The watchman and southron. [volume], March 30, 1904, Image 2

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A BUSINESS LANDMARK.
The J. D. Craig Furniture Company.-The
Oldest Business Enterprise in This
Section of South Carolina,
The veteran business man of Sumter
started in a little rented frame build
Ring on Main street iu 1856, and has
been continuously in business ever
since. Reference is made to J. D.
Craig, who was born in Fairfield
?ounty, S. C. When John C. Fre?
mont and Phil Kearney were getting
California for the United States, Mr.
Craig was in Columbia and there
began to learn his trade with M. H.
Berry, the Nestor of the furniture
business of South Carolina, who gouly
Ela few years ago retired from business.
Tn cabinet and undertaking Mr. Craig
ffillearaed in* the painstaking way dic?
tated by &e conscientious methods of
over a half century a^o, and is neces?
sarily an excellent jndge of material
Bend workmanship, and with the old
?time constancy he pays a hunded cent3
- on the dollar. When he came to
BpSumter his capital summed up was
-$I0 and $-15 in tools in the little frame
building he rented. Sumter was quite
s place 'then, it had about 1500 inbabi
Ktants. For 48 years he has been a
membercf the Board of Stewards, M.
E. Church and is a veteran member of
the A. F. and A. M. and Bed Men.
; Mr. Craig is now the active manager
of Ute Craig Furniture Company of
Sumter, of which he is also Secretary
.and Treasurer, with B. F. Haynsworth,
a retired capitalist, as president.
The Craig Company buildings are
in beautiful frontage in accodance,
with the fumishment of beautiful
?ornes in admirable display within.;
The H?kin show and sales rooms oc?
cupy a two story brick structure 30x85
feet with elevator connection and easy.
stairway, and the display is from
lovely pictures to side boards and bo ri?
fe ts and wardrobes that with mirror
. fronts can show tho beauty of her lady?
ship from head to toe.
Baby buggies are so numerous that
the choice must be perplexing and
couches that would adorn any mansion
-show kaleidescope grandeur of color?
ing and harmony-some couches, those
cf solid leather, were evidently made to
go down to future generations.
The Craig establishment illustrates
that South Carolina still lias appre?
ciation of that which the South always
iiad, a love for, the beautiful and sub
The workshop near the show and
sale departments in front, is a one
story frame strcuture 25x40 with plen?
ty of light and the various tools for
cabinet and joiners art. The two story
frame ware-room, still further back,
measures 30x80 feet and is devoted to
.storage, also the first class undertak?
ing department with steel and genuine
copper cashes, and those . garbed in
ashes of roses and steel gray to state
caskets and blind drape.
? That Sumter has one of the grandest
cars in the State for the last sad rites
is proven at Craig's. It cost about
$2,090. A lighter car and very beauti?
ful cost $800, and a third car is wor?
thy of those whose hearts are true,
but purses lighter.
The new undertaker wagon cost
-$75,00 and the tent against rain or
Jieat--the church trucks and lower?
ing device emphasize the complete?
ness of that which Sumter and neigh
vboring counties do as a duty to those
\T?ho go before. '
?L H. Hurst the manager of the
' undertaking department and the em?
balmer, has been 18 years with Mr.
Craig. He took an entire course
ann graduated in the Southern Col?
lege o? Embalming in 1900 and has
been complimented on his work by
prominent undertakers in Kentucky
?sd Ohio. Mr. Hurstv has thorough
equipment and proficiency. Tte ac
cocntant of the Craig Company is A.
A. Bradham, whose business connec?
tions in Clarendon his native county,
?nd ia Sumter bave gained him the
record of strict attention to duty
commercially and socially.
The Craig e.uterprize is not only
the oldest business in Sumter, but one
of the best in a tier of counties.
Tlie Sumter Land and Improve?
ment ' Company have been open
ins* some properties which should
attract home seekers. They have
not only level lands by the woods, but
others close to the railway, and from
the sites for modern villa beauty to
that for the modest cottage. Some of
tiie land s are blessed with artesian
wells and the surroundings which
.make Sumter one cf toe most beauti
fui towns in the Palmetto State.
They have about 450 acres in the
?astern part of the ci:y and the lots
*ange from $100 to $600 and, cheap at
that.
