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OBLE Iii FUBMAN UNIVERSITY. Trotees Demand Resignation of Prof. G. B. Moore. t Students Decide to Resign Unless ~rn$tees Rescind Action-Situa? tion Admitted to Be Cr?tica!. Greenville., Dec. 4.- The trastees of jarman University this evening passed a resolution, by a majority vote, asking the resignation of Dr. .Gordon B. Moore, professor^ philosophy and economy. The board presented tjhis request upon the ground that there was dis? satisfaction in the State .on account ????>r. Moore, but they did not call into question his orthodoxy or his teaching ; simply as a matter of policy it was deemed best to ask for his resignation. Tho ac tion of the trustees has .arosued Mr. Moore's friends, and it is said that he will be urged not to comply with the request. Late?: The situation at -Furman University is growing critical tonight. The. student body held a meeting this evening in Montague hall ?nd passed resolutions, unanimously, that unless the trustees rescinded > their action with reference to Dr. Moore they would leave the institution at once. Tho sin:;dents appear to be united in this " action and yesterday sent res? olutions to the trustees endorsing Dr. Moore and pleading.for.his retention. A conference oiDr. Moore's friends in the convention will be held to de-, ?ide''upon the course to pursue when ;he convention considers the report "rom the trustees tomorrow at noon. * - I .-lhere is no excitement among the itudeu ?s or members of the conference, Brat it is agreed on all sides that the Ktaation is exceedngly grave, which fc??- "(?a^ *? a protracted and ua peasant; debate in the convention. Rjhe proposition has been made to re? isest the r?signation of the trustees ?ho constitute the majority present, ?me ont of fifteen. President of Furman Elected. [Greenville, Bec 4.-The trustees of n University this afternoon Eev. Mr. Boper, of Spartan president of the university : The iou was unanimous. Mr. Boper not signified his purpose, to accept says he will consider the matter ly and announce his decision few days. Trie Gaffney Opera House. raffney, Dec a-Dr. L. G. bghton has induced the people of pxey to consider the propriety of lng their beautiful and corn is Opera House -into a Y. M. ! alL Several of the stockholders E> to surrender their stock to the iation. That would be a good for Gaffney. It would give i spienddid hall for religious and lectures and cause the lng of another Opera House at no it day. Meantime a minstrel [is advertised for Friday night, The Red Bones. Hfl Hrom the Washington Star. )$ Be you ever heard of a class of i called 'red bones?' said Mr. 9H ?HKftlarshali, of Charleston. S. C., HBRletropolitan. They are the most Efl m P60?*6 *n ^d United States, fl living absolutely knows the Bm which they sprang or from I the original settlers came. BE'-? very nearly on the boundary 19 ?tween South Carolina and H in the r^rthwestern part of BB flnamed St? / They are very II mix very *l|||e with people lleir race, aucrv^ manner are IB?SK In slavery times they B, visited the several sum HH spf the Southern mountains BBway * put on quite a little He I have nothing but sup B guide me, I am of the Hlftt they are descendants of Hms of Southern France. They 9k courage, for a company of Wed in Hampton's legion ?e. late civil war and bore ^^^^H bravely at the first Man Heir skin is of a swarthy red, jj! H that of the Indian, but at B all resemblance, ceases, Bbe that they are very hot KI I have often wondered why ?logists of this country have Hn these peple. Surely a I on them would be highly .. . B> Dec. 4.-The criminal |Bcourt was unexpectedly ad Itte tc day on acconunt of a n Bing of this year'? panel of B deer hunters were killed Ht eleven seriously wounded ? season in Minnesota, Wis iMichigan.< H three years the Standard BHpy has paid to its stock Hthe neighborhood of S140, Rhat John D. Rockefeller's nese three years is not less gSScan Cigar Company will ?erse t??ewages of all employes as soon ns the new salary schedule now being HHggked out has been arranged The HHteicipal increase will be 20 per cent to Hgirls employed in the factories. London, Dec. 4.