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PAGANIZING NEW ENGLAND. Dr. Crothers of Cambridge, in an Ad? dress in London, Puts Blame on A Secularism. The Rt. Rev. Samuel M. Crothers, of Cambridge, Mass., has been the subject o? much notice on account of an address he delivered a few days ago at a meetin " of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association. He , said: . I "American 'civilization has evolved men from whom Americans turn back affrighted. Americo does not keep these men, however, they come to ' England to spend their money. "The hardest thing in America is to bring to a man the conviction of sin. The Americans are unreasoning op ^ timists. A preacher might stand at the street corner and cry, 'Reprent, re? pent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand;' and the comment of the good-natured, prosperous citizen would be, "I guess that's all right. The Kingdom? of Heaven is coming sure enough, and I guess we're it.' But if r~* one urged on him that if he did not repent the Kingdom of Heaven would . not be at hand, he would only smile and say, "I'm all right. Let the other j f?low repent.' " i To believers in ecclesiasticism, he i rsaid, America stood today as a hor? rible example of the results of secu? larism. In New England there were country communities that had re? lapsed into paganism, and were stand? ing examples of the futility of mere little sectary n communities. That region was a place where there stood ' no one great church with sacred as? sociations, only a few little meeting houses, scarcely attended by the peo? ple. One of the serious problems in American today was this growing pa ? ganism of country communities. There . was no religious teaching, sectarian or otherwise, in American schools, and religious people there had begun to ask: "Are you not educating the new generation of men intellectually with? out educating them morally, making them keen and quick to achieve, and ""^.mbrdous, but not giving them the ^guidance they needed for a true citi? zenship?" That was another of the great and ferrible problems of Ameri? can life. A thoughtful American would admit that their liberty, which had been " preached for generations, had pro? duced lawlessness, and tha~ material? ism was growing. Yet, while he ad? mitted the evils, he would say: "Your old remedies are absolutely impos b!e to us." The cry of the Americans of today is not "Less liberty," but, "More ordered liberty." America was now passing through one of the greatest moral and religious crises since? the great movement for the abolition of slavery. If American politics we're corrupt, the people were not indifferent to it, and those who ; were working in the cause of morals and religion had a sense of finai vic? tory that had not possessed them for generations. The two most popular preachers ^"""America were Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roosevelt. They appealed to the masterful ele? ment in young men. Carnegie had said: "Get rich, and the.; bestow your wealth for the good of the communi? ty." President Roosevelt had urged: "Give yourself to the public service, disinterestedly, honestly." America needed a generation of fearless men who could neither be bribed nor threatened. Today the United States were repenting that sin of materialism of which they had in the past generation been guilty, and -were seeing the necesssity for finer and higher ideals.-Boston Herald. Modest Claims Often Carry the Most Conviction. ?When Maxim, the famous gun in? ventor, p' teed his gun before a com? mittee <JZ judges, he stated its carry? ing power to be much below what he felt sure the gun would accomplish. The result of the trial was therefore a great "surprise, instead of disap? pointment. It is the same with the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Col? ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. They do not publicly boast of ail this remedy will accomplish, but prefer to let the- users make the statements. "What they do claim, is that it wili positively cure diarrhoea, dysentery, pains in the stomach and bowels and has never been known to fail. For sale by ?"* druggists. Abeu: . S3.OOO,OOO was paid in premiums to some 30 insurance com? panies in this State last year. Asthma Sufferers Should Know This. ?Foley's H"ney and Tar has cured many cases of asthma that were Con? sidered hopeless. Mrs. Adolph Bues ing, Tr,l West Third street. Daven? port. Iowa, writes: ""A severe cold contracted. 