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proacn OF the heaviest cyclone known
ossipee to sea- For nearly three days
tho flagship buffeted this hurricane, de-
scribsd locally as the "cordonaxe de st.
Francis d'Assis"-a long name that,
but meaning, by and large, the snap
ping OF the whip OF ST. Francis-and
then came out of 1t somewhat bruised.
but, as learned afterward, the only sur
vfving large vessel OF four that had
been exposed to fits fury.
Upon the return Of the ossipee to
Magdalena bay It was found that the
first shipment OF coloniEers was ex-
p4ted, not from California, but from
New York by way of the isthmus Of
Panama. The prospecting and prepara-
ton OF the land were gone forward
with, somewhat ianguidly It must be
confessed, for IT was soon apparent
that the only prospect for any profit
able labor was in the collection Of the
orchiIla.
In the meantime the Lower
nian, a four page patent inside journal,
was with Characteristic intrepidity IS
sued. The first number appeared on
October 10. 1870. and the second on No.
vember 10. whether any other edi-
tions saw the light il unknown. fpr
even at this early date the enthusiasm
and faith OF the projectors of the On
terprise began to waver. Both editions
were, especially in the patent inside
aspect, so similar that the novelties OF
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shore coating station, but that the PRO-
ject did not appeal to . nation viewing
with natural distyust anything that
might appear to its peoplA and to other
ton Of national territory. It has been
hoped. SO the reports so. that the privi-
lego accorded TOR so many years to
maintain q shore coaling station in
Pichilipque, on the gulf coast, might
be extended to Magdalena bay. Tho
reasons for this denial. a. measured by
Mexico, are undoubtedly sound In Mexi-
can eyes. What might nappen should
an emergency arise and Z serious stra-
tegical question be involved cannot now
be considered This country. however,
has all faith In the indisputable friend
ship. good will and amity Of our. great
neighbor to the south and is sure Of its
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advertisers no doubt exists For exam
pie. 6ilas I. Adams, who proudly an
nounoed that he was an artesian we'll
borcr-in q land whore the artesian
borers bore no nlore--was the mate Of
the schooner. Succeeding him came
other members of the crew, most of
whose advertisements used the trade
totems and symbols that years since
graced tho pages even Of the largest
dailies. Joel Byrnes. horse shoer and
blacksmith by occupation, figured in
large type as Blacksmith Magdalena,n
with an anvil for his crest. George
Mason, foc's'le hand, was "Horticultur-
list, Magdalena," and George Robbins,
indicated by q carpenters plane, and
William Sadler, purveyor OF Green
Turtles" ornamented with two sprawl
ing sliders, were both good all around
sailormen. All Sam, exploited by dull
looking dsh, was the Chinese cook Of
the expedition, and he figured at the
foot of the last column on the fourth
page as selling oysters ana always
keeping on hand fish Of all kinds" IT
may be asked If All Sans oysters were
those that at one time grew on the
plants and trses In the lagoons and
mangrove swamps, as set down by the
poets OF the prospectus.
Despite the work and Its original
backing the enterprise languished, and
at last the orchilIa gatherers from New
York protested SO valorously that they
were sent to San Francisco. Good in
tentions had informed the project. and
a deal OF energy had bssn expended.
but gradually the various surveying
parties were withdrawn. What the
future fortunes OF tho company were
Is unknown, but the patent must have
been withdrawn. The patent lapsed, OF
other concessionaires entered without
authority. and after various changes in
names and directors. are trying. in q
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lean prosperity and respectabilty- The
company became the grantee of the
greater portion OF the zone included be-
tween the twenty-fourth and the
thirty first degrees of north latitude,
and its lands extended west and east
from the Pacific ocean to the sea of
Cortez (better known then and now as
the gulf Of Lower California; and north
TO the boundaries OF the United States,
with their bays. harbors. islands and
others dependencies-inel in all
about 81 0e0 square miles, or a terri
tory as large as the state or New York.
This patent was granted by the Mex
ican government in May. 1855, and sub
sequentiy the company became the
assignee of the greater part of the
Jecker contract in the state OF sonora
which added about 100000 of acressto
the S0,Oeo,0o0 of the original grant. 1t
owned besides this principality large
districts through assignments and
agreements by the heirs of the Emperor
Iturbide in Sonora, Sinaloa and the
Frontera. this last including the owner
ship of the mouth of the Colorado river
and it's banks for many miles. Here
were names and regions to conjure
with to infiame the Imagination and to
enlist enthusiastic cooperation.
The first expedition was embar rked in
1870 on board a schooner, and after a
lsnsuid and uneventfuI voyage along
favorable coast the boat anchored in
Msgdalena bay. Prospecting and sur
veying began at once; indeed. with so
much earnestness that the news
travelled over the peninsula to La Paz,
the capital OF the district Suspicion
was naturally aroused and reports
drffted 20 the surveyors that an armed
force was being prepared for their cap
ture or dire destruction. At this juno
ture the flagship Ossipee, flying the
broad pennant of Commodore William
Rogers Taylor. arrived, and after re-