Sumter is growing and will con?
tinue growing and the real estate bus?
iness is more active' in this county
than it has ever been.
Ali around the City of Sumter mills
and plantations are showing new
ouildmgs and imorovements, and the
center is receiving the benefit. From
north to south and east to westSumtci
is a lovely place and investments in
Sumter properties are bound to be?
come payers of bigger profits than
risky stock on cotton and the so called
soothing weed.
The different investments made in
siock companies are very numerous and
she buying of properties in Sumter,
or near it, gives better tangible
promise than those which drop quick
and stay dropped, or rise like a pulse
ia a fever.
The Sumter Land and Improvement
Company has a good name which is
in consonance with "build up.'
. W. M. Graham is manager of the
company j and has other substantial
interests and reports increasing in?
quiries and better still increasing pur?
chases by cash as well as contract.
Twenty-two years ago George F.
Epperson had a good all around horse
and a well wear buggy.
He and the horse worked together
and again he let people have a livery
expedition. He saved as well as work
-ed, and bought a stable with about
half a dozen head. . The business
grew greater until 1901 when he lost
by fire 10 head of horses, numerous
vehicles and other properties. Start?
ing again he compelled success to
come, and now has one of the most
elegant establishments as to buildings
and equipment in the Palmetto State.
The frontage he owns is half a
?block, and the brick buildings, in?
cluding carriage repository, harness
moorna, offices, stables and agricultural
taxehincry hall, are as attractive as
^^^^BHHl li TH* : . -
a main thoroughfare can be embel?
lished by establishments of such a
nature.
The carriage repository is 40x107
feet and contains equipages from noted
factories east and west, from Gotham
and the land of the Buckeye.
When George Epperson brought
two-horse plows to Sumter, ten years
ago, he had to take the wisacre laugh,
now the best farmers use them-are
satisfied and successful.
He also started the first '.regular"
coal yard here, and handles about
600 tons of black diamonds annually.
The Epperson plantation one and
a half miles east by south encom?
passes 325 acres with 200 acres in cult?
ivation, raising oats, corn, peas and
native grasses-crab grass, crowfoot
and Bermuda. He owns 17 tenant
houses in the city, and his pleasant
home has just been remodelled in
answer to his early dreams of, solid
comfort
Mr. Epperson was born in Virginia,
Pittsylvania county, and in July,
1875 landed in South Carolina/ He
clerked in Sumter for the munificent
sum of $10.00 per month then from a
horse and buggy he made time.
He has been Alderman a dozen
years, and is a member of so many
fraternal lodges that he is known
from Dan to Beersheba.
He became a member of the A. F.
and A. ML, when manhood had but
dawned upon him and bas continued
in good works with the K. of P., the
A. O. ?. W., W. of W., the Elks and
the Knights of Columbia.
R. S. Churchill*, the accountant and
charge de affaires clerically vas con?
nected with "the art preservative"
and aided editorially and reportorially
to build Dillon when it needed more
than now.
The Churchill's are gifted on both
sides of the Big Pond and R: S.
Churchill has talents which will ele?
vate him to furtqer prominence.
C W. Smith has charge of the noble
equine department and believes "the
quality of mercy is not strained."
Henry Turner is the overseer of the
Epperson plantation and is, a good
farmer from the ground up-believing
*in clover and turning over.
The Epperson interests show "that
from small acorns great oaks grow."
James Ca rs well.
Southern Pacific to Use Oil.
Omaha, Neb., March 26.-Coal
strikes will not in future be one of
the worries of President Harriman of
tho Southern Pacific. Before long all
the engines on the system will be con?
verted into oil burners, and coal, with
its cinders and smoke, and its scarcity
ic time of labor troubles in the mines
will - no longer be used on the lines of
the Southern Pacific The new en?
gines ordered for the road will be oil
burners, and the work of converting
those now in use into oil burners has
been in progress for sometime. Dur?
ing the past year nearly 300 locomo?
tives which had burned coal were
changed in the company's shops at
Reno and Bakersfield into modem oil
burning engines and equipped with the
necessary tanks for . the liquid fuel.
This makes a total of over 600 locomo?
tives that burn oil on the Southern
pacific lines. The change has involved
the erection of great storage tanks at
various points in Nevada and Cali for
nia on the overland -route and at others
on the Shasta route. Oil fuel is now
used exclusively on the Coast line and
the overland route, and Harriman's
recently acquired oil lands in southern
California are a large source of supply.
