
A highly bevloved member of a great?
ly respected family, Miss Burgess will
be sincerely mourned In our town.
Lancaster and Kershaw. The divid
Ing line runs through the streets, on
the pavement and through the
homes. It Is marked by stone posts.
It was long a dispute between the
two counties which owned the town
but It has been settled. The town
was ineorporated hy Lancaster ?un
ty and the municipality holds hi
both counties.
The people around Kershaw are
well to do so far as this world -
good, are concerned. They are ver\
practical In business matters and
hospitable. 1 saw at one place n
hundred grown turkeys and on an?
other fifty. The roads are line, an 1
the miles are marked by some posts
Great holes are dug by the road-side
to get clay which is hauled on the
roads. Mr. West, the supervisor of
Kershaw county, has no superior,
and very few equals. In this State as
a road builder, and does It with very
little money as compared with others
He is a fine man. How Is it if we I
are so prosperous In Sumter county. 1
as a community, there Is such a large '
county tax levied? What Is that
money for?
The Torrens system of land regls- 1
tratlon seems to be rapidly gaining
ground in this State. People are
tired of paying lawyers hi* fees to
examine their land titles every time
they want to use them as collateral. :
Two years from now the dry bones
will rattle In this State In many
a ays.
A ladv of Conanen has a gotird 200
years old it is perfectly sound and
Is an heir-loom, so she Informed me.
ROT. W. S. Walters showed me
the "widow's mite." it Is small.
Will ? Dees, a young son of Mr
W .'. Dees of this place died vc-ter
lav morning, and will be burled at
swift Creek chorea tins day at n
a. m. He was sick only a few days. 1
Rev, ride will oAelnts at the fun- ?
eral.
Robbed of Her Happiness.
,rYou are not looking well. Mrs. Wil
Hngtou."
"No; I haven't slept well lately."
"What's I In- trouble? Has the
weather Affected you?"
"Oh. no. It isn't that."
'Til tell you what It Is. You ought
to give up the practice of drinking
eoflfee nt night. I know n lot of people
who toss awake All night after Ihey
have been out to n late dinner and tin
Ished with coffee. 1 had to quit it
myself."
"I'm sure thai i*n't the cause of tny
trouble."
"Have yon seen a doctor?"
"No. A doctor couldn't help me
any."
"But how can you tell until you go
to one and let him examine you?"
"Well. If you must know, I'm worry
log about my husband. Fie hasn't
kicked at the size of the bills lately,
and he's been so kind and ovbu tem?
pered right along for a month or two
that 1 feel almost sure he must be
leading a double life. Ah. if be would
only get to grumbling and making It
disagreeable around the house again!"
?Chicago Record-Herald.
The Waiter With Two Cars.
A Cleveland party recently sojourn?
ing In n Toronto hotel decided to take
an automobile ride about the city.
They approached the extremely self
conscious clerk and asked him where
thry could wecuww car.
"Our head waited has two. dou't f*
know," he replied.
It took some little time to recover
from this shock, but presently one of
the party ventured to ask the price.
"Three an hour," was the answer.
That was voted satisfactory, and at
luncheon one of the Clevelanders
turned to the nearest waiter.
"Who is the chap that owns two
automobiles?" he asked.
4,I am the chap." the waiter replied,
and he threw such a freezing empha?
sis Into the word "chap" that it was
fairly frost cracked.
They finished their luncheon before
they had enough courage to ask the
price.
"Four dollars an hour." the waiter
replied with haughty indifference.
Then they went uptown and hired a
very ~ood car for $3 an hour.?Cleve?
land Plain Dealer.
The Qaelie ABC.
Every letter In the Gaelic alphabet
Is represented by a tree. The alphabet
of today consists of eighteen letters?
In ancient Gaelic seventeen?and now,
as of old. all the letters with the ex?
ception of g, t and u. which stand for
Ivy. furze and heather, are called after
trees.
The Gaelic A B O of today runs:
Allm. beite, coll, dur, eagh, fearn.
gath. huath. iogh, luls, muin, nuin.
olv, pelth, nils, sull, telne, nr. which is
equivalent to saying elm, birch, hazel,
oak, aspen, alder, ivy, whitethorn, lew,
rowan or quicken, vine, ash, spindle
tree, pine, elder, willow, furze, heath.
In the ancient Gaelic alphabet the
letter h (the heath or whitethorn) does
not exist The alphabet is called the
beth-luls-nuln. because b 1 n and not
a b c are its first three letters.
How the Natives Treat Gorillas.