12 years ago was neglected until it finally grew into asthma. The best medical skill available could not give me more than tem por i ry relief. Foley's Honey and Tar was recom? mended and one ZO cent bottle entire? ly cured me of asthma which had been growing on me for 12 years. If I had tak*n it at the "start I would have been saved years of suffering." Durant's Pharmacy. THE GAME IX DARLINGTON*. Five Innings Played in Heavy Raia to Cindi Gate Receipts. I It seemed a shame that rain should I have prevented the playing of the ? game in Darlington yesterday, for, ! since the organization of the Jeague, j there have never been brighter pros i pects for a brilliant game. "Baron" Wenig was to have worked for?Dar? lington and "Red" Russell was on the firing line for the Game Cocks. Both j teams were eager for the fray. A.i enormous crowd, numbering not less than 2,000, filled the grand stands and occupied the side lines. The game was started in a drizzling rain, and before the first inning had been con? cluded the rain came down in such torrents as to. render further playing impossible. It was necessary to cinch the gate receipts, so when a slight holdup came five innings were hur? riedly played, it being understood that no ball should be knocked out of the diamond. At the conclusion of this farce the game was called. Camden Takes Two. Orangeburg, July 4.-Camden won both games today, the score in the first game being ll to 5, and the sec? ond game 7 to 3. Georgetown Won. Georgetown, July 4.-Georgetown defeated Manning this afternoon by a score of 4 to 0. / The State Between Friends. An Indiana State official, now under conviction for embezzlement, was "the victim of circumstances," according to: the view of some 21,000 friendly cit? izens who signed a petition to the governor, praying that he be paroled. And it clearly appears from Governor Hanley's statement denying the pray? er that this is true. The governor points out that the official, imme? diately upon coming into office, took $20.000 of State money to pay his per? sonal debts-being an honorable debt? or and having no other resources. A little later he had -the misfortune to lose $10,000 at cards-the State treas? ury- naturally s.anding the shot. Again, he invested the public's money in oil wells and gold mines that turned out badly, and friends to whom he. lent sums that were in his official keep? ing neglected to pay him. In short, circumstances seem to have formed a perfect conspiracy tb victimize the unhappy official, who actually lost al? most every dollar that he stole. The 21,000 citizens who signed the petition in the official's behalf are. probably no different from their neighbors, except in that they, or many of them, know the man per? sonally, and so are able to see him as the "good fellow in hard luck," whereas others see simply the thief of public funds. Probably not one of them would condone pocketpicking ; or burglary, but the State is such an impersonal, intangible thing; its money doesn't cost it anything. It is hard to visualize a crime against it when there is a good fellow on the other side. What is the constitution between friends?-Saturday Evening Post. A Vital Point. Col. "Pete" Hepburn tells of a lawyer prominent in Iowa who was much given to spinning metaphysical distinctions in his arguments before a jury. On ene occasion, says Mr. Hep? burn, the learned lawyer appearing as counsel for plaintiff offered such an obstruse explanation of the difficulty giving rise to the suit under trial that the jury were soon hopelessly befuddle i. At this juncture counsel for the de? fendant took a hand, telling a story to the jurors that resulted in the dis? comfiture of his opponent. "The learned counsel for the plain? tiff," began the opposing lawyer, "who is so successful. OS! a rule, in getting away with hir . spun distinctions, reminds me of other eminent lawyer of this State who was once retained in the defense of a man who shot a neighbor's dog. The proof was clear that defendant had said he would shoot the dog; that he brought out his gun in broad daylight and loade ? it: that he took deliberate ain it the ?log. and that at the crack of the rifle the dog fell dead, with a bullet hole through him. "But the eminent lawyer con:-n ie 1 that this was an instance of merely circumstantial evidence, and that ir. such eases it was a settled principle that il" a single link wert wanting ia the chain the whole evidence was worthless. Although there was proof of the threat, the loading of the gun. the tiring and the death of the deg, .yet.' concluded the eminent lawyer, "what witness has testified that he saw the bullet hit the dog?' " The jury was so impressed by th's tale, concludes Mr. Hepburn, that they soon returned a verdict against the "fine-spun' lawyer.