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'HIE CHRONICLE. A 0XMOCKATIO Nr.WHPArCIl ruSlftfccl Weekly at Camden, Teaa. atea at Cum J en as Second-Claa Mail Matter. TH1TI8 BROS., Publishers, Camden, Tcnn. The New York Central has a ODD gears' lease of tho Uostou A Albany, tmt Ion 5 before the leao ban one-ninth ;xpind taw railnm U will be curios ities of nuoieut hiatory. The automobile, with its big puou tnatic tirei, is a road Imildor, and not a road destroyer, like tho heavy, nar row steel tired vehicle. The more automobiles there are tho hotter will it lie for our roads. From every point f view they should be encouraged. The Philadelphia Inquirer, regard ing American imports into Germany eaja: "Since she has discovered that the American cau outsell hor in her own, markets she has had a very much lower opinion of Brother Jonathan than she ever had before. If we want Germany's firm and enthusiastic friendship, all that we have to do is to reverse tho balance as it shows at pres ent on the books." A Baltimoreau who has been a close student of household economics has recnlly made a comparison of the weight of paper with tho weight of food supplies purchased. In one day's lnrchase it is said that the paper wrapping amounted to about to:i per cent, of the total. In a list of sup plies costing about $1.90, he found that the paper which was weighed with the provisions cost 11 3-4 cents. He claimed that this was ' altogether oat of proportion. That a toy originally designed for amusement may develop into means of instruction, is shown by the cinema tograph. Its moving pictures have been employed in Berlin to illustrate difficult surgical operations. It is proved that these vivid and accurate illustrations are a valuable aid to students, being superior to the most elaborate de scriptions. The scientific uses of photography are many, but this is an innovation that, with characteristic enterprise, will probably be adopted hj medical instructors in this couu- The growth of the Christian En deavor societies, whose eighteenth in ternational convention has beau held in Detroit, is without precedent in tli9 history of church work. In 1882 the few societies then in existence had 481 members, and in 1833 the number en rolled had advanced to 2870. Then the membership increased from 8905 in 1884 to 11,000 in 1885, to 50,000 in 18SS, to 140,000 in 1887, to 300,000 in 1888, to 500,000 in 188D, to 000,000 in 1830, nntil now it has 55,813 societies and a total membership of more than 3,500,000. These figures prove con clusively that this movomont has bean -directed by masters $f organization And leadership, that its purposes have .appealed to the popular heart with ir resistible force, and that it i3 destined to a still greater growth and larger usefulness. Once more the great West is awake. The years of idleness and depression that followed inevitably upon the un natural booms of a few years ago have given way to a healthiness of growth .and development that will yet make of the trans-Mississippi section the empire that Napoleon predicted when he threw down his pen after signing the Louisiana treaty. Mines that had been rilled with water for many a month have been pumpod out and are in operation again. Mills that have leen idle are once more humming with machinery and alive with the men and -women who are making their new livings there. Towns that had lost all hope are awake. Lands in Illinois, Missouri, Iow a. Kansas, Nebraska and .very other Western stale are in de mand at prices that are pleasing to the holders, who have beon grudging paying taxes with no retirn for a ,ood many years. Farmers who have ibeen disgusted and discouraged in tarn are .beginning to lind life worth living, says. a writer in t!i3 Philadel phia Saturday Eveuiuz Post. OTIS EXCLUDES THEOHINESE From Philippine Islands Through Our Laws. SURPRISE AT WASHINGTON The Commai&g General Applied Its Exclusion Act Without Authority From Department Officials. The Btate department at Washington has been informed through a diplo matic channel that General Otis has applied the Chinese exclusion laws to the Philippines. The information was a surprise to the authorities at the national capital, as the matter had been under consid eration for some time, and it was not known that General Otis had put the exclusion law1 into force. The first intimatiou in that direction came in a dispatch received a few days ago from tho Chinese consul at Manila, telling the Chinese legation at Wash ington that the exclusion laws against Chinese had been applied to the Phil ippines. The dispatch was brought to the at tention of the state department and inquiry made as to how the action was brought about, as the Chinese govern ment has been solicitous since Ameri can military control was established in the Philippines that the United States exclusion law should not be ex tended over the islands. The state department knew nothing of such an extension and made in qury of the war department. The military authorities, however, were equally without information as to Gen eral Otis course in this particular. Accordingly the Chinese officials were advised that any action taken by Gen eral Otis in applying the exclusion laws to the Philippines wa3 not the result of instructions sent from here, but was doubtless due to an exercise of his authority as governor general of the Philippines. What further step the Chinese au thorities will take has not been de termined, as Minister Wu Ting Fang is out of the city for a few days. There is little doubt, however, that he will seek to have General Otis's order held in abeyance until the authorities here pass upon the general question which has been under consideration between the two governments. In this connection the state depart ment has received an important letter from Mr. Williams, our former consul at Manila, who still remains there in a confidential capacity. He says the native Filipinos are strongly opposed to Chinese labor and in his opinion the exclusion of the Chinese from the islands