Natives in the countries Inhabited by
great apes regard them always as hu?
man beings of inferior types, and It is
for this reason that for a long time it
was found Impossible to get hold of
an entire gorilla skin, because the sav?
ages considered it religiously necessary
to cut off the hands and feet of the
animals when they killed them, just as
they do with their enemies, possibly
for the purpose of rendering them
harmless In case they should by any
chance come to life again.
Perhaps.
Mr. Clubman?I see by the papers
that a poor young man who lost both
his legs while snvlng the life of a
beautiful heiress at a railway crossing
is to marry the girl. She dismissed all
suitors and offered herself to him.
Mrs. C. (meaningly)?Very sensible
girl. She'll know where her husband
is nights anyway
Badly Balanced.
A witty Frenchman wrote at the
commencement of this century a very
interesting and amusing book bearing
the title. "I,es Agremens et les Chagrins
des Marlages." In this work the first
four pages are devoted to the "agre?
mens" (Joys) and the remaining .150 to
the "chagrins" (sorrows).
A Comparison.
Several times had little Mary looked
wonderlngly out of the window, watch?
ing the full moon rise. Then a thought
seemed to strike her.
"Mamma.1 she remarked Ingenuous?
ly, "doesn't it look Just like dad's head
when you nee it over the top of his
easy chair back?"
Aiding the Mind.
First Tourist?What are you writing
down?
Second Tourist?I'm making a note
of a few things that have made an in?
delible impression on my memory, so
that I shan't forget them.?London
Idea.
Promptness Unappreciated.
George What's de matter, kid?
Willie It's dls way (boohoo). De boss
told me to be prompt about every?
thing, an' now he's fired mo because I
was too prompt about golu' home.?
Chicago News.
All the Worse.
Willis?So Skinner's mining scheme
broke you? I thought you got In on
the ground floor? Qlllla I did. That'i
the reason I was buried BO deep when
it fell in Puck.
A man's argument is nearly always
?elf convincing, ?Exchange.
THE jS?ZP^i 1 SSSjjS N '
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WILT THOU THAT WE COIViMAND
FIRE?
Luke 9:51-56?October 23
"And it came to pa**, when the day* irere
wll-nifjh come, that he, should b< received
up, he attadjaxtly ?ci his fwe. 'o au to
Jntmaletu and sent W4e$$cnget? he ore hi*
face."
^?"?'HIS week's study relates an in
cident which occurred on the
occasion of our Lord's Jour?
ney from Galilee to Jerusalem just
before his crucifixion. lie kuew that
his hour was come; that his sacri?
ficial life of three and a half years
should be accomplished. The Great
Teacher was full of courage. "But of
the people there were none with him"
in the sense of sympathetic apprecia?
tion of the conditions. True, he had
informed the twelve Apostles respect?
ing the consummation of his work and
its nearness, but they had been slow
to believe all the things written in the
Law and the prophecies concerning
him. Their minds naturally grasped
the glorious things spoken of the Mes?
siah. They were so busy thinking of
his glorious Kingdom, and of t heir glo?
rious association with him in that
Kingdom, that they failed to note the
other prophecies which, with equal dis?
tinctness, foretold his sufferings and
ignominy. Similarly, they overlooked
the Master's own words concerning his
death. They thought of him as speak?
ing In some figurative, hyperbolic man?
ner. And Peter even attempted to re?
buke him, saying, "Be this far from
thee, Lord; it shall not happen unto
thee."
Refused by the Samaritans
Another account intimates that James
and John visited the Samaritan city
for the purchase of bread and supplies
for the party. The Samaritans recog?
nized them and inquired, would the
Great Teacher recognize the Samari?
tans and heal their sickness or would
he treat them as Jews in general treat?
ed them?unkindly? They believed the
latter. The Aj)ostles frankly told them
that the Great Teacher was sent only
to the Jewish nation and would not
stop to heal their sick ones, because
he was "not sent save to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel."
Naturally enough the Samaritans re?
sented this and were angry. They
said. Very well. Buy br*ad from the
people whom you instruct and whose
sick you heal.
St John and St. James wore greatly
incensed at this. Was not Jesus the
greatest Teacher? Was he not the
Messiah? Had he not, as such, the
right to determine the will of God re?
specting who should and who should
not receive his benefactions? With
this answer they came to Jesus and.
relating the circumstances, asked,
"Wilt thou that we command fire to
come down from heaven to destroy
these men and their city?*
Whst Spirit Are Ye Off
We listen with keen interest for the
Master's response. As we once view?
ed the matter of the Divine program
it would have seemed right for the
Great Teacher to say to the Apostles,
Never mind, my dear IMsciples; wait
just a little while and ail those Samar?
itans will die and my Heavenly Fa?
ther will deliver them over to the dev?
ils for an eternity of torture. In com
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parison with eternal torture that which
you purpose In the way of burning up
their city and Incidentally burning
them for a few minutes would be as
nothing. I appreciate, my dear disci?
ples, your spirit, that it is God-like;
that you desire to do all the roasting
and burning within your pover, and I
commend you for it. Continue to thus
copy your God and to cause suffering
to as many as possible of your f '^w
creatures who do not think exact! as
you do.
