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Mrs. Lee's School History. e time ago Col. J. J. Dargan, Principal of the Clyde High School in Darlington County, made an address a teachers meeting in Columbia, in ich he spoke cf the vital impor ce of accurate historical instruc? tion in the schools of this State. He against the incompleteness Inadequacy of Mrs. Lee's "New " History of the United States," and pointed out with some particularity errors cf omission and commission istinguishing that text book. His criticism of the work was based upon Edition of 1899, and this fact was rly stated in Coi. Dargan's address and repeated in such remarks as The News and Courier mace on the subject Col. Dargan's criticisms *of the book were prompted by no ill will towards author or its publishers, but only a desire to warn the public schools of South Carolina against ?he adoption of a text book which fails to do jus? tice to the great men of this State o have contributed materially to glory of this country in arms and statesmanship. CoL Dargan did not make any pub amxouocement of the faults he had vexed in this book, we believe, after he had striven most ear with the publishers to correct , faults, and to do justice to South : Carolina. D ruing last summer ?oL Dargan delivered about fifty lectures in all parts of the State, in only about ? ten of which he spoke of Mrs. Lee's 5 history which he commended in gen? eral terms, and declared to be the best book for Southern schools he had seen, but that it required revision in the : points noted, so that South Carolina might not "suffer >f rom the injustice of neglect, if not of misrepresentation. it was made very clear in what Col. Dargan said about this history, and in what the News and Courier said by way of comment upon his address that the edition under review was the Edi Ition of ?S99. It was claimed by Col. Dargan that Wade Hampton, and. Charles Pinckney, and Governor Rut? ledge, and other distinguished South Carolinians had not been mentioned rn-j this edition of Mrs. Lee's book. Now v comes the Macon Telegraph with the j> assertion that? after examining the book, it had reached the conclusion that "the Carolina critics have dono .'..Mrs. Lee an injustice." The Tele? graph adds :, " We find quite a good deal about Carolina and her distinguished men. We find that Pinckney and Rutledge are-in the book in good shape, the latter's picture appearing, and also Wade Hampton. On page 321 we find these words: 'Here Stuart received ?thewound from which he died the next day. Gen. Wade Hampton suc? ceeded him in command of the cavalry, and sojon proved himself a worthy successor to that gallant officer. ' "But that is not ail On page 330 a defence against the charge made by .Sherman against Gen. Wade Hampton ?a vigorously mads, quoting Sherman's . Memoirs and saying that he put out -4he report in order to shake the faith . yor Carolinians in Hampton. Nor is i;i$his yet a?L On page 331 appears one > of the best pictures of Wade Hampton we have ever seen.-On the opposite ;page is a third of a page picture of ?ie burning of Columbia. In view of the if&ct that this is a brief school history pointed in large type with the usual espace devoted tc 'Questions,' contain? ing 339 pages, and in view of the fact Sfchat only ?39 pages are devoted to the Civil War? it seems to us that there is little ground for complaint on the part of our Carolina friends. It is absolutely untrue, as we have shown, that Hampton and Pinckney and Rut? ledge are ignored. ' That would appear to l?e conclusive : upon the matter under discussion if it were not disingenuous. Col. Dar? gan criticised the 1899 Edition of Mrs. Lee's "New School History of the United States. "The Macon Telegraph is is reviewing some of the .things found in the Edition of 1900. It appears that CoL Dargan's protests to the publishers must have bad some effect, although he had not been apprised of it by the author or the publishers I with whom he had corresponded upon the subject. Probably the next edition will contain more revisions and correc? tions, and by this method of addi ton and exclusion Mrs. Lee's history will be-b9tter adapted to use in the public schools in this State. So far as we have been abie to discover, only two corrections have been made in the 1900 \ Edition, "Hampton succeeding Stuart I and Hampton's picture inserted. Noth? ing else. The great i:: justice done Hampton at Bull Run in this history and all else have been untouched." CoL Dargan would be delighted if he Macon Telegraph would arrange r a public examination of Mrs. Lee's tory, the Edition of 1899 which he iticisad, and the Edition of 19D0 hich it introduces in evidence t him. Indeed, Col. Dargan as made repeated efforts to have a /joint public debate" between the selling agent of Mrs. Leo's history and himself, bet h.is challenge bas not been taken up. It is true that the picture of Wade Hampton appears in the Edition of 1900. put it near the page of description of the burning of Columbia, and af oct note telling that Hampton succeeded Stuart in command of the cavalry appears on the page where an account of Stuarts death is given. In the Edition of 1899 Stu? art's death is told of in the text, and no reference is made to Hampton what? ever. In the Edition of 1900 (so mark? ed as 1900) no account of Stuart's death appears in the text, but only in an awkward