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< . I : 9 r v > 'n Dr. William L Dr. William Louis Wallace.' ic n An Appreciation. j Our venerable townsman and j f lifelong friend, Dr W L Wallace, t announced on new year's day that t he had retired from the practice j i of his profession, having turned; \ over his clientele to Dr Kelley, J i his bright and promising young :r ? Ic mnidlv raining 11 nnv - j o ^ the confidence of the public and 1 broadening the field of his useful- i ness so as to worthily wear the I mantle that has fallen upon bis c shoulders. c We do not believe in waiting J until our fellow-man has passed \ beyond the power of human feel- i ing to pay him a deserved tribute c of praise. Planting sweet flowers f on his grave is absolutely a i Tainjaud futile waste of euergy, 1 so far as the departed one is i concerned, however much consola- t tion may be derived therefrom by r. the sorrowing friends. Therefore I what we shall pay in praise of our 1 esteemed old friend shall not be a ' belated and perfunctory tuueral {" eulogy. * Dr Wallace's life has been a long * and active one, its tenure having passed the allotted span of three score and ten by almost another decade, it beiDg about 77 years ( 6ince he first saw the light in ' Marion county. His career as a medical practitioner covers a period of 53 years and, as he remarked in our presence recently, the scene 1 of his activities during this loDg life of usefulness has been within an eight-mile radius of Kingstree. ' Always ready to respond to the call of the sick or suffering regardless ' of the social or financial standing of his patient, Dr Wallace's prac* tice included verily "all sorts and conditions of men," running into 1 many hundreds. With him the healing art was not primarily for pecuniary reward, but rather ( a labor of love, "When pain anil anguish wring the J brow, A ministering angel thou," is the tribute paid him by many a j poor fellow sick and helpless, with- i out money or prospects of getting ] any, who would have suffered on but i for the faithful ministrations of l this big-hearted, philanthropic phy- 1 sician, nurse and pharmacist, who i not only filled his own prescriptions j but ofttimes actually gave food and clothing without which nature would have stood helpless in supplement nrr tho remedial atrencies employed. **? v " - - . J Like many another true Southern-!( er of his profession, however," Dr | ( AVallace's efforts and energies were! not always directed toward the heal- J j ins of the sick. "When the clarion _ ? a cull of duty sounded to repel the in- y vading hosts of his country, the a phyiciau laid down liis scalpel aud a took up the sword as eager to kill as he had been to cure in defense of his beloved .Southland. His war ii record is as honorable as his record b of devotion in performing his arduous professional duties in time of peace. "While they will miss his kindly c< I' ' : m - I ; : ,:{.t: '--< BagwrgyuMMrfiM ouis Wallace. -- . roice and soothing touch, his large j ircle of friends throughout this and , idjoining counties all feel that this I aithful servant has earned the right o spend iris remaining years free rom the cares and anxieties incident o the strenuous life of a country loctor and though loath to give him ip, yet they reali/.e that according to rature's inexorable law his remainng years are comparatively few. They rejoice, however, that the Docor looks so hale and hearty and all rope that his days may yet be long ipon the land. May his sun shine iright to the end and go down with>ut a single cloud to mar the beauty >f its departing radiance. Hurriedly written and arrang?d vithout regard for continuity of deas, this crude sketch would fai 1 >f its purpose if we neglected to reer to oue particnlar form of altrusm that has marked the life of Dr t\'allace,that is the number of young neu he has taken np and trained aud educated in the medical profession, rwo of these were his own sons,who >assed away in the flush of young nanhood on the threshold of life vith promise of more than ordinary success in their profession. There ire several others, practicing physijiaus, to whom he opened wide the loor of hope and opportunity where>y they achieved their ambition to 'allow the highest calling,except the Christian ministry, that it is the privilege of man-kind to pursue. Mr Bryan on tbe Country Paper. "I am glad to commend the ivork of the country newspaper. It can be owned by the editor who edits it and, therefore, has behind it a concience and character which can be identified, which is flose to the people and can give voice to th<? sentiments of its readers. We have to depend more and more upon the country papers for an educational work that is necessary to a correct understanding of public questions. There is a lot of iliffereuce between i man who Writes what he is told to write and the man who writes what he believes is a message to his readers. At this time, when the great dailies are becoming more and more business enterprises rather than exponents of opinions, and especially when a number of them have become fn aP nwn/1 afnrtr infotwsffl -11C pi tj Vi pi V.UUWV4 J 1UW4VWVW) :he country newspaper increases n importance."