-Harper's Weekly. 'Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Far is the Original laxative cough syrup ind combines the qualities necessary to relieve the cough and purge the Contains no opiate--, ill druggists. COL LUMPKIN WITHDRAWS. Makes Fermai Statement-Says His Determination Is Due to Changed Conditions in the Campaign. Columbia, July 6.-Col. Lumpkin has withdrawn from the race for the United Slates senate. Ke has a good reason, which he does not care to give to the public, and his withdrawal, he says, is not due in any measure to fear, but for reasons over which he has no control. He .has been very much gratified at the promise of sup? port which he has received from al! over the Stale, and he would have been glad to have gone through with the campaign to the end. He was not sanguine enough to pre? dict that he would receive the Demo? cratic nomination, but he said last night that he :*eels sure that he would have received a much larger vote than a great many people had suspected and he was depending upon circum? stances to pul!, him through the race, but for reasons which seemed suffi? cient to himself and his closest friends he had deemed it best to retire from4 the campaign. in a signed statement to the read ears of The S:ate, Col. Lumpkin last night said: "On account of the change of con? ditions surrounding the senatorial race, I deem it best to withdraw from the contest. I have endeavored to conduct my campaign in a manly, straightforward way up to this time, and retire feeing .that I have not in? tentionally wronged any one. (Signed) "W. W. Lumpkin." AFTER ROCKEFELLER. . * If Service Can Be Secured He Will Be Brought Before Ohio Courts. Toledo, O., July 6.-Prosecutor Wm. L. David has flied information against John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil company with the Probate Court at Findlay, charging violation of the Valentine anti-trust law. If service can be secured on Rockefeller in Ohio he will be hauled before the Hancock county courts. -!- i PUBLIC SALES IX UNION. Union, July 2.-The stock of the Oetzel Hardware company, which con? cern made an assignment for the ben? efit of its creditors, was sold here in bulk and was purchased for $5.265 by W. D. Bewley, cf Sumter, this being about 75 per cent, cf the assessed value of the goods. A good deal ot real estate, including town property belonging 'to T. C. Duncan, was sold by the referee in bankruptcy at public auction here this morning. The property brought alto? gether SS,100. a very good price. A Tragic Finish. , *A watchman's neglect permitted a leak in the great North Sea dyke, which a child's finger could have stop? ped, to become a ruinous break, de? vastating an entire province of Hol? land. In like manner Kenneth Mc? iver, of Yanceboro, Me., permitted a little cold to go unnoticed until a tragic finish was only averted by Dr. King's New Discovery. He writes: "Three doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused by a neg? lected cold; but Dr. King's New Dis? covery saved my life." Guaranteed best cough and cold cure, at Sibert's drug store. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. A cotton seed oil mtill will be built at St. George, to cost $12.000. *lt is always well to have a box of salve in the houie. Sunburn, cuts, bruises, piles and boils yield to De Witt's Witch Ha:?el Salve. Should keep a box on band at all times to provide for emergencies. For years the standard, but followed by many imitators. Be sure you get the genu? ine Dewitt's "Witch Hazel Salve. All druggists. Nature's Warning Sumter People Must Recognize and Heed lt. Kidney income quietly-mysteriously, But nature alway* w?rns jon through the urine. Notice ih9 kidney secretions. See if the color is unh.eai.thy If there are settlings and ?ediment, P?.??ages too frequent, ?cantv, oainfnl. lt'? time than to u.e Doairs Kidney Pills, To ward off Bright's disease or diabetes. Doan's have done threat work in Sumter. Elias Hudgins. gardener and farmer, '.veil- j I known ia Sumter abd vicinity, says: "I suf- ? ; fered for eight orten yvJtrsfrom lumbago in j ! my back so bad that I could not set ->u\ of i oed at times. There was no strength i:> my back and it ached constantly, win :: ? mov? ed around a kink- would strike me righi across T he small of my Laek :!1,t likesomeone sticking a knife into ii. Thc secretions from tin- kidneys '.vere dark colored.smelled strong aral contained a sediment Resides causing me to get ap several times during the night. I could net begin ??j tell you the number of j ? remedies 1 used bat nothing .lid me mach | I good until I procured . >?an:s Kidney Pills af j Dr. A. J. China's drag store. The first few j ; (!