Was this the answer of the Great
Teacher? Thank God. No! His teach?
ing was the very reverse?sympathet?
ic, loving, kind. And he had the Fa?
ther's Spirit and understood it and
followed it perfectly. In answer to
their query, we read. "Jesus turned
and rebuked them" and said, "Ye
know not what spirit ye are of! The
Son of man is not cotne to destroy
men's lives, but to save them!"
"A Savior and a 3reat One"
The language spoken In Palestine in
Jesus' dny was the Syriac. One of the
Great Teacher's titles is The Savior.
And this, In the Syrbn language, ^tg
trifles, "The LifoGlvet." The whole
world was damned enough before
Purpose directs energy and pur?
pose makes energy.?Parkhourst.
Jesus came. TTp came not to damn
(condemn) them more, but that they
through him might have life (John x.
10; iii. ]?;.
Life! Did they not have lifo? No.
All human life was forfeited through
father Adam's disobedience. All man?
kind are dying as a result. A IJfe
tfiver, a Savior from death (and not
from eternal torment), was what was
needed
The first work <>f the Savior is the
redemptive work of Calvary. His sec
end work is the selection of bis Church
to he his joint-heirs in the Kingdom.
His third work will be the saving of
Adam and all his race from sin and
death ?from all the mental, moral
and physical degradation which came
through father Adam's diso ?edienee
and through his children being born in
sin and shapon in iniquity and in sin
conceived by the mothers.
The saving of the Church is a great
work! How faithful we should be if
we have heard, if our eyes have seen.
If our hearts have tasted of the grace
of God in this wonderf ul privilege of be?
coming members of the Bride of Christ.
However, we cannot suppose that the
saving of merely a handful of select
ones is the purpose of God in the crea?
tion of the world and in the redeeming
of the world. On the contrary, this
elect "Little Flock" is spoken of as a
"first-fruits unto God of his creatures"
(James i, 18; Revelation xiv, 4.) This
implies an after-fruitage much more
numerous. While God does not propose
to save anyone out of death and to life
eternal contrary to the individual will,
he does propose that every creature
lost in Adam and redeemed by Jesus
shall be brought to a clear knowledge
of the Truth, that they may be saved.
He does propose that only the willing?
ly obdurate shall be lost; and their loss
will be the loss of life?as the Apostle
declares, "everlasting destruction."
Hair Monstrosities.
French theater managers in the
eighteenth century had worse evils
than picture hats to contend against
Marie Antoinette, who was short, even
according to French standards, set the
fashion of high coiffures and ultra
fashionable women prided themselves
on measuring four feet from their
chins to the tops of their heads. These
structures took about six hours to
erect, the hairdresser mounting a lad?
der in the process. Some coiffures
were almost as broad as they were
long, with wings sticking out about
eight inches on each side of the head.
For the "frigate" coiffure the hair was
rippled In a huge pile to represent
the waves of an angry sea and sur?
mounted by a fully rigged ship. As a
consequence of these monstrosities,
disturbances in theaters occurred al?
most dally until an ordinance was is?
sued against the admission of women
with high coiffures to the floor of the
house.
Three Curious Bell*.
There is a curious legend connected
with the bells of Messlngham church.
It is said that a long, long time ago a
traveler was passing through Messlng?
ham when he noticed three men sitting
on a stile in the churchyard and say?
ing, "Come to church. Thompson; come
to church. Brown," and so on. Beiug
very much surprised, he asked what It
meant and was told that, having no
bells, they called folks to church in
this way. The traveler remarked that
it was a pity so fine n church should
be without liells and at the same time
asked the men if they could make
three for the church, promising to pay
for them himself. They undertook to
do this. They were respectively a
tinker, a carpenter and a shoemaker.
When next the traveler passed that
way he found the three men ringing
three bells which said, "Ting, tong,
pluff," being made respectively of tin.
wood and leather!?London Tit-Bita.
Calling on Tennyeon.
A young American girl, who with
her mother had called at Farringford
to see the famous poet Tennyson, but
was not received, shortly after ex?
pressed her regret to Mrs. Cameron.
Tennyson's neighbor, who was also his
Intimate friend and a lady at once
charming and masterful.
"Oh. so be wouldn't see you!" cried
Mrs. Cameron indignantly. "Come with
me!"