plenishing the stores of the party 1t
steamed around Cape st. Lucas and up
the gulf to La Paz onsa mission of in
quiry. It took on board the secretary
of the company, the energetic. intelli-
gent and ever optimistic Colonel
Drake de Kay, at one time during the
civil war aid TO the commanding gen
eral Of the army
The report OF the armed force was
true enough. though much exaggerated
A little more than sergeant's guard
had been detailed to repel the in
vaders, but when explanations had been
made. the express authority of the CEN
trail Mexican government exhibited,
apologies rendered and immunity prom
ised. the Ossipee left La Paz for Mazat-
Ian, where it was hoped communica-
tion might be established with the City
Of Mexico. At this season of the year
gales in the gulf of Lower California
are frequent and violent and so to-
ward the end OF September the ap-
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civilization and research--it was eight
inches square-are found mainly on
the home made outsides, set up and
kicked off in the forecastle of the
schooner. The first edition doomed
and burgeoned with three columns OF
observation-disclosures mainly they unblush-
ingly declared, from La Psz, from out
lying ranches and from the (projected)
cities of ,Cortez and Pizarro, while a
few came from the better settled COM
munities, such as San Francisco and
New York. Nearly all OF these We're
the inspirations and productions of the
perfere4d and joyous imagination OF
the secretary and his assistant They
glowed with promise. In the second
edition the foreign Advertisements We're
withdra wn-and only two columns ap-
peared.
Cattle and transportation, the journal
announced, could be provided at the
poetically named ranches of the broth
ers Ramon and Pablo de la Toba and OF
the contractor Nictoriano Gomez. who
offered TO sell cattle. mules horses,
hides. cheese and other groceries The
lawyer who displayed his card in Span
ish was Manuel Clemente Rofo San To-
mas. 1t is unknown whether any of
these excellent patrons of live journal
ism really existed-they never appeared
while the Ossipee lay in the port-ex-
cept perhaps the lawyer. He may have
been the uneasy and somewhat alarmed
person who acted as assistant inter-
prefer to the gifted and most agreeable
Frenchman, NJ. de Roguemont who was
the managing. city and news editor of
the Lower Californian But of the other
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must Be expressed In gsnsralities and
Be confined to sxternAiit1eB open 20 thu
world. For many years our naval and
military authorities displayed too much
libsrality IN revealing our systems Of
ofYenss and defense, but now, happily,
these are guarded with q jealousy and
hedged about with restrictions that are
altogether admirable and wise
Record target practice is. it may be
said In general terms. conducted with
tho ship steaming at . prescribed
speed over q measured range. ths Inn
it, of which are indicated by buoys,
near ono Of which q screen target
mounted on q raft IN moored- The Of
flcsrs commanding our fleets and
souadrons are each year ordered to
carry out record target practice and
an autumn great gun practice. Sps-
cial facilities are afforded each event
for continuous gunnery work, and the
plans to be followed By the assembled
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lana anu sonuir1ons mat are far from
irredeemable.
Our interest in Magdalena bay is very
close and its future is of high impor-
tance to US. The state department has
long sought to utilize it as q rendezvous
for the drills and coaling of the fleet.
and Mr.. Root In his voyage on board
the cruiser Charleston enabled to
estimate at first hand It's situation and
its possibilities. Mexico has been lib
eral in the courtesies extended to us.
emphasizing these OF late by permis-
sion to moor coal barges in its waters
for the supply of our fleets. 1t is re-
ported that request had been made
to establish rifle range aud to build a
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49,, - r~~Ss w \ts. THE
Ok1RANYS ScHOONER.
pre-. one Of four or more amp:res as
signed to the general scheme OF prac-
tice. and his duties are most inpor-
tant, as the final result Is TO a degrees
based on his Judgments The other
umptres, spoilers, etc, have duties
which are trade secrets and at the
point whence all the roads dlvergs the
personnel OF the fire control directs
the practice. The final result Is COM
piled at Washington and then comes
the great day of expectancy when the
navy department announces the trophy
winners, the final merit and compara-
tive standing OF fleets, squadrons,
ships. gun divisions. and the best indi-
vidual shots. The government provides
four trophies for excellence In gun
nery-one each for battleships. oruis-
era. gunboats ana tsspsdo craft. When
a trophy IS delivered on board q ship
or transferred to a new winner it n re-
ceIved with appropriate and dignidsd
ceremonies BY the whole crew at mus
ter, and is enthronec as honorable evil
dence OF good work well done. Then,
too, money rewards are distributed ac-
cording to gun rank or rating among
the successful crews, and. while these
are priced. they are in the estimation
Of the ships company much inferior
to the honor. the kudos OF the victory
Besides record target practice there
are other tests, such as rolling. night
deavor battle practice, where most OF
the conditions stated above are varied
because the ship Is handled az II 1t
were In battle and fAs officers are mora
intimately associated with the immsdi-
ate direction Of the batteries.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-12
ANOTHER FOREIGN MARRIAGE