Women to Walk Across Continent.
New York, March 26.-Bright and
early next Monday morning, accord?
ing to present arrangements, Mrs.
Annette L. Fiace, of the professional
Woman's League, will start from this
city in an attempt to walk across the
continent. The trip will be made in
company with her close friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Brannan, and the party ex?
pects to reach Califorrnia within a
year. They will take the journey in
easy stages, tramping as much each
day as strength and inclinaiton will
permit, and lodging where they may
on the road. New Jersey, Pennsyl?
vania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mis?
souri, Indian Territory, the northern
part of Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona is the itinerary mapped out,
though the pedestrians will feel at
liberty to depart from it at any time.
Mrs. Place, though past the years
when most women care fur such ac?
tivities is the embodiment of ?ervous
vigor. She has been a vegetarian for
a number of ye?rs, and attributes ner
unimpaired health to this fact. A
member of many clubs, she is one of
the most indefatigble attendants at all
meetings. When walking is possible
she scorns a car, covering miles with
apparently no fatigue. . Her project
to traverse the continent afoot is no
surprise to her many friend-, who
will watch the progress of her journey
with much interest.
The Postoffice Rottenness.
Washington, March 24.-Today the
House of Representatives again put
itself on record against any investiga?
tion of the postoffice department.
Eight pages of the postoffice appro?
priation bill were disposed cf. The
question of an investigation of the
postoffice department was brought up
by Mr. Williams, the minority lead?
er, who propsed an amendment pro?
viding for? a select committee of five
members of the House and three
Senators to make a complete inves?
tigation into the alleged frauds in
that department. He taunted the
Republicans for their failure to order
an investigation and said the par?
ty was opposed to it
3 The Chair sustained a point of order
by Mr. Overstreet against the amend?
ment and when Mr. Williams appealed
the Chair was sustained-133 to 99
Before the vote was taken Mr. Wil?
liams appealed to Mr.JOverstreet to
withdraw his point or order, which
Mr. Overstreet refused to do.
- i i mm*
The Name Witch Hazel.
The name Witch Hazel is much abused.
E. C. De Witt & Co., Chicago, are the in?
ventors of the original and only genuine
Witch Hazel Salve. A certain cure for
cuts, burns, bruises, eczema, tetter, piles,
etc. There are many counterfeits of this
Balve, some of which are dangerous, while
they are all worthless. In buying Witch
Hazel Salve eee that the name ?. C. De
Witt <fc Co., Chicago, is on the box and a
cure is certain. iSold by Olin B. Davi..
THE MASS MEETING.
The Court House Was Crowded With an
Interested Audience of Voters.
The.mass meeting which was held in
theCourt Hcnse Friday night at the call
of the city Democratic executive com?
mittee, was a great success, and the
large attendance was the best possible
evidence of the lively interest that
the citizens of Sumter take in muni?
cipal affairs. The Court House was
so crowded that few if any others
could have found seats.
The meeting was called to order
shortly after 8 o'clock by Chairman
Altamont Moses,* of the Executive
Committee, and by vote of the crowd
he was chosen to preside.
He stated that the citizens of Sum?
ter had been called to assemble by the
Executive Committee for the purpose
of hearing the candidates for Mayor
and Aldemren discuss the issues of
the municipal campaign, and to de?
clare their positions respecting the
policy of tlie city government
He stated .that under the rules of the
organization the candidates had until
6 o'clock p. m. Saturday, to sign the
pledge and pay their assessments ; that
lists would be open for the signatures
; of candidates until that hour and no
longer, it having been positively de?
cided, by the committee to enforce this
rule to the letter.
Mr. W. B. Boyle, candidate for
Mayor, was the first speaker intro?
duced. He spoke of his six years ser
! vice as an alderman, and that he
j could promise no more for the future
than his record would substantiate
i that he had performed his duty as an
alderman to the best of his ability,
honestly, faithfully and without per?
sonal bias. He believed in improvy
ment and in an economical adminis?
tration of the city's affairs. He could
make no pledges, for he could not
foresee what conditions would arise,
and could ( only promise to meet the
conditions to the best of his knowl?
edge. He thanked the voters for the
handsome support given him in for?
mer elections when he was a candidate
for alderman, saying that, this evi?
dence of their confidence in him was
gratifying and he had spared no ef?
fort to prove himself worthy.
