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FIND HONKS OF MMN I. DEAD. FurtlxT l*rogres? Made In Explora? tion of Battleship Maine. Havana. June 19.?With the first discovery this morning of some hu? man fragments, the work of explor? ing the hull of the Maine for the prl snary purpose of recovering and giv? ing honorable burial to the bodies of her crew was at last begun after many months of preliminary work. While workmen were clearing the ?par deck between the after and en? gine room superstructure, they found several blackened bones. Further ex? ploration in that portion of the ship did not reveal anything which might assist in the Identification. The water level had been lowered at nightfall to fourteen feet, leaving visible all the -<par deck from the stern to the forepart of the engine rooms 'upper structure on the port Ilde. The letter deck Is badly snlg ed and apparently the side of the ship tjnder this. Including the armor bolt, was blown outward, which probably resulted In the explosion of the Maine after-magasine. Up to the present It has been Im? possible to Identify that part of the keel which has been raised many feet mi Its original position. This can prob? ably be determined only when the entire wreck Is clear of water. The engineers In charge of the work stated tonight that there was bo cause of haste, and that the best plan was to thoroughly clean the ex? posed parts of the wreck before pro psedlng further with the lowering of the water Una. "The grastest difficulty will he In exploring the bow section." it wss stated. "It is believed the greatest lees of life occurred in this portion gg ghe Maine, and probably many wwekn will elapse before a thorough examination Is possible." COL. BRYAN AT <>H VXiKHtKb. Orangeburg, June 2 V?William Jsanlngs Bryan arrived in the city this afternoon at 6 o'clock. From the station Col. Bryan was conveyed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Brant Isr. whose guest he is while in this Directly after Col. Bryan's arrival, thw Orangeburg Bat and a few friends Invited by the host, spent a so atal hour with him at the home of the gjstter. after which he repaired to the ?end*my of Music, where he delivered has lecture, the subject being "The Prince of Peace." Auer the address, an opportunity eras given the piblic to meet Col. Bry an. at the Court House, of which a large number of people took advan? tage. Col. Bryan leaves for New he it i at an early hour tomorrow morning. Lectured si Manning. Manning. June 20.?The Hon. Wil? liam Jennings Bryan filled his ap? pointment here today, delivering his famous lecture on "The Prince of Fence" to an audience that filled the large auditorium of the graded school, both main floor and gallery. A largo proportion of the audience was com? posed of ladles and sll were In full sympa ny with the speaker from the outset. The assemblage com? prised a goodly number from Sumter and Wllllamsburg counties, as well as all sections of Clarendon. Col. Bry ssn was Introduced by Mayor A. C. Bradham very happily, bursts of ap? plause greeting his allusion to the distinguished guest's fame that had gono throughout the civilised world. Col. Bryan was also heartily applaud ded during his preliminary remarks, when he made a number of witty il? lusions to the Republican party on account of Its adoption of Demo? cratic platform planks. He .*aid the Democrat.-* had adopted those planks bocause thev believed they were right, and if they could not get to put thetn In practice they were glad for the Re? publicans to do so. Col. Pryasj said ?hot after engaging for a number of years In political discussions, it was a relief mil h pleasure to dismiss r> hsTious subjects, which tended to bring mm together and harmonise them. As to the leeture proper, It has boen heard and read of so generally that no synopsis will b ittempted. Col. Bryan lectured last night in Florence, and left tb-re at m | rtj hour this morpViic f,,r whence he 0MM h) autom ? f.. Manning. In time to get an hour's r ?st before giving his lecture lu re. Tin t Bfcg and hu?dn.-s hoim.