-At a meeting ci I the African trade section of the Liver *?pooi Chamber of Commerce, Sir A h ?ired Jones president of the chamber, F ?ed a letter from Asa Thompson, of Gainesville Ga., stating a large num . ber of colored cotton growers in the [ Southern States would be made glad of I he favorable conditions to engage in I farming in West Africa. It is juggest I ed that free transportation on British l^steamships and railroads be provided I them. What's in a Name. Everything ?3 in the name when it comes Ito Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. De Witt & Co. of Chicago, discovered, some years ago, >w to make a salve from Witch Hazel j a specific for piles. For blind, | itching and protruding piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases De Witts Salve has no equal. This has given ri3e to nnmeroas worthless ?counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's-the gen ;*umft, J. S. Hnghson & Co. v THE BAPTIST CONVENTION. Trustees of Furman Not Request ed to Resign, the Students Remained and the Con? vention Voted its Con? fidence in Profes? sor Moore. Greenville, December 5.-The storm was averted-the trustees of Furman were not requested to resign ; Prof. Moore ' was reinstated, the students remained and the Convention voted its confidence in Prof. Moore, This was a day of developments. Baptist history was made rapidly. The first event* of the day was the re? signation of D. W. Key as a member offf the board of Furman University. Dr. Key did this immediately upon the assembling of the Convention, be? fore the minutes of yesterday's session were read. As a result of the confer? ence of Prof. Moore's friends last night, X5oL l?oyt this morning ap? peared T>ef ore the board of trustees and urged t|hem" to reconsider yesterday's action concerning Prof. Moore. After a prolonged session the board recon? sidered the request for Prof. Moore's resignation. Dr. Bamsey, president of the board reported to the Conven? tion, reviewing in detail the action of the board and adding : It is the sen? timent of the board that the matter cannot be "settled so long as Dr. Moore is in the faculty. " It is under? stood that the board voted 7 against and 9 for requesting Moore's resigna? tion, but nothing official can be had. The students petitioned the board on behalf of Prof. Moore. When the matter was reported to the Convention J. B. Parrot moved that, inasmuch as the board declared its in? ability to settle the Moore controversy, that the entire matter be referred to the Convention. The stormy time seemed imminent, but the motion was finally tabled. At the evening session Bev. A. J. S. Thomas introduced the following re? solution which was adopted : Whereas, the headliness in today's News and Courier say, "The Baptist denomination throughout the State having been agitated for months by charges of infidelity against Prof.'G. B. Moore, the trustees of Furman University demand his resignation;" and. whereas, such a statement being a serious misconstruction of the action of the board of trustees, as explained by the president of the board ; and, whereas, the statement in the head? lines are calculated to do a serious in? jury to a brother in this Convention : Besoived, That we place on record our confidence in Prof. G. M. Moore, as a Baptist minister and a consistent Christian. Giri Weds Her Grand Uncle. (Emerson, Neb., Telegram to the Chi? cago Inter Ocean. ) It has just been discovered that Miss Callie Butler, aged nineteen, Was secretly married September 17 to A. A. Palmer, her granduncle, who is sixty-five years of age. The couple at? tended the Aksarben festivities to? gether at Omaha, and were married at that time. The husband is a brother of the bride's grandmother and an uncle of her father. He is, therefore, the granduncle of the bride. The couple have gone to Kansas to live, where Palmer has several grown chil? dren. It is told in Chicago that the selling of wheat by the Armour crowd, thus lowering the price, was dued t? a hint from J. P. Morgan, that if the ad? vance kept up the exportation of wheat would no longer be profitable, and that gold shipments would be neces? sary, which might prevent the carry? ing ont of the packing-house merger. -.rhe directors of the Grand Trunk Eailway have decided to build another transcontinental railroad in Canada. It will extend from ocean to ocean and will have a mileage of 3,000 miles. President Hayes of the Grand Trunk, says it will be one of the most mod? ern construction,. Gen. Basil Duke is supposed to be about the most absent-minded man in Kentucky. He