She took the reluctant American
straight back to Tennyson's house nnd,
without knocking or ringing, went Into
the room where he sat with his wife.
"Alfred," said she as the two looked
up. startled, "these strangers came
from a far country to see the lion of
Freshwater, and behold?a bear!"
Tennyson burst out laughing and be?
came amiable at once.
Mr. E. C. Dennis is a candidate for
Mayor of Darlington.
PCGILIST KETCHELL KILLKD.
Champion Fighter shot by Angry
Ranch Hand.
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 15.?Stanley
Ketchel, champion middl^-w? ight
pugilist of the world. ?1 i<-?i here to?
night at 7:05 o'clock, as a result of
i??ing shot early today by Walter A.
Hurts, a ranchman. The shooting
took place on lh?- ranch <>1 H. P.
Dickerson, ? friend of Ketchel near
Conway, forty miles east of h<-.*e.
SLAYER OF KETCHEL CAPTUR?
ED.
1 Whilt Fugitive Slept Host - <uuiils
Guard. (
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 16.?Walter
A. Hurts, who shot and killed Stan?
ley Ketchel, the world's m tdle
weight champion, yesterday, waa
captured at the home of Taomas
Haggard. one mile from Niangua.
Mo., today. Hurtz was taken to the
Webster County jail at afarshMotd,
where he is being closely guarded.
After being placed in hit- ceil the
prisoner made a statement in .vhich
he declared he shot Ketcb '1 ir, self
defense. He says he oroereJ the
prize fighter to throw up his hands,
and when he did not obe> him he 7
fired.
Late last night, overcome with
hunger and fatigue, Hurt;', readied
the home of Thomas Haggard, where
he applied for a place to sleep and
something to eat. He was given food
and a bed. At that time Haggard
had not heard of the shooting, but
a short time later leaned of the
affair. He also received a descrip?
tion of the slayer and for several
hours, while Hurtz was sleeping, he
stood guard with a shotgun.
Shortly after 4 o'clock this morn?
ing Haggard secured the services of
three neighbors and they aw.kened
Hurtz. At the point of t gun they
forced the man to roll up his ?ileeves.
and, finding a tatoo mark there, ac?
cused him of having killed Ketchel.
Hurtz then broke down and admitted
the shooting. He was turned over
to the officers and taken to Marsh
field.
THOMAS DIXON ACTS IN PLAY.
Ho Takes Part of Leading Man Who
Was Drowned.
Fayetteville, N. C. Oct. 17.?"The
Sins of the Father" company gave
two performances here today with
Thos. Dixon, the author of tlu- play,
appearing in the leading role, sud~
denly made vacant by the death of I
one of the members of the company.
Robert Barton Pahr by drown.ng at
Wrightsville beach, Wilmington. If.
Ci Sunday.
A large crowd attended the mati?
nee and an enormous house packed
to standing room greeted the com?
pany tonight. Mr. Dixon was evi?
dently nervous during the first act
j but soon found himself arid played
the part successfully without n.issing
a cue In the climax of th*? bi* sec?
ond act. He swept the house with a
storm of applause, the audience be?
ing delighted at the opportunity to
witness the unique performance of
an author suddenly stepping; into one
of his own leading roles without a
day's rehearsal.
The new actor, Mr. Jerome Storm,
called to the company by telephone
from New York yesterday, arrived
this afternoon and watched Mr. Dix
on's performance tonight. Mr. Dix?
on will continue to play t'. j p;.rt for
several days until the new member
has memorized the part and is
broken in. After the performance
Mr. Dixon declared that he appre?
ciated the difficulties of thr actor as
he never did before. The entire
company gave him their heartiest
congratulations on his first appear?
ance as an actor.
TO RAISE MAIM;.
The Wreck Will Probably U-i Re?
moved by February 15.
Beverly? Mass., Oct. 13.?-President
Taft today finally approved plans for
raising the wreck of the ba'.tleship*
Maine from Habana harbor which
call for the completion of the worV
on or before the 13th anr .v r?ary of
the destruction of the war vessel,
February 15, next. The work la to
be done according to plans made by
army engineers and is to be under
the direction of an engineer officer.
President Taft this evening said
that the paramount question in the
raising of the Maine is the determin?
ing for all time the ca\ise of the
explosion, and whether the source of
destruction was from the outride or
inside the vessel. For this reason he
desires that the work shall be retain?
ed in the hands of the army engi
neers and not let out by ontract.
By direction of the pretddettt Spain
has been invited to send a represent?
ative to Habana to be present during
the work of exposing and removing
the wreck.
President Taft will sail from Char?
leston for Panama on November irt
He will spend ah mt a w eck In
Pa na ma.