Dr. Geo. W. Dick, the other candi?
date for Mayor, was next introduced.
Dr. Dick, who has served two years
as a member of council, is a ready
speaker, and his speech was the long?
est of the evening. It was punctuated
with jokes and anecdotes and was yet
a serious and forcible presentation of
his views of the needs of the city and
the duties of the Mayor to be elected.
He said that he does not consider the
sewerage question an issue, inasmuch
as the sewerage must wait on the wa?
ter contract, by which the city is
bound hard and fast. He still believes
that the city should have a sewerage
system as soon as it can be had with?
out burdening the city with taxes.
He spoke of our fine system of public
schools and pledged to them his en?
thusiastic support as an ex-orhcio
member of. the board of education,
should he be elected. He believes in
the economical administration of the
city finances and in systematic public
improvements as the means cf the city
warrant expenditures therefor. He
quoted statistics showing the growth
of the city in population and in busi?
ness, and referred to the steps that
have been taken to secure an appro?
priation for a public building from
Congress. He would not make any
sp?cifie pledges because he could not
do so honestly, but would and did
promise his best efforts to give the
city an administration such as busi?
ness men would approve and support.
The candidates for aldermen were
then introduced in alphabetical order.
They one and all confined their re?
marks to a brief announcement of
their candidacy and asked the suffrage
of the voters of Sumter, provided
they thought them the proper men for
the positions to which they aspired,
at the same time promising to dis?
cbarge the duties incumbent upon
them to the best of their ability.
Mr. W. Loiing Lee,, who was nom?
inated only yesterday, when introduc?
ed stated that, while he appreciated
the compliment paid bim, he would
be forced to decline the nomination,
owing to the fact that his business
frequently required his absence from
the city for several weeks at a time
and he would . therefore be unable to
give the position the attention it
should have, and he preferred not to
undertake anything which he. could
not do right.
Mr. P, P. Finn was unexpectedly
cal'ed but of town yesterday after?
noon, having to take the run of au en?
gineer who was taken sick, and conse?
quently was unable to be present.
Mr. C. G. Rowland sent a letter
stating that he was prevented from be?
ing present by an affliction in his
family. His letter, which was read
by the chairman,outlined his' position,
and stated that be was a candidate at
the urgent solicitation of citizens.
Mr. j. H. Levy, whose candidacy
was announced for the first time in the
meeting was not present.
Mr. E. H. Moses was not present,
but Mr. J. J. Harby explained his ab?
sence by saying that he was detained
at the electric light station by an ac?
cident to one of the boilers which he
had to repair.
The candidates for aldermen wno
were present and addressed the meet?
ing were:
Henry D. barnett, H. T. Edens, R.
F. Haynsworth, H. W. Hood, E .W.
Hurst, J. A. Schwerin, W. G. Stubbs
and R. K. Wilder.
At the conclusion of the speechmak
ing by the aldermanic candidates, Mr.
W. B. Boyle was granted time to
make additional remarks. He dis?
cussed the sewerage question, taking
the position that it is not now practi?
cal to do anything at this time, and
then took occasion to deny in the
most emphatic manner certain state?
ments that he had been informed
were in circulation that he had stated
that he would not become a candidate
for Mayor in opposition to Dr. Dick.
There seems to have been some mis?
apprehension or misunderstanding be?
tween Mr. Boyle and Dr. Dick re?
specting Mr. Boyl's attitude in this
matter, and when Mr. Boyle had fin?
ished his remarks Dr. Dick asked the
privilege of making a statement to
set himself right before the citizens
ofSnmter. He made a brief state?
ment giving his understanding of the
matter. Mr. Boyle was allowed a re?
joinder and then Dr. Dick made a
second statement, going more into de?
tails.
Chairman Moses then declined to
permit the discussion to proceed fur
ther on this line, and he was support?
ed in his ruling by the meeting, there
being a practically unanimous de?
mand for adjournment.
The passage between Mr. Boyle and
Dr. Dick was the only incident of the
meeting that was at all exciting, but
as neither reflected upon the veracity,
motives, honesty or sincerity of the
other and both disclaimed any ill will,
the incident passed off without de?
stroying the good will and harmony
that marked the meeting.