foot note, evidently arranged - -to-bring in the notice of Hampton as his successor. "The Edi? tion of 1900," as we are informed by CoL Dargan, "is yet at fault on all points as stated in my address rA Columbia, except in reference to Hampton." "Hampton is still very much slight? ed ; no mention of him and his Legion at Bull Run ; a gross misrepresentation of the facts in regard to Bee's com man?: no mention of 'Fighting Dick' Anderson ; no allusion to John Laurens and his great service in getting effec? tive aid from France and the conse? quent capture of Cornwallis at York? town, and no mention of Laurens'? many gallant feats and other distin Siished services to the Govemmnt. o mention of South Carolina's twe Presidents of Congress at a time when the President of Congress was practi? cally President of the United States. If the anther can find room to speak of Virginia's President, Randolph, and Massachusetts' President, Han? cock, why not room for South Caro i lina's two of the foar? Then South i Carolina furnished a temporary Presi I dent of the same body. When Hancock was disabled by sickness for a year or more, Dr. Ramsey pre? sided as pro tem President at that time. The author actually mixes the Pinckneys, Charles and Charles Cotesworth, evidently does not know one from the other, and tells in all of her books I have seen that the great battle, first victory for Ameri? can arms at Fort Sullivan, now Fort Moultrie, was fought On June 27th in? stead of June 28th, known in all re? spectable quarters of history as * Carolina Day.' She does not say it was first victory, etc. I say that is needed to be told, and the correct date given. * We are assured by Col. Dargan that he has never spoken unkindly of Mrs. Lee, nor asked thatcher books be displaced, only that they be revised inxsome very important particulars." Is the Macon Telegraph able to tell why the picture of Gen. M. C Butler, of South Carolina, which was printed in the Edition of 1890 is omitted from the Edition of 1900, and why the pic? ture of Wade Hampton which was emitted from the Edition of 1899 ap? pears in the Edition of ?3QG? There is no hostility to Mrs. Lee or to her work by Col. Dargan or anyone else in Sonth Carolina. ' What he has insisted upon is that South Carolina is not fairly treated in this book, and that no his? torical text book ought to be permit? ted in the Schools of Sonth Carolina which does injustice to South Caro? lina. That is all. It appears to be a reasonable and patriotic and entirely proper position for the school authori? ties of this State to occnpy-a position which we are sure tl,e Macon Tele? graph will approve,-News and Courier Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. Trade and Industry Quieter on the Whole During the Past Week -More Business Failures. New York, Nov. 6.-Bradstreet's i tomorrow ;will say : Tracie and indus I try is quieter on the whole. Un? seasonable weather affects retail trade at many centres and conservatism in providing for future requiiemsn^ re? stricts jobbing trade. Sela bi vely most I activity is found in the south, where the growth off the cotton movement at the high prices ruling stimulates busi? ness at many centres. In industrial lines reports of curtailed production are evidences of new demand not pressing as sharply as heretofore. Food products are easing off, and finished iron and steel are leading the downward movement of manufactured goods but signs of reawakened foreign and domestic demand lead to the hope that the automatic check to demand long exercised will be removed. Iron and steel bars arc? active and western jobbers make 336? per ton by filling orders from store rather than from milL Wire products are likewise active in retail prices are not substan? tiated, but some export business has been done in rails for Asia. Lumber is steady as a whole thought white pine is rather quieter. v . Business failures for the week were 216 against 148 in the same week in 1902. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. ?Y00GK ELECTED. Will go in by Majority of Nearly a Hundred. Columbia, Nov. 6.-With all returns in except two boxes Mr. W. T. Ay cock has been elected member of the legis? lature to succeed the late Bon. John McMaster by a majority considered handsome by his friends, although Mr. Hampton made a strong race and last night the result was. in doubt. The vote was much larger than was pre? dicted, a total of 1052 having been cast in the precincts accounted for today and the other two boxes will run the total up to 1,100. The two missing boxes are Garners and Horrell, both of which were carried by Mr. Aycock last year. The total vote reported : Aycock, 567; Hampton, 485; Ay cock's majority, 82. A return from Horrell received tiiis morning gives no figures, but states that Aycock received a majority of one vote. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. Fall River, Mass. Nov. 6.-Sales on the print cloth market for the week are estimated at from 150,000 to 200, C00 pieces. Although the market for the week shows some improvement, Ibe same hand-to-mouth transactions which have been the character of the trading in the local print cloth mar? kets has been continued during the present week. The sensationally high cotton market has reflected a much firmer tone in the market for the fancy goods, especially for wide goods, which have been dull for the past few months. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 4.-The un? known man shot in York county on Monday, while resisting arrest on a charge of safe-cracking at Forest City, N. C., died last night. Before his death he stated his name was F. H. Calvert and gave a Baltimore address for the shipment of his body. It is said that $250 in bills was found sewed up in his clothes and teat some of the money was identified as having been taken from the Forest City safe. Few?r Gallons ; Wears .Longer. Only Makes a Bad Matter Worse. Perhaps you have never thought of it but the fact must be apparent to every one that constipation is caused by a lack of water in the system, and the use of drastic cathartics like the old fashioned pills only makes a bad matter worse. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are much more mild and gentle in their effect, and when the proper dose is taken their action is so natural that one can hardly realize it is the effect of a medicine. Try a 25 cent bottle of them. For sale by China's Drug Store. "PARTRIDGE" AND NOT "QUAIL/ The Name "Quail" Applied to North American Bird is a Misnomer. Attention has been called before to a strange misuse of words which has crept into our southern speech since the Civil war. This is the habit we have fallen into of calling partridges "quail." No one in the south, at least no educated person, ever called a part? ridge quail before the war. The misnomer was imported from the north after the Civil war, and is a part o? the legacy which was left in the south by the influx of northern visitors of all sorts during the first few years after the close of the war. Strange to say, many of our people showed a disposi? tion to imitate the habits of the north after the war, including inaccuracies of speech. It would seem that the standard dictionaries, especialy the Century, would have sufficed t? show that part? ridge was the correcct name of the game bird alluded to. The matter has been taken up by the Ornithological union of the United States and it has, after examination, decided that the Bob White, which we all know so well, is a partridge, and that the quail is a different bird. In the Centruy maga? zine for October of the present year is a very intersting article bj' Mr. Dwight W. Huntington, entitled, "Field Sports of today. In commenting upon the various game laws of the different States, he uses this expression: "The word ' partridge' should, of course, be used instead of 'quail' in all game laws. Since there are no quail in North America, a conviction, under the Ohio law, would be hardly possi? ble." The Ohio statute made the same mistake that some of our Georgia laws have heretofore made and called the bird "quail." The last act pass? ed by our legislature on the subject, However, uses both terms so that in a prosecution now the jury will be able to get the offende- "going and coming."-Savannah News. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. DEATH BY LIGHTNING. Between Seven and Eight Hun . dred Kiiied Each Year. As near as may be determined, 713 persons were killed in the United States in 1900, and betwen 700 and 800 are probably killed each year.. East of the 100th meridian thunder storms occur all over the country, but west of it, except in the Rocky Mountains, the frequency of storms diminishes, until on the Pacific coast there are practically none. The greatest number of storms occur in Florida, in.the middle Mississippi Valley and the middle Missouri Val? ley. The average number of storms in each in 1900 was 45, 35 and 30, respec? tively. The greatest number of deaths in any single State (1896-1900) ,was 186 -in Pennsylvania. Ohio came next, with 135, Indiana, Illinois and New York having 124 each. As to city and country, the more dense the popula? tion the less the rate per 1,000,000 of popualtion, due, of course, to the fact that the territory of the country is far greater than that of the city. Besides this, the metal roofs, tele? graph wires, etc, of cities serve as con? ductors. Lightning rods, as usually put up, are of no use. A tin roof with gutter spouts leading into the ground is much more effective. Barns with green hay seem to invite lightning. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. Stomach Trouble Causes Heart Trouble. Heart troubk is almost always caused by stomach trouble. The stomach fails to digest all the food, and the residue fer? ments, forming excess of gas which dis? tends the walls of the stomach, causing a pressure on the neives and arteiies that lead to the heart. This causes the heart to palpitate or skip a beat occasionally, or both, which" is usually very alarming, caus? ing grave apprehensions. Rydales Stom? ach Tablets will prevent this trouble. They digest the food and prevent gas from form? ing in the stomach. If there is no gas in your stomach your heart will not trouble you. Ail dealers. Boson, Mass Nov. 5.