-s w te . |., during the time of th > Irtinv, and at Its close Col. Bryan left hum d.n. l by automohi/e for Sumter on his way to Orunuohurg. where he Is sched uied to ie. tore lotUght Msny v ie. heard the lecture wefSj SOrpllSSd, not to say disappointed, at the simple, conversational style mt the spe.kr, Who made no attempt it ?locution Ol oratorical gymnastics. There Is one medicine ?hnt SVefy family snonM bs provides with tnd especially during the summer rn ?i vis. Chamberlain's Qolle, Cholera and Diarrhoea WaSSSdy. It U ?ImOSl iH r taln to bs needed. It costs but a quarter. Can you afford to be with out It? I'or sale by All dealers M Vlli HANDLED IX MAY. \moiint of BuhIiichm Done by Sunitcr Postoltloc Gradually Increasing. The total number of pieces of out KoPig and Incoming mall of all class as ixandled In the local postofflce dur? ing; '.he month of May amounted to a tota< of 307.648. The number of nieces of outgoing mall of all classes wa< 127,631; of Incoming mail the total number of pieces was 130,317. During the month of May the post? offlce department In order to get an estimate of the amount of work done In the postofflces throughout the country and the amount of work done in handling the mails passed an order that all postofflees should keep a de? tailed record of every piece of mail handled In the postofflce during that month. Nothing like this has ever before been done In such detailed way and the tabulation during the month amounted to a large amount ?>f work; a great deal of which is not usually met With in the ordinary handling of mail. The clerks In the local postofflce had to separate each kind of mail in? to Its proper class, and these classes had to be divided up into still other classes, according to how they were sont and to what mall the pieces be? longed. The number of handlings of each piece of mail had to b#> record? ed and the pieces of each class and weights of all classes kept. This ta.sk was not easy and was only accomplished after an immense amount of work, entailing the great? est accuracy In every detuil of the work, as the postmaster has to sign a report and send It into the depart? ment certifying that the weights, number of pieces and other details are correct. As this is the first time that the postofflce department has ever requir? ed a tabulated report of the work done In the offlce and a record kept of the amount of mall actually hand? led. It Is Impossible to give a per cent, of the increase of mall in the Sumter office, but Postmaster Shore stated that judging by the funds con? stantly taken In the offlce It was shown pretty conclusively that the office recepts and the amount of work done by the office was gradually increasing. It was Impossible to say how fast the receipts of the offlce were Increasing, but they were grad? ually doing so. Some of the statistics secured for the month of May, which Is a dull month in postofflce circles, by means of the tabulation are: Outgoing mall handled on an aver? age of four times; Incoming mall handled from one to three times. Outgoing mail, piece* of first class, 99,312; second class, 9,940; transient 783; free county mail 781; third class. 9.178; and 4,110; fourth class, 1.58S; franked letters, 1,038; other franked matter 76; foreign letters 71; registered mail 693. Incoming mail.?pieces handled, first class mail, 108,097; second elasu. newspapers, 34.899; magazines, 1. 744; transient, 788; local delivery, 55; third class, 17,587; circulars, 9, 323; fourth class, 2,150; congressional franked letters 44; other congression? al franked matter, 54; other franked matter, 1,257; pieces not letters, 492; foreign letters, 89; foreign matter. 9; registered matter, 729. A YOVNG TRAVIXKR. A ( he raw Boy Starts Out to Sec the World. . . Columbia. June 22. ? Milton Thompson, aged eleven, was haub-d forCi from beneath a Pullman attach? ed to a Seaboard southbound train last night by Policeman Boone and Is being cared for by Mayor Glbhes. He is an orphan and has been working nt a lathing machine In tho Chei.iw ?(Ml Company s plant at Cheraw. His imagination had been fired by rte lO) ttva stories and he started out to see the world. He has been paying, he says $1 per week hoard to V. H. K- n.Ull. Kxcept for a brother, aged thirteen, he has n> relatives. His (ather was a machinist, P. II. Thomp? son. He says he came hero to gel a better Job. PRACTICE VI RIFLE RANGE. Tuesday aftarnoon a squad of the local militia company went out to the lifla range which has been recently completed to practice target shoot? ing. The practice wus curried <>n mii c swfuiiy. although no startling eoren w er?