would materially aid in bring ing the war to a close. lie places the Chinese population at 52,000, which is considerably more than other esti mates from official sources. The letter is dated July 26th and brings the situation up to a recent date. It has been turned over to the war department to be used in the gen eral consideration of the exclusion question. The Chinese government has shown more anxiety as to the course of this government toward the Chinese in the Philippines than toward those in Cuba or other parts f the world, mainly because the Philip pines are so near China and large num bers of Chinese are already establish ed there. They carry on the bulk of the retail trade, have an extensive quarter In Manila and send out travel ing salesmen, carrying packs to there mote interior of the islands. Borne of the official reports, includ ing those of admiral Dewey, have paid a tribute to the work performed by the Chinese, and Naval Constructor Hob son has reoently reported to the navy depertment on the value of Chinese labor in naval and commercial pur suits in the east. This has led the Chinese officials in Washington to be lieve that the exclusion laws would not be applied to the Philippine and they are still hopeful that General Otis's aotion will be a temporary move, incident to military occupation and not part of the permanent policy of this government towards the islands. PAYflENT OF PENSIONS In Southern States Completed By Agent Wilder At Knoxville. The United States pension effice at Knoxville, Tenn., has just completed tho payment of pensions for the last quarter. General John T. Wilder, pension agent for the southern states, has disbursed $2,000,000 for the quarter. Annual payments in the southern states amount to about eight million dollars. General Wilder dis tributes pensions to the following states: Tennessee, Oklahoma Terri tory, Texas; Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Indian Territory. POSTMASTER FLOGGED Citizens of Florida Town Objected To tils Having a Negro Assistant. Editor W. C. Crura, of The Florida Republican, was brutally feeatea by whitecaps at Peck, Fla., Mondey night. He is postmaster at that place, but resides in Tampa, and has been going out there attending to the mail at night and returning to Tampa in the morning. Home weeks ago he ap pointed Dan Morrison, a colored man, his assistant, so that the office could have a man in charge all the time. Morrison was made to give up tho office by a committee of citizens, who are unknown, and Mr. Crnm had to go out and attend to the office himself. Monday night after he had completed his work he started to a honse he owns a short distance away, where he sleeps when there. lie was held up on the road by a mob of masked men with guns, who made him dismount. He was then tied with a rope, hand and foot, and given a brutal beating. He also sus tained severe bruises about the head and shoulders from the kicks admin istered by the mob. After they finished beating him they cut off the whiskers from one side of his face and applied carbolic acid to the deep gashes upon his naked flesh made by the whipping. Mr. Crnm does not know who attacked him. The mob threatened to kill him if he ap pointed another negro assistant at Peck. He has closed the office and will deliver no mail to the Teckites and his resignation has been accepted at Washington. STORIES OF STORM. Belated News From Isolated Points Along the Atlantic Coast. A special from Norfolk, Va., says: Another chapter in the history of the horrors of the sea was added by the recent hurricane which dealt death and destruction in Porto Rico and ap parently lost none of its fury by rea son of its visit to the Atlantic coast. No such damaging result has at tendod a storm in the past quarter of a century, aud the stretch of beach from Kinnakoot to natteras, N. C, a distance of twenty-eight miles, bears evidence of the fury of the gale in the shape of spars, masts and general wreckage of five schooners, while now and again a body washes ashore to lend solemnity to tho scene. The story was long in reaching Nor folk, but lost none of its dramatic in terest by reason of the delay. Waves maintain high, seas which by reason of their power carried everything before them, winds which blew unceasingly day and night at a seventy-mile voloc ity, were the causes of the disasters, and that not more lives were lost is considered by many survivors nothing less than a miracle. COUNCILMAN PUMMELED. Sequel of a Lively Meeting of Atlanta, Oa., City Fathers. In the Atlanta, Ga., city coun cil, Monday, Col. W. S. Thomson, a member, severely denounced H. M. Atkinson, president of the Georgia Electric Light company, as the alleged author of a published card reflecting upon some of the council membsrs. The card, however, was written by another party, and after tho council meeting an effort was made by Atkin son to avenge the insult offered by Thompson. Friends of the two men interfered and prevented a fight in the chamber. ; On Tuesday Thomson and Atkin son met face to face on the street and hostilities quickly commenced. With out a word Atkinson let fly his fist and caught Colonel Thompson under the eye, sending him to earth. When the police rushed up they found At kinson astride his opponent. While seated upo'h Colonel Thom son, Mr. Atkinson said to him: "You , I ought to mash your faoe into a jelly!" TO RR1DITY IN TEXA S. Heat In Neighborhood of Dallas Fear fulWater Giving Out. Advices of Tuesday from Dallas, Texas, says: The weather continues fearfully hot. For ten days past the thermometer has daily gone to 103 and 106 in the 6hade. "No such long continued horribly hot weather has ever been experienced in Texas, Water is giving out everywhere. NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN ' Of Democratic Party Will Soon Be Announced By Mr. Stone. A special to The Memphis Commercial-Appeal from St. Louis says the announcement of appointments on the executive, ways and means and print ing committees of the national demo cratic