CHARLESTON LODGE OF ELKS.
Visiting Team Put Reorganized Lodge
Through Paces Thursday Night
-.Then Smoker.
The Charleston Lodge, B. P. O. E.,
was formally and noisily reorganized
last night in the entertainment hall
of the Commercial Club building.
The fancy work was conducted by a
team from the Sumter Lodge, under
-direction of Exalted Ruler Abe Rytten
berg. As far as could be learned by
an outsider the new Elks had a lively
tim? and there was fun enough and to
spare. The degree team from Sumter
is said to be one of the finest* in the
south and every preparation had been
made to have things go through like a
cyclone. Persons passing the Com?
mercial Club during the process of
tying the antlers upon some new Elk
let might have imagined that repre?
sentatives from Tokio and St Peters?
burg were amicably discussing the re?
lative strength of Cossack and Jap, but
of course this might have only been
an echo from tte bowling alleys.
When the smoke of battle had clear
ed in-the pro tem lodge room, which,
however, was not until about la. m.,
and the candidates found themselves
alive and able to articulate, there were
suggestions of coffee and cigars and
other things, and an adjournment was
made to the dining rooms of Riddock
& "Byres, on the second floor. Here
Charleston Elks and visitors from
several near-by cities enjoyed an hour
or two in social 'converse, while par?
taking of a well prepared collation.
The rejuvenated Charleston Lodge
begins work under auspicious circum?
stances and will, no doubt, soon be
among the largest and most influential
of Charleston's many splendid social
and benevolent organizations.-News
and Courier. March 25.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT WINTHROP.
Announced Date Opening, lune
29-May be Changed.
Columbia, March 25.-Hon. O. B.
Martin, State superintendent of Edu?
cation, left yesterday for a conference
at Rock Hill with President Johnson,
of Winthrop college to decide on a
date for beginning the next summer
school for teachers at Winthrop. The
date was fixed for the 29th of June, but
a letter from Mr. Johnson says that
inasmuch .as it will be necessary to
finish the work on the buildings in
two months the date might be fixed
earlier.
The summer school gets $8,000 for
expenses this year.
DeKalb Mills to Be Sold.
Charleston, March 23.-Judge W.
H. Brawley in the United States cir?
cuit court today ordered the sale of
the DeKalb cotton mills of Camden,
this State, for the benefit of creditors.
The upset price is fixed at $150,000 and
the elate of sale is left with Special
Master Thomas C. Duncan.
?~ v
Darlington, March 24.-Robert Wil?
son, colored, was shot and fatally
wounded at Lumber this morning by
Robert Register, also colored. Regis?
ter was arrested by Deputy R. G.
Parnell and lodged in jail here.
Further than this no particulars have
Lbeen learned.
Colds Cause Pneumonia.
One of the most remarkables cases of a
cold, de^p-seated on the lungs, causing
pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E.
Fenner, Marioa, Ind.. who was entirely
cured by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says : "The coughing and
straining so weakened me that I ran down
in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried
a number of remedies to no avail until I
used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bot?
tles of this wonderful remedy cured me
entirely of the, cough, strengthened my
lungs and restored lue to my normal
weight, health and strength." Sold by
Olin B. Davis.
New York, March 23.-All grades of
sugar have been advanced five cents a
hundred pounds.
Muscles Sore, Joints Paiufu.
Rheumatism.
Sore muscles or painful joints may mean
an approaching attack of rhaumatisin. El?
liott's Emulsified Oil Linment, rubbed on
the affected parts will relieve the pam and
soreness, and prevent rheumatism. Elliott's
Emu sified Oil Liniment is a satisfactory
rubbing liniment for all soreness, stiffness
and lameness of joints or muscles. All
dealers.
Detroit, Mich., March 25.-Conser?
vative estimates'tonight of the dam?
age caused by the flooded rivers and
creeks of lower Michigan during the
past 24 hours place the property loss
at more tbjan $1,000,000. At Lansing
alone the figures are placed at $200,
000. Two lives have beeu l?st, those
of an unknown Armenian, 'who was
stauding on a bridge at Lansing, when
it collapsed and was washed away,
and a boy, who was drowned in a
flooded street at Owesso. Reports
from many places tonight tell of a
steady downpour of rain with no sign
of a let-up. All train service has
been interfered with, and many
bridges have been carried away.