London Dec. 1.-The bothrothal of Hon, Ronald Lindsay, son of the carl Of wford to Miss Martha. daughter of ]. Donald Cameron, late United States senator from Pennsylvania, ls announced here
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S12925o; Winchester R, 4, Co., S2,- 59TG0t; Yale Brewing Co, Sl96,2t0; Yale university $l39,00O.
 NCsNillC.
 Grcst Manuracturtus Co., Sl5I32O,
 Residents,
 American Steel and Wire Co., $6l5,- GOO; William r. Garde estate, ct aL, S100,545i Elizabeth r. Hawkes., $i6l,- $50; TTcadwcll Kctchum estate, Sl69,- 300; George D Miller S11it7Oi E. Moses Sll6,64O; Ellen E, Phelps, $t916OO, William IT, Pltkin, S1O2,245i George St. John Sheffield, Sl902OO, Diana w. Somors, ct al, $lOG,355; Mary F., Thayer estate, ct aL, Sli0,- $50; Charles H. Webb, S12S,O10,
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Mortgage Deeds.

Henry Pattoerg to Joseph Porter, Gregory street 70 feet, Sr97o,
 Henry c, Brewster to Ernest l.. Ncttlcton, Truman street, 8 feet, $1oo Harris Levy to William II, OBron, Vernon street, 50 feet Sl,l6O.
 Alfred Baslaracke to the Colonial Realty company Wheeler street 53 feet, s2OO
 Felix O'Brieu to Lomas & Nottlcton, Willow street, 3S feet s1,S0O.
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Quit Claim Deeds.

Harris Levy to W ] O'Bricn, Ward street iO feet
 Regina Buekhol2 to Felix OBrien Willow street. 30 feet
 John T. Shea to stephen F. Roberts Dixwcll avenue 90 feet
 General Hospital society to Henry Pattbcre, Gregory street, 70 fect
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OLD rApEsrRY BRINGS sas .nnn.

London Dee, ll,- Big prices were realized al the sale by auction to-daS of Lord Amherst's collection of tapes try. French furniture and cnamcs The pick of the tapestry an eight panel sel of ola Bobellns representing cpl sodes of the military career of Louis XIV, brought 5000
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-12
DOINGS IN REALTY
Permit Issued for Prince Street School to Be Built at Cost
 of Nearly $S8,000.
TO BE A MODERN AFFAIR
several Innovations to Be Introduced Permit for Construction Of
 New Detective Room,