> mado. 1 Prom now on it is probable that somt ??f the mam bars >?f the company win go out to the range every good afternoon to practice. Borne <?f the members "f the Light infantry want to take in the practice In Charleston also and are anxloui to learn as muck as possible about target shoot? ing here before they go to Charles? ton. Whooping eough Is not dangerous when the cough Is kept loose and pcetaratlon easy by giving Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy, it has been uaed In many epidemic* of this dis ias with perfect success, for naio by all dealers. THINKS DI AL WILL BE MADE < . ami O, President on Possible Ab? sorption of C, C, antl O? Road. Richmond. Va., Juno ~0.?President Stevens, of the Chespeake and Ohio, who was at ids desk this morning for the first time since he made a trip OVOT the Carolina. Clinchheld and Ohio last % eek, with Edwin Hawley and others Interested in the proposed lease of that road by the Chespeake and Ohio and Seaboard Air Line, ex? pects to go to New York tomorrow to resume negotiations in connection with the deal. While reluctant to be quoted on the subject, Mr. Stevens thought that the deal would possibly be closed shortly. He will remain in New York for two days, according to ins present plans. The contract for the connecting link of forty miles, between Elkhorn, Ky., and Dante, Va., that will give the Chespeake and Ohio a through line to Spartanburg, S. C. and the South Atlantic coast from the Great Lakes, will be 1st as soon as nego? tiations are closed. But it will take at least two years to build this link, it is estimated, owing to the rough mountainous country through which it runs. From Spartanburg, traffic arrangements to the coast will be by the Seaboard, perhaps to Columbia, S. C.i over the Southern tracks, and thence to Charleston and Savannah. Those who look ahead of the time, foresee in this deal a possible scheme of Hawley to eventually take over the Beaboard Air Line and make it an integral part of his already great Sys? tem of railways and, in fact, it ha.* been stated on seemingly reliable authority recently, that Hawley had his eye on the Seaboard. At any rate, the Seaboard and Chespeake and Ohio are coming rather close together in their plans for the operation of the On C. and O. Thomas F. Ryan, generally regard ed owner of the Seaboard, sailed for Europe a few days ago an ill man, and there are some who suspect that he will relinquish active participation in business at no distant date. This gives color to the report that he will retire from the Seaboard and give way to Hawley. THE VSF OF NITRATE OF SODA. Cleinson College Extension Work? Arltcle XLV. Nitrate of soda is the most avail? able source of ammonia as it is en? tirely soluble. It does not have to undergo decomposition to become available as do the other source> of ammonia, but as soon *t> it reaches liie moisture of the soil it is dissolved immediately and is at once available to the plant as food. Owing to the readiness with which it dissolves, It should be used with care as it is lia? ble to be washed out of the soil by heavy rains. Nitrate of soda should not he used with stable manure as denltritication is liable to take place and thus the nitrogen is lost, as it passes into the air as free nitrogen. The time to ap? ply nitrate of soda to grain is in the early spring, from March 1st to March 15th, at the rate of 100 pounds per acre, it should be applied to cot? ton as a top dressing when the first squares are formed. Most farmers make the mistake of waiting too late to apply.the nitrate of soda to the cotton and corn. It should be applied to corn when the corn is about waist high. The yield of .sweet potatoes can be enormously Increased by applying 200 pounds after the vines have thorough, ly COVersd the ground. Apply after i rain and after the dew has dried off. The amount that should be ap? plied to cotton and corn varies with tin- fertility of the soil, the amount of Other fertilizers used and the season. A wet y< ar nitrate of soda should be applied in one or two applications and it is usually more profitable to uee it a wet year than during a dry one. At the Experiment Station we have used as much as 200 pounds per acre on com and cotton profitably. Nitrate "t soda is an especially valu able fertilizer to gardenen and truck farmers, li produces a rapid, healthy growth in vegetables. The use of nitrate of soda Ol a sale drt seing produces a darker green foliage in plants and somewhat re lardl tin Ir maturity. If, however, it is used In the early growth of ih( plant, it may hasten maturity. It should be used largely as a side ap? plication and other Sources of am? monia sh< ubl !?" used at time of planting. J. x. Harper, Director, S, <'. Experiment station. \ Leading California Druggist, Pasadena. Cal., March 9, 1911. Foley and Co., * Gentlemen:?