<?' s heJped rue and >i;i<v laking the remedy I : i have not. had any trouble with rev kidneys ! land the pain, disappeared from nw baek. J ; you are welcome to the useof my name as l ; .>.'!.. who can endorse what is. iaim?d for- i his ' j rec-edy. ; I For sa!?- by ail de:.??TS. Price ."?'? cents, j Foster-Mi thurn Co.. Buffalo, N. y.. soie j agents for the United States, i Remember the naroo-Doaa's .?nd take no oilier. ;;i 1 Mr. Manning on Local Option. The following is from the platform of Mr. Richard I. Manning printed in the Columbia State, June 26: "I wish to say here, frankly, that I do not advocate loca! option. I am op? posed to it. It sounds plausible, fair and Democratic, and it would seem to afford an enticing plan, for the reason that it would be so easy apparently to satisfy all parties, but this view seems to me to be superficial. I believe that we ought to have one thing or the oth? er. It sounds like good Democratic doctrine to advocate local option and let each county dc what it pleases with this liquor question or any other, but ;:s a.matter of fact it does not seem to me to work out and promise satisfac? tory results. As far as the Democratic view of it is concerned, is it not merely an arbitrary adoption to take the county as a standard for local option ? If this principle is carried out it seems to me that it would soon carry us to a reductio ad absurdum. It would be carried from the county to the town? ship and on to the family and individ? ual, which would mean that every man would be a law unto himself, with little or no restraint of law or consideration of others. Is it not equally, if not more, Democratic to submit to majority rule for the State, and let the majority decide what plan shall be adopted for the regulation of this liquor question. f"Mr. Brunson argues against local option from thc standpoint of prohi? bition. While I do not agree with him on the prohibitive feature, I think he is entirely right in claiming that local option would simply mean patchwork and would prove unsatis? factory, and that if one county had prohibition and another county had liquor, the county having prohibition would reap the evils of liquor without hiving and counteracting benefit. So much for local option." *A prompt relief for croup, One Minute Cough Cure, cuts the phlegm, allays the inflammation-the cough syrup with a reputation. Sold by all druggists. .Bids have been invited at the Char? leston navy yard for about. 5200,000 worth of machinery. Bowel Complaint in Children. ?During the summer months chil? dren are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first unnatu? ral looseness of the bowels appears. The best medicine in use for bowel complaint *is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as it promptly controls any unnatural looseness v.f the bowels. For sale by all druggists. 1R???* Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take The new laxative. Does not gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con? stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom? ach, liver and bowels. Ref us? substitutes. Price 500? DURANT'S PHARMACY. R. B. BELSER. R. D. EPPS. ira s EPPS, Attorneys and Counsellors al Law Phone 309. SUMTER. S. C. Karby Bldg. KILLTHE COUGH AND CURE THE LUNGS wiTH Dr. King's New Discovery /CONSUMPTION Price FOR I OUGHSand 5Gc&$1.00 IjOLDS Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB? LES, or MONEY BACK. ALCOLU RAILROAD. DAUA' EXCEPT SUNDAY. Effective May i. H?0?. Road il??u n Kt ad up No. 1. No Nb. Mixed Mixed Mixed L\ M. 1\ M. A. M. Lv ::<M> Lv "45 Lv sw Alcolu .. cr. .. : so .? McLeod j - 215 " ?iK.- " r40 Harby - 220 ?.?.'.-> " 735. Durant j 2 4.'? .. s~3? .' rio Sardinia 2">."? . 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Illllll I MIWMM Bl PM-I-1^ Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature / A of Ilse For Over Thirty Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY. KIEW YORK C.TY. JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of AND tock Co. W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, mmmmmQsi^ltsA 4StOCk $50,000^^^*** Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize errand Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest I cash or time prices on ail lines of i . :p| Grbceries, Fertilizers and Farmers' Supplies, And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. \ Sumter Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY ! MORPHINE ) CIGARETTE ALL DRUC AIVD TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. i HABIT | HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 132? 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