Plans and the building permit for the Prince street school to be erected at the corner of Prince and Lafayette streets were filed in the office of the building inspector yesterday. The per- init names the city of New Haven as the owner of the building and proper ty, Brown and Von Beren as architects aul the D + Clark co. as masons and carpenters. The building is to be lTi by 90 feet with l6O feet as the rear di- mel sion, and will be three stories high It will be set two feet back from the s,.eet line. The cost Ia to be tsS,O0O The plans snow that there will be a flat roof class rooms on the upper floor, class rooms and the assembly hall on the second floor, class rooms and a Kindergarten on the main floor, and layroows manual training rooms, do- mestic science rooms, and the part re- served for the jantor and furnaces in the basement The building Is to be heated by steam on tho outside will be iron stairways for fire escapes
 The Prince street side will contain the main entrance, There will hc l2 large window spaces containing each five separate windows, six small and two central medium sized window sraces containing two windows each. The door viii hc in the exact center, one innovation will be duplex stairs, one side to 20 up and one to gu down. These will be made of concrete In all there VIII De l6 class rooms of the reg ular kind besides tho special ones mon toned It win be one of the most com plete and modern schools in the city.
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Mrs Ann Reynolds and James o'Con. nor are to build a six family tenement house on East and Beach streets Law. renee O'Brien is the mason This Is tc contain 30 rooms and will be 3s by [, feet.
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Lease.

Edward Mallcy to Frederick Gilbert, 3l6-9lS Chapel street for grocery store at &, $50 in monthly payments
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Mechanics Lien.

Frank A Loddy against Lewis flaw thorne, Beacon avenue, 50 feet,
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The permit for the alterations of tho patromen's room in police headquar- ters to build t into a detective bureau was issued yesterday The city nr New Haven S down as owner F Hell Her and Son are to be the masons, and the police department the carpenters As announced in this column two weeks ago, c F Joy designed the i'm movements.
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MnrrnniN Deed.
prohntc Deed.

Joseph Porter to Henry Pattbcrg, Gregory street, 70 feet,
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Estate of cynthia Merrill to Henry and Emma pattberg, Gregory street 70 feet
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The following papers were filed in the office of the town clerk yesterday
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rests will be made when suffi-
cient evidence is secured.
The same night thieves were
active in East End. Some ia.
ble-linen, bed-spreads, etc. &,
were stolen from the home of
Mr.. S. r. Williams. Mrs. r. f.
Allison was relieved of couple
Of fine turkeys, and her neighbor,
the editor, of a large, 25 pound
gobbler that was being groomed
for Christmas. The key to Mr..
E. 0. Hinson's back door was
also stolen. And likewise the
same night some cotton sheets
filed with seed cotton were ia
ken from Mr.. A j. Bailey's place
at EIgin.
A fews nights ago unsuccess
full attempts were made to enter
three or four residences In West
End, on Cemetery street.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12
Personal.

DR.: Edward Horton, of the
Heath Springs section, spent
Thursday in Lancaster.
Mr.. Joe Davis, now of Rock
Hill, is on visit to his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. w. A. Davis.
Mr.. Charles Cunningham, of
Liberty Hill, is visiting his
brother in Rock Hill, Mr.. r B.
Cunningham.
Messrs. E. d. Blakeney and
l.. S. Davidson, of Kershaw,
visited Charlotte this week.
Mr.. w. T. Mobley, of Heath
Springs, was among the pleas
ant callers at this office Thurs.
day.
Mrs. j. L. Guy, of Lowryville,
spent several days here this
week with Miss Alice McNeill
and her mother.
Mr.. B. w. Bradley, of Kershaw coun-
ty, spent Thursday i'm Lancaster, pay
ing this office pleasant call while here.
Mr.. Bradley is another News subscriber
who keeps his date well advanced, his
paper being paid for up to April 1910.
Mrs. n. c. Traylor returned to Co
lumbia yesterday after visit to her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. II. Belk. She
was accompanied by her mother, who
will spend while with her.-Kershaw
Era.
Mr.. George Heath, of Ker-
shaw, was in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Fitzpat-
rick, of Washington, Ca, are
on a visit to Lancaster, their
old home, where they have
hosts of friends. They are
stopping at the Hotel Royal.
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Wor6 at the Granite Ouor1y---
NesC Plant Being Installed.

