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ni?n a SUMTER WATOHKAX, Established April, 1S50. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." olidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 27, 1903. THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Juna, IS? New Series-Vol. XXI?. So. 43 HAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED OF THESE fl ACHINE S, But while they last they will go for Five Dollars each, six records to go with every ma? chine. This is the genuine Columbia Graphophone, and every record bears the Columbiaftrade mark, as well as the machine itself, which is of the latest design. Do you work hardball through the hot summer days ? A little recreation and amusement in the evenings will cheer you up and make happiness in the family circle. As you are not to enjoy a thousand years' so? journ in this land of flowers you may as well pick up a few lines of pleasure in passing, espe? cially when the cost does not exceed the five dollar mark. I am not living ten thousand miles away from you, and have the goods for sale, open for your inspection ; come and see them* T. B. JBlsTKlIlSrS, Jr. Selling New Home Sewing Hachines, Columbia and Cleveland Bicycles, and a high=class line of Sporting Goods. PaUisisd Sro? Yeteoad&y, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1 50 per ano am-in advance. ?DTISTl?BIIIt: ie S?a&re first insertion.......$1 00 Xvery subsequent insertion-.* .......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will ?e made at reduced rates. Jilt cGmaanicatioc3 whieb subserve private interests will be charged for as sdvertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be HpsLarged for. mwsi mmmi IN HLMTOH. Little Orphan Girl Killed hy Burst? ing of a Wringer in the Laun? dry-Cause Unknown, Special to The State. Clinton, May 19.-The Thora wei! j orphanage is now in need of the ten? der sympathy which the good people of the State -have always been so ready to show it. One of those un? foreseen and unavoidable accidents which sometimes happen occurred here today. While one of the girls was.passing by the -wringer in the steam laundry ir/ suddenly went to ^pieces with the noise of a pistol ex? plosion. Miss Anna Anderson was struck by a flying piece and was dead within 20 minnies. The whole insti? tution is in tears. It was a merciful Providence that saved the liv*3s of the ; other girls, some of whom were uear by. Anna was one of the sweetest, most lovable girls in the institution. There is no blame to be attached to -any one in connection wtih the acci? dent. The wringer was running at its us? ual speed. There was evidently a ?flaw is the iron or workmanship. The 200 children -at the orphanage need the sympathy of God's people now in their loss of one of their dear? est sisters. ROOSEVELT MD WASHlMSTflM. Bag-Thne Sang, "Gwine to Change dat White House Black." President Roosevelt and Booker Washington, the great Moses of his .people, have at last been made the subject of a song-not the every-day heroic -song that the man on the vaudeville stage sings with a high tenor voice that seems to come out of -the top of his head, accompanied by highly-colored changing pictures of dying soldier boys thrown on the cur? tain-but the ordinaryt rag-time coon song, with dislocated notes that losen your feet, and a tune that will sit up with you at night till you Jearn it "Gwine to Change Dat White House Black" is a clever satire on the Roose? velt-Washington dinner party, and, while gotten out too late for the regu? lar winter theatrical season, will sure? ly be heard from this summer. If this song catches the public it may be an important factor in the next Presidential election ; for a man once said: "Let me write the songs of a na tion and I care not who makes its laws.'*' The song was recently gotten out by the Whitney-Warner Publishing Company, of Detroit, Mich. The oniydipect descendant of Robert Burns is a clerk in a Chicago shipping office. He is Robert Burns Hutchinson, and his descent from the poet is un? questioned. His mother, Sarah Burns, was a daughter of Lieut. Col. James Glencairn Bums, the third son of Robert Burns and Jean Armour. Mr. Hutchinson will be forty-eight this year. He was born at Cheltenham, but crossed the water in 1891, when Le married Miss Mabel Burnand. Their little daughter, Dorothea Burns Hutchinson, is the next in the straight line from the poet. Quick Arrest. J. A. Guiledge, of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital for a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doctors and all remedies failed, Buckler's Arnica ?alve quickly arrested farther inflamma tion and cured him. It conquers aches sod ?ills pain. 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme, iXroggist. GALLS LABORER AN INFERIOR. Ann Arbor Professor Says Blood of Capitalist is Superior. From th-i Chicago Record-Herald. Ann Arbor, Mich., May 15.