?inV/mwt Jenniuys Bryan. How's This? We oiler One Hundred Dollars Seward for any case of Catarrh that runnot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Jure. 1 P .7 Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. j We, the undersigued, have known 7 J Cheney for the last 15 years, s md believe him perfectly honor- j ble in all business transactions, * i r.ii? ..LU ? ,nu financially auie iu win uui > ,uy obligations made by his firm. ( VAI.DINC, KlXNAN* & jM \KYIX, g A\'holesule Druggists, Toledo, O. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken a aternally, acting directly upon the lood and mucous surfaces of the c pstem. Testimonials sent free, c 'rice, ?5c per bottle. Sold by all , Iruggists. Take Hall's Family Fills for ^ mstipation. o i NEWS AND GOSSIP h AT NATIONS CAPITAL;"" i ii THE PIKCHOT-BALLIXGER IMBROGLIO j PRESIDENT MEDIATES BETWEEN "IN- Kj SURGENTS" AND "REGULARS." Washington, January !*: Mrjul Pinchot has given out a staremen t: j?-., in which he praises the Roosevelt j a{; conservation programme and eaIV Kupon the plain people of the country! pi to protect their interests, ami insists j there is i mined'ate danger that water J 01 powers will be ahsorbed. lie says ' <u that the enemies of conservation in i re (' tigress, through the Tawney! re amendment, stop the work of con-! m servation. He says, "those who'IV steal public lands steal homes from j m met! and women who need them."jcl Congress can stop the pillage orjto Congress can let it goon. He does jsh not refer to Ids dismissal from i ni oflice and lie does not criticise | th President Taft.'j but lit- lauds Mr pi Roosevelt ia calling the conference to of Governors ln'P.HN, which re- ot suited in the National Conservation T commission and a message from te Roosevelt transmitting its report pj to Congress. It is now plainly su realized that as a free lance Mr tb Piuchot will jbe 110 less potent in pi national affairs than he was when tb a public officer. It is even possible m that his detachment from office has c<j marked him as the most eminent advocate of national conservation of and made him more effective for to this cause than he was before, tb The question is up to Congress, pr aud the people of the country M will watch with interest, not un- T mingled with anxiety, t^f? action w ~: 1 t it U1 LUC XUltlUlJUi JA'^lSIULUiC VII mc ^ great question for which Girfortl R Pinchot stood and stands. ci i V] In time of war promotion is rapid. Lieutenants and privates, sa who went iuto the Civil war and ^ were fortunate enough to live * through it, came out in many %1 cases as colonels and generale. ^ The army and navy is always ready to light, realizing, if not expressing, u( the feeling that promotion is Dl certain through the death of a P1 at superior officer: but in peace all this is changed. West Point and ^ the Naval Academy turn out . lieutenants in grert numbers while colonels, commodores, admirals and generals live on with provoking ^ persistence, keeping the youth wait- 1 iog too long for stars and bars ai and the emoluments of higher 0 office. The country also, it is sus- " pected, suffers from this persistence in longevity, for the history al of wars, as well as of prize fights, as shows that the aged man is seldom successful except in planning. Success m all physical undertakings depends more on celerity and \\ endurance than on anything else, is There is a plan before Congress ^ for eliminating the older officers from the service so that in case of w war a corps of commanders, both on land and at sea, may be available of a younger age and r more vigorous physique than were those who went to battle in the early days of the Civil and Spanish A wars. n Ex-President Roosevelt did all he [} could to get younger and fitter officers into tfie army and navy. He had all ill-concealed contempt for the old, fat and gouty heroes of past wars, whom he saw in the in department bureaus and at the ^ clubs during his long official residence in Washington and he doubtless had a lively remembrance . of the Falstaffian mountain of llesh y! that sweltered in Cuba while he pretended to command the army, fl His pushing General Wood to the head of the army and his rapid promotion of other young officers J for distinguished service in the Philippines has done more to ^ shock the gouty heroes even than lis insisteuce that they shall prove hemselves able to ride and march, furious, isn't it, that policemen ind army officers grow to be fat .ml unlit for use so early in life? ^ There has been considerable ex- !