- We have sold and recommended Foley*s Honey and Tar Compound for years We b. Hove it to be one <>f the most efficient expectorants on the market. Containing no opiates or narcotics it Can 1"' given freely t" children Enough of the remedy can be taker to relieve a cold, as it has no nan seating results, and does not inter? fere with digestion. Yours very truly. C. 11. Ward Drug Co., C, L. Parsons, Sec'y and Treas." Get the original Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in the yellow paokage. W. W. Sibert. GOOD ROADS NOTES. The First Sand Clay Rosd. Dy Mr. I. E. Watson, Florence, B. C. 1 claim the unique honor of being the first man in South Carolina, and, 1 believe, the first man in the world to build a sand-clay road, for which service 1 was Indicted in the criminal court, tried and convicted. The peo? ple whom it served in Marion county, S. C, twenty years ago, did not think highly of my road and were slow to accept it. Today Marion county has bonded itself for $100,0)0 to build sand-clay roads. The United States government Is sending ith experts all over the nation, teaching vhe people how to build cheap sand-clay roads. The method is destined to prevail all over the country. It was only ten years ago that the government got on to the advantages of the earth road and at that time the leading road au? thorities of the country gave it as their opinion that work on earth roads was worthless and was money throw n away. All that is changed. Rut, to my experiences as a pioneer: More than twenty years ago I built the first sand-clay road In Marion county, S. C. It was called sand-clay because I digged up the clay and hauled sand to build the first road of this kind in the county. The road was built on a very boggy place which was almost impassable, it was kept just barely passable by digging long ditches on each side of the road and carrying off the water. These ditch? es, owing to the lay of the land, had to be very long, emptying into a creek a considerable distance away. The road was then corduroyed with rails poles and puncheous, with turf, mud and whatever could be found packed in between. It was noted as the worst piece of road in Marion county, hardest to keep up and most unsatisfactory all round. In the campaign before the election I had stated on every stump In the county that I could build a good sand clay road wherever I could get a good quality of sand and clay. I had dis? covered the method myself and felt sure that it would work anywhere, be? cause it was sound in principle. The election came off and I won. This particularly bad stretch of road was selected for the .rial of the sand clay method, and a worse subject for treatment could not have been found in the world, it was considered an "impassable' place and there was much open scoffing and skepticism. I tackled this road, however, confident that I would win out and began by pulling out all of the poles, rails, puncheons and other corduroy ma? terial. Then, by throwing up clay from the sides of the road I got the road in shape, properly crowned, and began hauling sand to put over the Clay. I worked it in and then hauled still .more, thus raising the road high in the middle. The foundation, owing to the boggy condition of the locality, was a wet. spring clay. When the first rain came trouble came right along with it, and worlds of It. My road from one end to the other be? came a perfect mortar bed. The road had been well nigh impassable before and it was completely so now. Then came the indictment. The citizens who had the misfortune to be compelled to travel that road were up in arms. A more indignant set of good people never appealed the courts of South Carolina for redress. The grand jury met and returned a true bill against me, charging that by im? proper methods of road building that I had destroyed one of the public highways of the county, "against the peace and dignity of the State and the statute therein made and provided." My case came on and everything went against me. The judgment of the court was that 1 must put the road back like it was before and it was so ordered. In the opinion of the court, it was best to choose the lesser of two evils. The old road was bad and the new one was much worse. Another feature of the judgment of the court was that T should put the road back as i found it at my own expense. Rut, I never did a thing to that road. Pair weather came ami it dried off ami was in tine condition. There has been no necessity to do anything to it since and i have .? photograph of it now showing it to be in line con? dition alter twenty years of contin? uous service, Just before another court came round the people petition* ed the court to not have the road I had built changed and to allow me to make another d ?monstration of the