-Bine blood still exists. Harrison S. Smally, of the political economy department of the university, said that the capi? talist is superior physically to the laborer ; his blood is superior "The laborer," said Prof .Smalley, <:is at a disadvantage because, among other reasons, of his physical inferior? ity. I mean a particular kind of physical inferiority, and not that the capitalist has stronger sinews, muscles or Inngs than the laborer. In this re? spect, of course, the laborer has the advantage. By comparing men purely as animals the laborer is an inferior kind of animal. A hundred years ago it was believed that all men were created equal : it was in the air. And I we have come habitually to underesti? mate the fact that, as animals, some men are inferior to others. "This difference exists in all ani? mals. We see it in the breeding of horses. Some horses are worth at the j present time about 85 and others are ' ?worth hundreds, and no training-could ! make the $5 horse worth $100. The ' same thing is true of men. just as President Jordan, of Leland Stanford, said when he laid emphasis on the im- j portance of blood in animals. The laborer has not the warm, rich, blue blood which means physical superiori? ty. This same blue blood, when thin? ned out, stands, of course, for infer? iority, both mentally and morally. Some men are cart horses, worth S5, and other men belong naturally to a higher order of animals.'' Some of Count Cassini's State? ments as to Jews Pronounced Untrue. To tlie Editor of The State: I read your editorial today on the trouble in Russia and also Count 'Cas? sini's conversation for the Associate Press. Now I would like to state for the in? formation of the general public that a Jew canot own land in Russia, cannot even rent land, neither can he run a blacksmith shop ; thus the statement of Count Cassini that they will not farm is very misleading How can they farm when they cannot buy land, and since 1880 cannot even rent land, but are forced to live, in towns to make their legitimate living? Very respectfully, N. Blutt. Blackville, S. C., May 19, 1903. j Bank Failure in Greenwood. Greenwood, May 20.-The City Bank of this place, suspended today. The news was as astounding as it was un? expected. The first intimation of the suspension was the posting of the fol- I lowing notice on the front door: "Combination of circumstances, coupled with unusually heavy de? mands on us, absolutely forces the City Bank to suspend. Creditors and depositors will be paid in full, but it j will take time. (Signed:) "J. F. Davis, President." The directors held a meeting at 2 o'clock this afternoon and called a meeting of the stockholders, to fee held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. They also stated that the depositors and creditors would be paid in full. The only reason given for the suspension is that the bank had sus? tained losses recently and the president was not willing to obliagte the bank further. The suspension was a sur? prise to the directors as well as to the general public. Mr. Cope Whitehouse, a geographer and explorer of some fame, declares that the popular conception of the j Rocky Mountains is an error, that ? there is, in fact, no continuons chain of mountains extending from the j northern to the southern boundaries of the United States, no great continen? tal divide snch as is generally depicted on the maps of North America. He does not deny that there is a region west of the Mississippi marked by general mountainous conditions, but he ref ates the supposition that these conditions form a continuous mountain ehain. The future maps of the wes? tern half of the United States, he says, will be materially different from those now used in the schools as the basis for the geographical knowledge of the children.-Washington Star? ?. S. TO BE IN MANCHURIA ON FOOTIHS WITH RUSSIA. Southern Cotton Interests Will be Protected in Their Best Mar? ket, Even if it Means War. "Washington, May 19.-Regardless of the ontcome of the present negotia? tions respecting the political domina? tion "of Manchuria it can be stated that this government is prepared to in? sist to the end upon commercial pri? vilege for United .States merchants in Manchuria equal to those enjoyed by the merchants of other nations, Russia included. The state department has had pledges from Russia that even in the event of Manchuria passing under Russian control our commerce and trade privileges should not suffer and it will hold that our commerce would suffer if Russian goods can enter Man? churia free while United States goods are forced to pay duty. This attitude of the state department will, it is be? lieved, go far toward reassuring the southern cotton interests which have become alarmed at the possible loss of their best market. 