| itement and discussion in political ircles during the week. The attiude of the "Iusrgents" and" Reguars" has been discussed and at * ae time there seemed to be an in. itable fi^bt to a finish. Now an 1 rnistio appears to have been patch up and it is said that tlm President. the mediator between the Canmites oi one side and the "InrgeutT' on the other. .Mr Taft, in s efforts to harmon:/\ is not very ccessfo 1 ami is loosing in pop-, > urity with both wings of Ins rty. Information comes from 'i ! parts of the country that main . publicans are anything but . eased with the administration. , There are indications that sooner later Congress will take up the ibject of the 1'areels I'ost. Ilep.- 'UTative Murdoch is seeking data lathes to til*, package mail bus! ss and wants t ? know why the c DStnHice department dc^s not ' . , aintam its ng.it :o carry tiiis. a.?s of matter. lie calls/">ention; the I'ontmuster General report, j towing a deficit of seventeen itlions of dollars last year, while le Welis Fargo Kx press Com-! my declared dividends amounting i ' twenty-live millions of dollars t a capitalization of eight million, he Murdoch resolution calls at- um ntion to the fact that the tie-1 irtment has for many years: ( irrendered its right to transport i le packet mail matter and em- w/ lasizes the point that this lack of [ irift in the l'ostoftice depart- \|/ ent is enriching the express mipanies. \if It has been the hope of thousands \|/ people in and out of Washing- wit n that Congress would change, (i/ . i I ic inauguration <;ate irom me in/ overbial blizzanly fourth of i i)/ larch to the more genial last hurstay in April, the day on \to hicli the tirst President of 'the nited States was inaugurated. jit/ epreseutative Henry of Conneeti- il/ it lias introduced such a biH in le House and it was apparently \|/ iliug smoothly toward enactment. W ut as usual in such an unwieldy, j \Hif jterogeneous assembly as the Con- \|/ ess of the 1'nited States, some w :tty objector has interfered and le bill will propably be beaten, (1/ itwithstauding the fact thvat thirty- $ ue Gov .'nors of States have ex- w essed eir approval of the mea- v. ire, it toeing necessary for two- ^ liids of the States to approve betire it can become a law even after has passed the Congress of the nited States. Mr Perkins of New ork asserted that ube agitation IT ir the change of date for the in- * iguration had come from the city V : Washington and added that he jf ould be just as willing to amend IT le constitution to provide pleasit weather for a three-ring circus * s to amenu it to assure a sunsiimy i & ly for the inauguration ceremony. !Sk Rev I W vnilTaraii Testifies. ft Rev I W Williams, Huntington, Oi f Va, writes us as follows: "This ft to certify that I used Foley's rS .idney Remedy for nervous exhaus- X' 011 and kidney trouble and am free * ) say that Foley's Kidney Remedy V ill do all thas you claim for it." 0< D C Scott ft 5aint Your Buggyl 2 We can make it look like new. ft if. ciiH. nil | other vehicle X. lsproved 100 Fir Cat. ? appearance by painting. rrrlso i RlafksBitl1' -jMHKVI Wheelwright, & 1 ww ? g Bring Us Your Work. V. M. Vause & Son al ;-io-tr fr _ a OK I>AIC ' SWAM!' CAM 1*,Sn 433 U K^KEM BE| V I Armo Fertill Have four sources o feed your crop throng ing season. They will be sold point in this county. Next week we will paper why they are i k / -? ko/^ w liUUt V Armour Fertil ATLANTA,G nsnBHHBBBHBHnnilll |g"5r ^'"sr i r WHY PAY When i will sell you a lot ii and lend you money to buil and sell lands anywhere in th FOE Four lots in North Kings! Academy street. One four-room dwelling a with barn and stables. One seven-room two-story 1^.4- C klac O Kam f lUi, L'ui ii auu ^iauic^, awuui tree High school. For sale or For further references appl P. A. ALS "RealEstate. Kingstree, ooooooooooooc Farm and Tir WAN! 1 am in touch with a nui Chesterfield men who war ing in size from X 100 to 2,00 Parties in Williamsburg ties who have land for sal< me. D. W. Cum Real Estate and Darlington, OOOOOOOOOOOOC J. L. STl Lake Cit1 EXCLUSIVELY I A nice bunch ofH( ways on hand. Don ade your stock wit low. Yours tor t h L. STl ~\ ur's i izers i f ammonia. They h the entire grow- ^ at every shipping- jB m* tei! you in this die best goods to M izer Works . a IEORGIA =r I ' RENT? | M i the town of Kingstree ^ d on same. I also buy ifi e State. 5 v - m ^ i r? rl airrll+ 1 nf C rin X jet. auu wi^iii iuu vii nd four acres of land Jj| m dwelling on 1-2 acre I 1>0 yards from Kings- jjj Hj i easy terms. /p y *? ^v3i BROOK. ?~1 i Broker " $ | s- cl M oooooooooocxfl liber Lands si "ED- 8 | nber of Marlboro and * ? it tn hnv farms rant- X ? 0Acres. 1 ; and Clarendon coun- O 1 ; will do well to write V. j iingham,|p I Insurance, v 1 JCKEY, 1 v, S* C ? 31 LIVE STOCK. J/'Jf )RSES and jj i't buy or sell <pli| hout giving me ^?| business, j ICKEY. I