More Riots
Disturbances of strikers are not nearly
as *rave as an individual disorder of the
system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous
tension will be followed by utter collapse,
unless a reliable remedy is immediately
employed. There's nothing so efficient to
cure disorders of the liver or kidne} s as
Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful tonic,
and effective nervine and the greatest all
around medicine for run down systems. It
di-pels nervousness, rheumatism and neu?
ralgia and expels malaria germs. Only .r><>(\
and satisfaction guaranteed by J. F. IV.
DoLorme, druggist.
\
THOMAS B. JENKINS.
Resolutions of Respect from Hollywood
Camp, W. 0. W.
We are again called upon to mourn
the loss cf a brother. Death has en?
tered our Forest and stricken down
our friend and comrade, the veteran
Woodman, Thomas B. Jenkins, who
was faithful in every duty and obliga?
tion imposed upon him from the day :
of our organization to the time of his ,
departure. None took a more active 1
interest in our chosen Fraternity. No ;
one contributed more to the growth I
and prosperity of our Camp. In recog- \
nition of his worth, and in token of
our love and esteem, be it
Resolved, That in the death of Bro.
Jenkins, Hollywood Camp has sus?
tained an irreparable loss. We will
miss his words of counsel and his happy
smiling face in times of joy and his
brotherly sympathy in seasons of sor?
row. Our Camp fires will be les3
cheerful because he' is gone. Yet we
bow humbly to the will of Him who
doetii all things well, while we cherish
the comforting hope that our brother
has exchanged the cares and toil of
earth for the joys of Heaven.
Resolved, That we extend our sin?
cere sympathy to the loved ones he
has left behind.
Resolved, That a page in our min?
ute book be appropriately inscribed to
his memory, and that our Camp be
draped in mourning for a period of ?
thirty days.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published ia the ?ocal papers and cop?
ies pf them sent to the family of our
deceased Brother.
L. I. Parrott,
J. M. Brogden,
C. M. Hurst,
Committee.
Bishopvilie News Items.
Hon. T. G. McLeod and family are
spending awhile with relatives at
Lynchburg.
Dr. McLure will soon commence the
erection of a commodious warehouse
just opposite Mr. Barnett's for the
Heath-Massey-Morrow Co. It will be
an adjunct to the department stores
and extend back 70 feet.
Mr. Elijah R. Josey of the St.
Charles nieghborhood died last Sun?
day evening about 7 o'clock at the
home of Mr. J. B. Tallon.
Mr. Willie Chequing, of Ionia, died
at his home last Sundayj about 2
o'clock p. m.
The election held last Tuesday to
vote on issuing additional bonds to
complete the Graded School building
was very quiet and resulted in favor
of bonds by a vote of 76 to 18.
Mr. Nat Barnett and the Heath
Morrcw Co. are putting in a side
track to their warehouse in order to
handle more easily their immense
freight.
Mr. D. Ed DuRant, the present in?
tendant, has declined to make the
race for re-election. Mr". W. K.
Crosswell, after being urged by his
friends, has consented to run. We
have not heard of anyjDther being in
the race for intendant."
Rev. R. T. Marsh with his family
left last Tuesday for Baltimore,
where for six weeks he will supply th?
Hampden Baptist church of that city
for the pastor, Rev. H. C. Riseur,
who is taking a trip to Europe.
The hourly stroke of the town bell
has been silent for a'week or more on
account of the erection of ^the new
steel bell tower which is being'erect
ed near by the old^Jone.-Bishopvilie
Vindicator.
Proper Treatment of Pneumo?
nia
Pneumonia is too dangeous a disease
for an j one to attempt to doctor himself,
although he may have the proper reme?
dies at hand. A physician should always
be called, lt should be borne in mind,
however, that pneumonia always results
from a cold or from an attack of the grip,
and that by giving Chamberlain's Coogh
Remedy the threatened attack of pneumo?
nia may be warded off. This remedy is
also used by physicians in the treatment
of pneumonia with the best results. Dr.
W. J. Smith, of Sanders, Ala., who is also
a druggist, says of it : **I have been sell?