has been known to pass his wife in the street without recognizing her. A short time ago the General's son, who had been away f or some time, returned to Louisville and boarded a street car for home. At the next corner the General got on and the young man rose and extended his hand. His father shook it heartily and said:"How are you this morning, and how is your father?" State Labor Commissioner Varner, of North Carolina, in his annual re? port, will recommend that the Legis? lature enact a strict law regulating the labor of children in factories and will urge that the employment of children under 12 years of age be forbidden. San Francisco, December 3.-While the steamer Progress tvas lying at the wharf of the Fulton Iron" Works at Harbor View this morning an ex? plosion occurred As a result twelve men are missing. A score were more or less seriously injured and property valued at $200,000 was destroyed. The disaster occurred at 9.45 o'clock, while forty mechanics cf the iron works and twenty employees of the ship were on board. Below the decks the mechanics were busy completing the work of changing the vessel from a coal burn? ing coal carrier to an oil burning oil carrier, when suddenly one of the tanks blew up. Men were hurled against the steel wall and a sheet of flame came sweeping into their faces. On the upper deck men were hurled into the air or thrown into the water. Thret> sailors engaged in washing paint outside the pilot house disap peard as the cloud of black smoke came up from the ship and were seen no more. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests ali classes of food, tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs. Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, stomach troubles, and makes rich red blood, health aud strength. Kodol rebuilds wornout tissues, purifies, strengthens and sweetens the stomach, Gov. G. W.'Atkin kinson, of W. V?" says : I have used a number of bottles of Kodol and have found it to be a very effective and, indeed, a powerful remedy for stomach ailments. I recommend it to my friends. J. S. Bughsoa & Co. THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAH. A Large Proportion of its People not idle, but Engaged in Many Pursuits. (From the Norfolk, Va., Landmark, j "Life in the Old South" is afine paper, contributed by the Rev. J. M. Hawley to the September-Octobe. number of Things and Thoughts, a bi-monthly magazine of merit publish? ed at Winchester, Va. Mr. Hawley's contribution deserves special attention because it refutes the oft-heard charge that the ante-bellum South was a na? tion whose citizens, as a whole, posed in graceful idleness and let the slaves do all the work. People of the present day, even in the South (perhaps) have come to think that in the years be? fore the great struggle between the sections the white men of the North did more work, man for man, than the white men of the South. The overdoing of the theory that the South was settled by the Cavaliers and the North by the Puritans has, by simple association of terms, had a great deal to do with the deepening of this im? pression. We consider the following extracts from the Rev. Mr. Hawley's article to be a valuable contribution to Ameri? can history : "There were in the South (by the census of 1850 in round numbers 174, OOO persons owning from one to five slaves, if these whites represented a family cf five persons each on an aver? age-and many Southern families were large-we have no less than 872,500 persons dependent upon five slaves or less to the family for support, when only two in five were capable of pro? fitable work, their own support to come, at the same time, out of the pro? fits of their own labor. Was a popula? tion of 1,745,000 souls ever clothed and fed by the labor of only one-fifth of their number? "However much Southern men may have been accused of idleness and indolence, very many of them-slave holders and non-slave holders alike were compelled to rely upon their own energy and industry for a livelihood. To rely upon the labor of the few slaves they owned signified poverty and embarrassment. "And how were the thousands . of families that owned no slaves, and yet comprised two-thirds of the white po? pulation of the South, to be support? ed? Here again, the United States census for 1850 gives us many inter? esting and significant facts. The num? ber of