same kind, in their petition they stated thai the road was in better shape than it had ever been before. The judge in granting the petition, said thai 1 was the fist man to be brought be'fore him for working the road, though many had been brought before him for not working the road and lie said 'hit i should CCltalnly be allowed to build other roads of the same kind, LTnderstand, that [ did not pitch In and do this road building along such new ami radical lines off-hand. It had all b?.,>n carefully planned and worked out and l had experimented carefully for years. I knew what 1 was about ami even when things ieemed to be breaking against me, I never lost faith in the method. I first noticed the effects of combining sand and clay in >u'. tin* a mill dam and I followed it up until 1 was certain that the system would make good in road bullding. I had no precedents to guido me and every road-building authority in the land was against me ' and 1 had to strike out alone. It may well he believed that the system eres ed a commotion ir. Ma? rion county. The e*cnt will go down in history as one of the It vest period J of the country's history. Friends, rela? tives, members of the same family, so- j cieties and churches were divided on the question. Some thought that I was crazy ar.d said so openly. Others said that I was born fifty years ahead of my time and a few others thought my system practical and the thing to ! adopt. The fight was long and har? assing. 1 left the county and the re? port got out that I had been run out of the county because of my heretical ' road views. Since that time, how- j ever, the value of the sand-clay road being fully demonstrated, my friends in Marion county have insisted on my Coming back to the county about every four years to do other demon tratlon work, until Marion county now leads the State in road building and a bond issue of $100,000 has been voted to continue the building of sand- j clay roads, the roads that I wanted to! build for them twenty years ago. Since I did this pioneer work the ' United States government lias sent out to every section of the civilized world experts to learn the secrets of road building employed by the oldest | and wisest countries in the world and I to lind B practical method of roadi building. Uncle Sam did not look for information from "away down South in Dixie," but it was here that he found it after many years' search. It has been but one decade since the discovery was made and the growth of the idea has been astounding. I have now In my possession bulletins Ol the road department of the United Siates Department of Agirculture stating that work on earth roads was work thrown away and was entirely useless. These bulletins go on to tell how to build macadam road, cor? duroy roads with rails, poles and puncheons, the same kind of road tnat I had ordered thrown away twenty years before. Now the Uni? ted States Office of Public Roads is teaching people everyw here how to build good roads and sand-clay roads are coming in for the greater part of their attention. In Rlchland county, S. C, the coun? ty in which is situated Columbia, the capital of th< State, the people caught the sand-clay Idea about ten years ago and they have done fine work. They had the advantage of a number of other counties in that they had an immense revenue from eight or ten dispensaries and had the use of con? victs on the roads as well. They have been doing some really fine work. The adjoining counties, Marlboro. Darling? ton, Florence, S. C, and Robeson county, N. C, caught on and went to work. These countes have made won? derful success of it. In this article I have tried to state the facts plainly and simply so that the reader might have an idea of how the sand-clay system got its start and what bitter opposition it met with. 1 wart to publish the whole story In a much fuller form after awhile, giv? ing the origin of the system, the story of my fight for it. the orders of the court, petitions, etc., that enliv? ened things In Marion county twenty years ago. The cand-Clay road is here to stay. It is a fact that sand and clay and water are the worst enemies that a good road has to tight, when they are not mixed In proportion. When prop? erly mixed and shaped, they make the best road in the world. It is the only road in the world that will not wear out. The more you use a land clay road the belter it gets. Of the agencies that g"> to make it water Is the most Important and the most es? sential. You can make a road with mud clay and water. In short, you can leave out any other of the In? gredients named ami make a road. but you cannot h ave out water. Mois? ture you must have, in order t-? prop? erly combine the mass, For this reason put nothing In the road that will Interfere with the work of the writer. It is my opinion th ?t the water, w her.