committee will be made in a few days by ex-Governor Stone, who is acting chairman of that body. Governor Stone is at present send ing letters to members of the national committee notifying them of their ap pointments. As soon as he receives acceptances he will make public the complete list of appointments. HEY REGIMENT IS COMPLETED Georgia Leads List In the Number of Recruits. OTHER STATES COME CLOSE Recruiting Offices Have Dona Their Work and Are Closed. Tho Twenty-ninth regiment, United States Volunteers, is now complete and awaiting orders to leave for the Philippines. Orders have been given closing all the recruiting stations that had been opened. The men are now all being got in good condition for service, and when they reach the field of action there will not be a better drilled or more thor oughly trained regiment of volunteers in the service. It was but little more than one month ago that President McKinley issued the first order in regard to organizing the Twenty-ninth regiment of United States volunteers for duty in the Philippines. At the same time he issued an order instructing the secretary of war to see that nine other regiments were also organized. At Fort McPherson, Ga., the re cruiting office for the Twenty-ninth was opened on the 12th of. July; 203 men enlisted at that point, it leading over all the other recruiting stations of the regiment. The state of Georgia stands first in the number of recruits given, with Alabama Recond and several others right in a bunch, not so very far be hind. Atlanta leads in the number from one poiut, while Columbus, Ma con, Newnan, Carrollton, Elberton, Cedawtown and many other Georgia towns have furnished a large quota of the recruits. In Alabama, Montgomery, Birming ham and many of the mining and in dustrial towns sent large batches of troops to the fort. Then many camo from the smaller towns and farming sections of the 6tate to help swell Ala bama's list. Knoxville, Tenn., sent a large number of men, while Dayton, Nashville .and other cities supplied their part. New Orleans sent many men from the state of Louisiana more than any other town so far away that afforded competition to the regiment. Then the other towns in that state respond ed right nobly to the call. Ohio and Kentucky also sent a number of re cruits, as did New Mexico. A batch even came from far-off Maine. Florida, North Carolina, South Car olina and the other southern states have helped to fill the regiment, and may all claim part of the honor that will be reflected by the men in it. It is not known just when the regi ment will be ordered away, but it is thought by most of the officers of the regiment that orders will be received about the 25th of September to pro ceed to some of the stations, from which the men will be put on board the transports and started for the Philippines. Until that time comes the men will be kept busy at work, perfecting them selves in all the arts of war. THREE PARTIES MEET. Democrats, Populists and Fusionists of Nebraska Hold Conventions. Nebraska democrats, populists and silver republicans met in Omaha Tues day and fused on nomination forjudge of the supreme court and two mem bers of the board of regents of the state university. Former Governor A. S. Holcombe was nominated for supreme justice by the populists and indorsed by the two other conventions. United States Senator William Y. Allen could have had a majority of the ballots in the convention, but he pushed the proffered honor aside and supported his friend Holcombe. Wil liam J.' Bryan was a delegate to the democratic gathering. The resolution declared uncompromisingly for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, and indorsed bodily the Chicago platform of 189G. OBJECT TO LYING IN JAIL. The Bell Brothers and Towry Have Not Decamped. Augustus Bell of Gainsville, Ga., a brother of Mark and Oliver Bell, who were indicted by the Hall county grand jury for alleged connection with the Si Smith lynchiug, has given out a letter in which he states that his brothers have not fled the country, ne says they are only waiting an op portunity to come in and staud trial'oa the'eharge against them. The Bell boys and Henry Towry are perfectly will ing, he say?, to give themselves up wiicn they aro assured of a speedy trial, but they have no idea of lying in jail for several mouths waiting for a chance to prove themselves innocent of the crime. ' 'Yoit Never Miss the Vtfer Till the Well Runs Dn." BV nexer rtilite the vamc cf htillh wtiJ it is gone. When eld tun strength Mnd vigv Art Minting, purify the LlooJ by t thing Hoof $ SvsApAriZUi toon re stored Appetite, perfect digestion, ttttdy nerves And even tempt" hvuI prm e it is bringing btch the giro) of perfect health. dlood'S SaUakm'dfa ' IF--. Danger w( Cherry nt A newspaper orrenpotident asked a. West End doctor of considerable -repute if It was a fact that eh-rries and milk taken together were poisonous, lie admitted It wn datigerou.i. Thn cherry tree la akla to the laurel, from the leaves of wulch prusslc acid h made, and tf the cherries had a ten dr ncy to be overripe, as was very like ly to be the ease so-late in the season, they would cause such fermentation nmong the uiilti as would surely cause trouble and no doubt a deal of pain, but he considered that a very largo quantity of cherries would require to be taken to, bring about fatal result. London Correspondence of New York Herald. Are You T'slng Allen' Foot I'ase? It In the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Tired. Aching, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allon's Foot E&ee, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Bold by all Drugk'tatg, Groeors and Sbos Btorcs,25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leltoy, N. Y. The automobile U evidently a haughty carriage Judging from the price thereof. FHjc Ywnr Mewolii With Cant-arete. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forerer. 10v, V6. If C. C. C. fall, dnigi;tM refund mouey. 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