white persons engaged in laborious occupations in the South in the year was larger in proportion to population than in the North. The census gives us the number of white persons over 15 years of age engaged in any occupation in each State of the Union. The figures are decidedly to the credit of the South. "Let us compare a few Northern with a few Southern States. In Massachusetts the percentage of per? sons over 15 years of age engage in work was 45.39; in Rhode Island, 46.71; in New Hampshire, "45.03; in Connecticut, 40.46; in New York, 47.61 ; in New Jersey, 47.35. Now let us glance at an equal number of States in the South. In Maryland the percentage of white persons over 15 years of age engaged in work was 51.80; in Virginia, 46.54; in Georgia, 47.18 in; Florida, 53.04; in Mississip? pi, 51.23 in Texas, 54.03. The average for ali the States in the North was 49.92 for those in the South, 49.14. But one Southern State-Missouri-fell to an average so low as Massachusetts. But two in the North-Pennsylvania an Iowa-rose to an average so high as Maryland or Mississippi, not one of them equalling Florida, Arkansas or Texas. "These facts are decisive of the question of industrial conditions in. the South. Whatever may have been the influence of the African shadow upon the people south of the Mason and Dixon line, it did not produce men who despised labor and lived in idle? ness and luxury. Go to any State of the South and the fact remains that the average of the white population living upon the interest of invested money and having no occupation was consideralby smaller than in the North. ^ A Good Cough Medicine. From the Gazette, Toowoomba Australia. I find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is au excellent medicine. I have been suffer? ing from a severe cough for the last two months, and it has effected a cure. I have great pleasure in recommeding it.-W. C. Wockner. This is the opinion of one of our.oldest and most respected residents, and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be benefited, as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy is sold by A J China. Washington, Dec. 4.-At 11.30 o'clock tonight the condition of Ex Speaker Thomas B. Reed, who has been ill here since Tuesday evening, J was reported to be critical. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the , y/SZZ^ Signature of l>&&r7%7&?C??/y. MADE AT OUR Kl and praised by whiskey in the ^ R 4 full quar 4 " 4 " " 4 .. Wo Save You ONE WE AR CONSUMER! 242 to 25 H2FERS?TCES : German Insu CUBAN LEAF IN TEXAS. Important Tobacco Discovery Made By Government Experts. Washington, Dec. 4.-The Secretary of Agriculture has issue the following statement: The bureau of soils, which has been engaged for a number of years in in? vestigations looking to the improve? ment of our domestic tobaccos, has recognized for some time certain de? sirable qualities in tobacco grown in Texas, apparently occurring only in occasional leaves. Soil survey parties and tobacco parties have been in? vestigating in East Texas, and are now able to state confidently that they have located the soil type and have found the character of leaf possessing these desired qualities under conditions which indicate that it can be purchased in large quantit?s of uniform high grade. Only a small amount of this leaf has been grown this year which could be fermented. Samples have been submitted to leaf dealers and brokers in New York and Philadelphia. They say it is a Cuban leaf with the char? acteristic aroma of the Cuban product. The department will send two sur? vey parties' to Texas the first of Janu? ary to prosecute the survey of the area containing'this soil and will enlarge the party of tobacco experts, so that fifteen or twenty acres of tobacco shall be grown under government super? vision, thus producing a sufficient quantity to be handled on a commercial scale. This will be submitted to the leaf dealers and manufacturers for opinions of the commercial value of the crop before any encouragement is given to Texas growers. Washington, Dec. 4.- The .Japanese minister called at the State depart? ment in haste today to communicate to Secretary Hay a cablegram he had received from the minister of foreign affairs at Tokio, * dated today, stating that while Mr. Buck, the United States minister to Japan, was on a hunting trip this morning he was taken suddenly ill, and expired. If you feel ill and need a pill Why not purchase the best? Dewitt's Early Risers Are little surprisers, Take one-they do the rest. W. H. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes : I have used Little Early Riser Pills in my family for constipation, sick headache, etc. To their use I am indebted for the health of my family. J S Hughson & Co. Chattanooga, Tenn, December 3.-In a collision on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, at Sunbright, Tenn, this morning about 5 o'clock, the fast pas? senger train from Cincinnati to Chat? tanooga was derailed and five coaches burned, Two men were killed, a negro tramp fatally injured, and eight men seriously injured. JUST" ONE WORD that word ls 'rt refers to Dr. Tutt's Liver Pilis and Are you constipated? Troubled wich indigestion? Sick headache? Virtigo? Bilious? Insomnia? 4NY of those symptoms and manv others indicate inaction of the Li VE3_. .r.~n. Take No Substitute* TAX NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the books will be open for payment of taxes in my office in the Court House from Oct. 15th through December 31st, 1902. The regu? lar levy for State, county and constitu? tional school taxes amounting to eleven and one-half mills, except the additional levies for school purposes, noted below, viz : School District No. 1-2 mills. School District No. -2-2 mills. School District No. 3- 2 mills. School District No. 5-1 mill. School District No. 12-2 mills. School District No. 16-2 mills. School District No. 17-1 mill. School District No. 18-2 mills. ' School District No. 20-4 mills. School District No. 22-i mills. School District No. 23-4 mills. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Oct 8 PRICE REDUCED. FROM^now until January 1, 1903, I will shoe horses all round for sixty-five cents, former price, 80 cents. This reduced price is for stock that can be managed by one man, and work to be paid for before stock leaves yard. Nov. 29-tf W. T. HALL. 7 YEAR OLD EMTUCKY DISTILLERY FOR 43 YEARS. thousands of consumers as the best vorid for the least money. YE Og BOURBON ts, 7 year old.$1.98 10 ".2.49 12 " ".2.98 14 " . . . . 3.98 ! DOLLAR on each gallon, and prove that E THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND. ? DISTILLING COMPANY, INCORPORATES. 0 Seventh St., LOUISVILLE, KY. rance Bank, Bradstreet, or any Express Co. asa: tuft v I Mfcgetebie Pr epara?ionforAs ! sii-iilaling ?iicFcodandBegula ? Ung ?rie S toiaacls andBowels of Promotes D?gestion,Cheerfur n^ssandltest.Contains neither Opiui?i,Morphine norM^era? TCOT ^ASC OTIC /fegse of Old Br SAMUEL PITCHER Pampka Seedf' /ibcSenna * J P/Khe'deSaltS- j J?z?seSesd *? Clarified Sugar A perfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour Stoniach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions feverish? ness and LOSS OF SLEEJP. Facsimile Signature oF NEWYOHK. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought ' ? A.tb.mp?lh? old \"- li EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. For Over Thirty Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK C!TY. Sumter, S. C., Dec. 1, 1902. J IT ST ARRIVED Thirty Head Choice AND MULES. This shipment contains some of the smoothest and nicest mules ever brought to this market. Come and see them, whether you wish to buy or not. A look will be worth the trouble. Respectfully, ANSLEY D. HARBT. Sept 17 Corn, Oats, Hay, Ship Stuff, Hulls and C. Seed Meal, Carolina m m Seed Oat HARBY& CO.'S ST Si Also full line of standard grade Wag? ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we w?l get your patronage. Yours truly, HARBY&CO. Aug 8 DO YOU DRINK ALE ? Glenn Springs Ginger Ale, made with Glenn Springs Mineral Water, is the best on the market. I'/fi* ? Because all ingredients used are the purest and best. Because it is made from Glenn Springs Min? eral Water. The old reliable, that, in its natural state, has been alleviating suffering for over one hundred years is now being made into most delightful drinks. Try it and we know that you will say, as all others have said, that it is "the best." Drinkers of Ginger Ale will be delighted to get this de? lightful and refreshing drink, made with Glenn Springs Min? eral Water. Experts pronounce it the finest on the market Try it and you will be convinced. Ask your dealer for it. THE GLENN SPRINGS CO. GLENN SPRINGS, S. C.