The Southern Granite com.
pany, now operating what was
long known as the Strait quarry
has met with such success in the
prosecution of its work that it
has found it necessary to greatly
enlarge its plant. An entirely
new plant, in fact, is now being
installed, the engine being of
lOO-horse power. The old plant
has been moved to another quar-
ry on the place, known as the
Pool, about Il miles distant
from the old quarry, and a
branch railroad is being con-
structed connecting the two quar-
ries. AS is we'll known, rail-
road now extends from the old
quarry to Heath Springs, a dis
tance of about six miles, where
connection is made with the
Southern railway.
The granite company is now
shipping it's granite to various
points in the United States. A
shipment was recently made to
Oklahoma. This is one of Lam
caster county's most promising
enterprises and its development
will be watched with much in
terest.
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RObbertes GntOre- SeUeraE THefts
in One NaOht.

An unusual amount of thiev.
ing and robbery seems to be 90.
ing on just now and it behooves
honest people to keep a sharp
lookout for the rogues
Last Tuesday night whole
sale raid was made Oh the Ben
nett Grocery company's ware
house at the l.. 81 c.. depot. En-
trance was effected by the use of
a wagon body rod to break the
staple and lock on the door.
;'nong the articles secured and
,un IN ed off by the thieves were
Mrs. Jaso,ib sacks of flour, about
title nieces, aks, so pounds of
'hetus Mackey, 9, large quau
dr. and Mrs. JoL.-about a 9.
pent few days in rtopetber
With Mrs. Wallace's sister,
3. w. McAteer, last week. pa
Mr.. Bennie Mackey spent last
week in the Heath Springs sec
ion with relatives and riends.
News Reader.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12

You should always remember that most
cough and cold cures are constipatlng
Yet the most important thing to do when
you have a cold is to move the bowels
You cannot promptly cure cold until you
do this Kennedys Laxative Cough Syrup
stops the cough by allaying Inflammation
of the throat and lHngs and it drives the
cold from the system by gently moving
the bowels. Children like it for it tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold by
J. T. Maokey Co. was
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12
Notice OF Application for Dis
charge.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, as executor OF the estate of
Eliza j. CroXton, deceased will on the
4th day of January, 1909, make his
final return and settlement as such ex-
ecutor and apply to the Probate Court
of Lancaster County for his final dis
charge. Il. G.. CRONTON,
Executor estate Eliza j. Croxton. de-
ceased.
Dec. 3, 1908.
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Road to Let.

Bids will be received at the Office OF
the County Board OF Commissioners
until Saturday, Dec. 10Th, at 3 o'clock
p. IN. for the working and maintenance
of the Monroe road from intersection of
Ch" rlotte- Camden road to the state
line. Plans and specifications may be
seen at this office.
l.. J. PERRY,
Supervisor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12
Auction Sale.

ON Saturday, December 18th, will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, at my home, the following per-
sonal property:
mich COWS, one yearling, lot Of
corn and fodder, a one horse wagon
and harness, and lot of farming tools,
household and kitchen furniture and
three colonies of bees and the gums and
lot of sweet POTATOES
Emily Sweat,
Heath Springs, Route 3.
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Heath Springs, Route 3.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County Of Lancaster
BY j. r. Stewman, Esquire,
PF0hata Judoa

~ ~ ibs ObcW bSuuBr0.
Probate Judge
whereas, Ada Hinson made suit
to me, to grant her Letters of Aa-
ministration Of the Estate of and
effects of l. b. Hinson.
These Are Therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said l. b.
Hinson, deceased, that they be and ap-
pear before me in the Court of Probate
TO be held at Lancaster c.. n. on
December 20 next after publication
thereon, at III O'Clock in the forenoon,
10 snow cause, If any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand, this 9th
day Of December Ammo Domini 1908.
y. F. STEWM AN,
Judge of Probate.
December 9th, 1905. 20-23w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12
Cotton Market.

Cotton on local market, S.25 cents.
In New York yesterday spot cotton
closed at 900 cent and futures closed as
follows: January, $50; March, $40;
April, $50; May, S.62.
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" Office of Application for
Final Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, on the 18th of December,
1908, make his final settlement with the
Judge of Probate of Lancaster County,
at his office at the Court House, as guar
dian of Olen G. Estridge, and apply to
said court for final discharge as said
guardian.
This Novembe4 ID, 1908
w. Marcus Estridge,
1919 Guardian of Olen c. Estridge.