53 Physicians 'Being Examined. There were eight, negros among the 53 applicants for admission to the medical fraternity who appeared be? fore the State board yesterday. This is the largest class of applicants which has ever come before the medical ex? aminers, and the result cannot be an? nounced until'Thursday night. The members of the examining board are : Dr. J. L. Napier, of Benettsville, Dr. T. G. Croft of Aiken," Dr. Davis Fur man of Greenville, Dr. W. P. Porcher of Charleston, Dr. R. Andral Bratton of Yorkville, Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter, Dr. O. B. Mayer of New? berry. Conspicuous among the bright young men standing the examination axe i members of the Class of 1901 of the South Carolina Medical college, who have heretofore refused to stand the examination, as they claimed immuni? ty under the act of 1901 which ex? empted graduates of this college from examination at the hands of the State board. While the avowed reason of passing the act was that the examina? tion entails a lot of unnecessary ex? pense upon the graduates of that col? lege-as they are well qualified to pass the examination after having gotten their diplomas-yet the State board took exception to the movement and fought it in the legislature and subsequently in the courte. Dr. Napier brought criminal and civil actions against a young physician^ named Moore in Marlboro who refused to stand this examination. The supreme court sustained the complaint of the State board of examiners through the chair and Dr. Napier, and as a result the members of that class appeared before the board yester? day. The members of the class of 1903 were exempted by another act, the constitutionality of which has not been tested and may not be tested, as the South Carolina Medical college has changed its curriculum so that all graduates must take a four years7 course. The principal result of the 'fight in the legislature and in the courts seems to have been to get the physicians in the State "at outs" with each other and the advisability of the agitation has been a matter of doubt and all who have at heart the interests of colleges in South Carolina are afraid that the college has not been j helped by the differences among the doctors. Another feature of the examination yesterday was the presence of two bright young women from Spartan burg who are attending the exaimna tion. There are now a number of wo? men physicians in the State who are meeting with no small degree of suc? cess and the colleges for women are finding that it is more than a fad to have resident physicans who are wo? men of education and experinece to give constant-oversight to the pupils. -State. May 20. A Little Early Riser Kow and then at bedtime will cure consti? pation, biliousness and liver troubles. De Witt's Little Early Risers are the famous little pills that cure by arousing tre secre? tions, moving the bowels gently, yet effec? tually, and giving such tone and strength to the glands of the -stomach and liver that the cause of the trouble is removed entire? ly, amd rf their use is coutiaued for a few da y% there will be no return of the com? plais.*,. Sold by-J..S. Hughson & Co. MUST MOVE CAUTIOUSLY. State Department Cannot Aford to go Very Far in Massacre Matter. Washington, May 19.-Some of the resolutions adopted last Sunday by varions mass meetings and organiza? tions respecting the Kischineff mas? sacre have reacehd Secretary Hay. They will all receive careful considera? tion and it may be that some way will be found though none is now clear by which the substance of these resolu? tions can be communicated to the .Russian government as an evidence of the feeling aroused in the United States. It is both a difficult and del? icate task to approch a nation, especially one so autocratic as Russia, on the subject of internal administra? tion where it is not alleged that direct interests of the complainant are in? volved. Nations reserve for themselves in such cases the right to absolutely refuse to receive from another a com? munication in the nature of a criticism and no matter how desirous the state department might be of mitigating the lot of the Jews in Bessarabia, it could not afford to run the risk of receiving a severe snub. But it can be said that the department is keep? ing in close touch with events in Russia and is resolved to lose no op? portunity to remind the Russian gov? ernment when it can properly do so of the strong sympathetic interest the people of the United States feel in the welfare of the Jews. CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY. Havana, May 20.