-With the ex? ception of the falling off in the Social is vote, the election in Massachusttes yesterday very nearly paralleled that of last year. Governor John L. Bates was re-elected by the Republicans by a plurality of 35,849, over Col. William A. Gaston, in a total vote only slightly under that of 1902 when Bates won by 37, 120. Nature Tells You As Many a Sumter Reader Knows Too Well When the kidneys are sick Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar Infrequent or too frequent action ; Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills Sumter people testify to this Elias Hudgins, gardener and farmer, well known in Sumter and vicinity says: "I suffer? ed for eight or ten years from lumbago in my back so bad that I could not get out of lx-d at times. There was no strength in my back and it ached constantly. When I moved around a kink would strike me right across the small of my back just like someone stick? ing a knife into it. The secretions from thc kidneys were dark colored smelled strong and contained a sediment besides causing me to get up several times during the night. I could not l>egin to tell you the number of remedies I used but nothing did me much good until I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Dr. A. J. China's drug store. The first few doses help? ed me and since taking the pills I have not had any trouble with my kidneys and the pains disappeared from my back. You are welcome to the use of my name as one who can endorse what is claimed for this remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fos ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N". Y., sole agents for the United States, Remember the name-Doan's and take no substitute. 7 The Santee Baptist Association. The Saut?e Baptist Association is : composed of Baptist churches situated in Clarendon and Sumter, with possi? bly one or two in Kershaw county. It was organized about 25 years ago, most of the churches comprising it coming out from thb old Charleston Baptist Association. As we under? stand it, a Baptist Association is a de? liberative missionary and educational body, birt has no law-making function, inasmuch as each individual Baptist church is an ind?pendant body, and is "a law unto itself." Until two years ago, the Santee Association was said to be a peaceful and progressive body, noted for its harmony and fraternity of spirit. About that time, for reasons not as? signed, objections were made to the clerk of the Association, and from that time, as occasion permitted, the war? fare has been kept up against this gentleman, who is pastor of the First Baptist church of Sumter. We learn that one of the pastors, well known to the readers of this paper, actuated by motives not the best, or under the influence of counselors not the wisest, made a still-hunt among the churches in upper Clarendon and lower Sumter, seeking to suborn men who would vote against the present clerk at the Summerton meeting. The canvass was duly made, but when the ballot was counted, it was found that the churches had deposed the methods of the still-hunter, and Dr. Brown was re-elected to his office. Last fall the Association met in Sumter with the First church, and Mr. Alderman pre? sented Rev. Gresham as his candidate for the clerkship, but he was snowed under, and the present incumbent was retained in office. For some weeks here in Manning, the main talk has centered around the same matter, and it was supposed that surely the still hunter and his friends would triumph here on their own heath. Mr. Gres? ham lay patiently on the hands of his trainer for the race, and seemed mere? ly to be the willing tool of a boss. Great speed in the race was prophesied for him ; but it seems that out of 83 votes, he could command only about 30, and again he was re-stabled for better training under the prophecy and promise of the Manning pastor who says the conflict shall be continued at another time. What the whole thing means, we do not know, unless it be some petty spite or black-faced malice natural to the average human heart. No charges of incompetency, unfaith? fulness and unfitness have been charg? ed against the present clerk, except that of general and undefined "boss? ism," and the supposition is that this charge may be true in someway, and someone else, unfit for bossing, is desirous of filling the high office. When the petty spites and bitterness of politics are injected into the methods of a reliigous order, it seems to us it is time for the truly religious people to hang their heads in shame. That this is the case in the Santee Baptist Association, no sensible and open-eyed man will deny. The attendance of delegates on the first day was quite large, as all the interest centered around the election of clerk. That function being over with, the attendance dwindled away, and the house has not suffered with an overflow of people. We would suggest, for the sake of peace, that the kickers acknowledge the Democratic princi? ples which characterize the Baptists, and either yield to the majority vote, or withdraw and join another Associa? tion. All the Baptist ministers in the Association have been present except one or two. Mr. Jas. E. Tindall has made a fair and impartial moderator, and commands the respect of all the delegates. The preaching has been of an excellent order, and the delegates have made themselves agreeable guests in the homes of the people. Dr. Bailey of Greenville, represent? ing State Missions; Maj. J. "W. Gaines, representing the Welsh Neck High School and Rev. V. I. Masters, representing the Baptist Courier, wer? in attendance upon the meeting. Tiie speech of Mr. Masters concerning the laying aside of ministers by the churches at too early an age was re cieved and is spoken of as one of the best speeches of the meeting. Rev. J. D. Huggins was on his feet ! several times, and always had some? thing to say. His manner is earnest and fervid and his reasoning forceful. He is the pastor of four large churches two in Clarendon and two in Sumter, and is well thought of over the whole State among Baptists. Rev. M. A. Connors, pastor of Summerton and Fellowship and Cal? vary churches is a gentleman of pleas? ing personal presence, and wa3 elected chairman of the committee on moneys and accounts. He has a handsome face and is one of the fast developing preachers among the Baptists. "Attendant" in Manning Times. Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Memphis Wednesday. Tall office buildings swayed and chandeliers and crockery were broken in some bouses. Lee County News Items. From tbe Bisbopville Vindicator. Miss Mabel Crosswell returned yes? terday from a pleasant .visit to Sum? ter. Mr. J. B. Tallon has bought Sheriff Smith's house and lot near the graded school and will move into town about the middle of December. Mr. L. Hardy Stuckey left last Mon? day for an extended trip to Oklahoma to visit his ,aunt and other relatives out there. He will be gone about three weeks. Mr. Clarence P. Stuckey, formerly of this place but now an employee of the Southern R. R. company, at Lexington, Ky., is visiting friends and relatives at his old home at Bisbop? ville Col. J. Harvey Wilson, who has been honored so many times by his countrymen, was again paid a high compliment by the veterans at their meeting last Monday. He was unani? mously chosen commander of the camp organized here that day. The naming of the camp was left to a committee who will report at the next meeting to be held on the first Monday in December. . Supervisor J. 0. Durant and Treas? urer G. F. Parrott went over to Cam? den to have a settlement with Ker? shaw county, but the duplicate tax book made out for Lee county by the Auditor of Kershaw is so incomplete that the two commissioners, Mr. Henry Carrison of Kershaw and' Mr G. F. Parrott, appointed to make this settle? ment agreed for each to get an expert to go to Camden and check up the books together and both commissioners abide the result. Sumter county has placed her claim, $7,700 which includes everything against Lee county, bonded debt and all in the hands of the county attorney for collecion. Lee county has no funds to meet this indebtedness until the Legislature meets and provides for. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. Lynching at Pass Christian. New Orleans, Nov. 5.-Sam Adams, a young negro, criminally assaulted Mrs. Peter Ladusz, at Pass Christian, Miss., today. He cut loose the horses from her carriage while she was stroll? ing afield with nurse and child and lured her from her companions under pretence of securing the animals. He escaped, but was captured, and tonight a mob took him from the jail, which had been guarded by armed men as a precaution, and hanged him tc a tree. The officers intended taking him to Mississippi City for safe-keeping, but the avengers were too numerous and determined. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. The Best Liniment. "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is considered the best liniment on the market," write Post & Bliss, of Georgia, Vt. No other liniment will heal a cut or bruise so promptly. No other affords such quick relief from rheumatic pains. No other is so valuable for deep seated pams like lame back and pains in the chest. Give this liniment a trial and yon will never wish to be without it. Sold by China's Drug Store. Butte, Mont. Nov. 6.-A Virginia City special to the Miner says, fire in the Kearsarge Mine, six miles from Virginia City, today killed nine men. The damage to surface buildings is slight. Among the dead is Superin? tendent R. B. Turner, of Butte, one of the best known mining men in the Northwest. Four bodies have been recovered up to tonight. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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We invite you to call and inspect our immense stock, consisting of Bed Eoom Sets, Wardrobes, Iron Beds, China Cupboards, Sideboards, Safes, Extension Ta? bleland thousands of Chairs and Rockers, Pic? tures, Easies and Mantle Mirrors, Window Shades, Mouldings, Glass, etc. And, in fact, all classes and prices, too numerous to men? tion. Will be pleased to have you call and inspect whether you buy or not. We call special attention to our Undertaking department, whieh is complete in every detail. Always open, day and night 1 Oct 14-Jan 1 v ?'t save the dyspeptic from many ev- s .>i misery, and enable him to eat M : -Lc, cr he wishes. They prevent :CK HEADACHE, cr. u>c the food to assimilate and" nour :n the body, give keen appetite, CVaOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly saga? coated. - ^ Mo Substitute* THE SUMTER SAVINGS BANK. HORACE HARB?, President. L C. STRAUSS, Vice-president. GEO. L. BICKER, Cashier. 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For free book,( 'How to SecureTn fi nc UMEH'O ?"'rite' Patents and I ?lA??-fol All Fk5 to Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. DeLORfiE'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 work. Estate of Mrs? Jane E. Team, DECEASED. I WILL apply to the Judge Probate of Sumter County, S. C., on November 21, 1903, for a final Discharge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. DANL. M. YOUNG, Oct 21,1903-4t. Executor.