> possible, had bosi conn from beneath the road for various reasons too numerous to n entlon here, i know that this Is n feature of road building in which other roc.d builderc and I do aol agree. The high* si authorities, in fact, disagree with nie, but I feel sure that l can prove what l say, ami l will stick to my assertion that the most Import ini feature Is the control of the a its tu'e. i venture the assertion that on? ha If of t he funds usi U In rosd l uilding is thrown a was by unnec cessary ditching along the sides of the roads. The special demonstration which got me In so much trouble was done to show th!* very point?to m ove that it < ould be done Without expensive draining and side ditches. Now, it' this same material that has been forming a good road for twenty years over this Marion county ho had been on a sand hill or in a dr place, the materials would have bee dissolved, cut up and turned to dm lonj? ago. because of the lack r>f mob lure necessary to hold it togethet. proportions put in that special stretc of road would not make S good roa anywhere else. It can be readily see therefore, that the proportion of tl various materials that go to make tl read must be varied according to tl amount of water that may be preset Sometimes it is proper and practic to drain, for instance, if the sand scarce and drainage easy. The m w ho says that he can build a good ro In certain set proportions withe it knowing the condition of the grou I over which the road is to be hi and without knowing fhe proporti < f <and, clay and watei already in i soil simply does not know what he talking about. Put him now i as fakir. He must know just what I of top surface he is dealin.? with a all about the sub-grade and fount tion before he can form a corr opinion as to the amount of materi needed to form a good road. If builds a good road by any other me od he does it by blind luck. TO ATTEND FELDER HEARI2 Sheriff of Scwberry Comity Left * terdny for Atlanta?Hearing Ta { Place Today. ?+ New berry, June 21.?Sheriff M. Buford left here today over the lantic Coast Line for Atlanta to present tomorrow at the hearing the argument before Gov. Brown the question of honoring the reqt tion of Gov. Blease for Col. Thos. Felder, for whom the new winding commission some time ago issue warrant, charging him with atten Ing to bribe H. H. Evans six y< ago, while Mr. Evans was chain of the State board of liquor con of South Carolina. W. A. Ho!n the new attorney for the new c< mission, will represent the State contending for the surrender of * Felder to the Xewberry sheriff to brought back to South Carolina trial. The woman of today who has g health, good temper, gooo se bright eyes and a lovely complex the result of correct living and g digestion, wins the admiraticn of world. If your digestion Is fa Chamberlain's Stomach and L Tablets will correct it. For sale all dealers. ? BAR ASSOCIATION MEETS. Old Oeloora Re-elected?Marion Sen brook, Esq., Admitted to M? bershlp. At a meeting of the Sumter Association held Tuesday in the ol of the county clerk a resolution \ passed that the Judge be reques to attend court on Wednesday, J 5th, Tuesday being the Fourth July, a legal holiday, and the sUl of Court was instructed to notify jurors to attend court on the morn of Wednesday, July 5th. At this meeting the Bar re-elec j the old officers, R. D. Lee, Esq., Pi W ident, and Mark Reynolds. I Treasurer. Mr. Marion W. Seabrook was mitted to membership upon sigr the Rules and Constitution. Foley Kidney Pills contain just j ingredients necessary to regulate >: strengthen the action of the kidi and bladder. Try them yourself. W. Slbert. A large crowd of children grown folks went out to Pocalla day on an all day picnic which given by the Christian Church i day school. Those who went on picnic report having had a most joyable time. The uniform success that has tended the use of C^nmbei Iain's C Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made it a favorite everywhere, can always be depended upor. sale by all dealers. 11 VXDLI \<H R MON I A SKILI LY. Y u i in do thlj if you make purchases of cut glass and silven .a this store. Here quality and i - each shins In the light of the o<. from the smallest single pieces tffi large sets. ' I W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. ? s. Main St. Sum tor, I