-The celebration of Cuba's Independence Day, the first anniversary of the establishment of the Cuban Republic began at midnight with the illumination of the fronts of the principal clubs, sending up of rockets and the screeching of steam whistles. Business was completely suspended and the streets were throng? ed with people. President Palma, accompanied by the Cabinet officers and city and pro? vincial officials, drove to the Punta, where he reviewed the members of the police and fire departments and then, accompanied by Secretary of State Zaldo, he was driven up the Prado to the palace, continually ac? knowledging the salutations of the crowds which lined that thoroughfare. At noon the guns of Cabanas For? tress announced that exactly a year had elapsed since the birth of the Cuban Republic, and immediately thereafter the rural guards and ar I tillery paraded on the plaza in front of the palace and were reviewed by the President. Daring the review of the troops United States Minister Sqniers was the only foreigner in the President's party, which occupied the central balcony of the palace. The feature of the review was the smart apearance of the mounted rural guards, who were enthusiastically cheered. Dispatches received here frem sev? eral of the Cuban cities indicated that the holiday was universally celebrated throughout the island. Made Young Again. 4i0ne of Dr. King's New Life Pills each night for two weeks has put me in my 'teens' again" writes D. H. Turner, of Deinpseytown, Pa. They're the best in the world for Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never gripe. Only 25c at J F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. The Germans are the largest Irish potato planters in the world, in pro? portion to population. They plant 160 acres to every 10,000 of population, compared with 112 in Austria, 98 in France, 31 in Great Britain and Ire? land, and 35 in this country. A SureTMng. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, bnt that is not altogether trne. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thousands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. VanMetre of Shepherd town, W. Va., says "I had a severe case of Bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for Croup, Whooping Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 50c, $1.C0 T ^^^^^ THE GREAT l^^^^J ?==^T^: j ^Tjj j UNE ip^yri^S? Our big Spring shipment of the celelebrated Rwek3? Stowe? and Ranges A line we are proud to represent Fire backs guaranteed for wood 15 years-duplex grates. ROOMY, WELL-VENTILATED OVENS !3B?13^HHBBBH?^B^^P^^B^1H^H ahvB fi B &TJ ^BHH * Din ? m] THE TOWN OF SPEGTAGLES. The Curious Manner in Which an African Settlement Received Its Name. John Moir built accommodions resi? dence a number of year3 ago on the outskirts of Blantyre in the Shire Highlands south of La-ke Nyassa. He is the agent of the African Lake com? pany, which has a number of steamers on Lake Nyassa and has proved that it is possible to build up a prosperous business in inner Africa without sell? ing spirits or firearms to the natives. The company buys ivory and other na? tive commodities and giving in ex? change nothing but cloth, wire and other things which added to the com? fort of the natives and do them no harm. Mr. Moir wears spectacles, and the natives call him Mandala, which means glass. When lie erected his house they also applied the name Mandala to the building. Then Mr. Moir developed a settle? ment around bis private property, all devoted to the interests of the com? pany he represents. There are store? houses for ivory and other things bought from the tribes. Trade goods as they arrive from Europe are also stored here till they are sent np the lake. The place has become a very thriving settlement with several hun? dred population. It did not lack a name for a single day, because the natives at once named it when the first storehouse was erect? ed. They simply made the name' ^fendaia embrace also .the town : and now on all good maps we see a little dot and the word Mandala standing' for the most thriving and important suburb of Blantyre. The fame of Mandala is known to all who are in terested in Africa's progress and the name it bears was given to it simply because the founder of the town wears spectacles. London, May 19.-The under foreign* secretary, Lord Cran borne, was asked' in the house of commons today for information on the massacre of Jews at Kischineff, Bessarabia, about a month ago. The secretary in reply placed the total number of killed about double the number given in the official Rus? sian report. Otherwise the facts did not differ from those alreadv publish - ed. A Startling Test, To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt, of Ko. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test re? sulting in a wonderful care. He writes, "a patient was attacked with violent hemor? rhages, caused by ulceration of the stom? ach. I had often found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. The patient gained from the first, sui. has not had an attack in 14 months," Electric Bittere ai* positively guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indi? gestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles? Try them. Only 50c at J. F. Vf. DeLorme'sw