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
prescribing it in my practice for the past
six years. I use it m cases of pneumonia
and have always gotten the b9St results."
Sold by China's Drag Store.
The Rhodes Scholarship.
Columbia, March 24.-The papers
for the examination for the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships at Oxford have
arrived and an examination has been
ordered to be held in this city on April
13. Three are two scholarships from
this State and a large numberjof appli?
cants, and it will be several months
before the result will be finally
known.
SO DIFFERENT.
Lots of Claims Like This But
so Different-Local Proof
is What Sumter People
Want.
There are :i great many of them.
Every paper has its share
Statements hard to believe, harder to prove
Statements from far-away places
What people say in Florida
Public expression from California
Oft times ?rood indorsement there
But of little service here at home
Sumter people want local proof
The sayings of neighbors, friends and citizens
Home indorsement counts
It disarms the skeptic: is beyond dispute.
Tins is the hacking that stands behind every
IK>.\ of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here is a ease of
it:
E. McClOud, farmer, residing on the out?
skirts of Sumter, says: "Both my wife and I
used Doan's Kidney Pills procured at Dr. A.
J. China's drug store and obtained a lot of
benefit from them. I thought it must be the
climate wliich did not agree with us or the
water, for we never had the backache until
we moved lu-n' some four years ago from
Pennsylvania hut we certainty have had it
since." Tiie secretions from the kidneys were
Irregular and much too frequent in action, es?
pecially al night when our rest was much dis?
turbed. Since we used Doan's Kidney Pills
neither of ns has the backache and thc action
of the kidneys became natural and normal
and our rest is not disturbed at night. Doan's
Kidney Pills are the best remedy that ever
came into my house."
For sale by all dealers. Poster-Mi Ibu rn
Company.'Buffalo. X. Y.. sole agents for thc
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and tal?* no
substitute. 5
Our money winning books,
written by men who know, tell
you all about
Potash
They are needed by every man
who owns a field and a plow, and
who desires to get the most out
Qf them.
Tbey axefree. Send postal card.
GERMAN KALI WORKS
5??W York~~9S KaM*n street,
Atlanta, Ga.-22;~ So. Broad St.
THE SUMTER S?VIN0S BANK.
HORACE HARBY, President.
I. C. STRAUSS. Vice-president.
GEO. L. RICF.ER, Cashier.
Capital Stock, 525,00c
Liability of Stockholders, 25,000
TO TAKE CARE OF MONEY
-th8 savings of all classes of people-is
the reason for the existence of
The Sumter Savings Bank
And this duty is performed with satisfac?
tion to all concerned.
Money is absolutely safe here and every
dollar deposited, be it principal or interest
earnr 4 per cent per annum. A small sum
will open up an account and secure a bank
book.
Begin to savA now. Interest payable
quarterly.
TO QUALIFY
FOR GOOD POSITIONS
GUARANTEED IN WRITING.
500 FREE SCH0J^KSHIPS OFFERED
GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON. GA
Dr. E. A. EARLY,
DENTIST.
Phone No. li)0.
Office over Bultrnan Bros.7
Shoe Store. Office hours 8.30
tO 1 ; 2 tO 5; novi>-ly
Land Surveying
I will give prompt attention to all call3
for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides,
draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages
Titles, Probating. &c.
BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S.,
Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C.
' THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depository.
Capital stock paid hu, $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockhold?
ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking business;
also has a S; ving Bank Dep .rtment. De?
posits of $1 and upward received. Inter ?
est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
R. I. MANNING, W. F. RHAME,
vice-President. - Cashier.
Jaj. 31.
]> W? promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign
PATENTS
rSend model, sketch or photo of invention ior<
r free report on patentability. For free book, '
<Ho\vtoSecureTBIinr UIDVO write
Patents and 1 R^UL" fifi Aft fVO to
GA5N?W?
Opposite U, S. Patent Office
WASHINGTON D.C.
DeLORflE'S
PHARMACY,
23 South Main St.
Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p.
m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Having consolidated my two
stores, I will be pleased to see
all my customers at the above
stand, where I am better pre?
pared than ever to serve them.
Your prescriptions will be
called for and delivered.
Phone 45.
Full line of Drugs, Garden
Seed and Cigars.,
Your patronage solicited.
Call bell for night wjoh