Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wa Need Fewer Doctors, The other day at the convention of the American Medical Assciation of New Orleans, where some 4,000 or 5,OOO physicians and attendants were gathered, Dr. Billings drew attention "to the decided oversupply of medical men in the United States. He at? tributed the surplus to the fact that the medical colleges are graduating annually from 10,000 to 12,000 physi? cians, when the actual needs of the countrycaU for only about 2,500. If 3>r. Billings is correct, and there is no reason to doubt his figures, from 7,000 to 10,000 young men are enter? ing a profession in which they have but the slimmest hopes of making ?yen the proverbial "comfortable liv? ing." Of course it goes without say? ing that most of the professions are more or less overcrowded, but we .doubt if any of them, except the Law, could afford a parallel to the condition of things brought to light at the New Orleans convention. What this dis? parity between the demand and supply > means to this army of young men can only be. surmised; but certain it is that in the majority of cases it will involve the loss of much money, that can ill l)e spared, and much time that can fee spared still lesa It does really seem a pity that some of these graduates have not entered other pro? fessions that are not so crowded, and can off?r better prospects of remun?ra? la on Sanitary engineering, naval architecture, and the comparatively 3S?W profession of forestry, for in? stance, are not overcrowded, and there will soon be a great demand for real? ly competent automobile engineers, men who combine with mechanical ability a thorough knowledge of gas and other engines that are competing for the control of the field. Then ^tnere is the sphere of journalism, when, while abundantly supplied as to numbers, is pitiably supplied as to quality. There must be among those thousands of graduates not a few young mee who have a natural gift for good writing-in these days an ail-too-rare accomplishment that threatens to be? come a lost art.-Scientific A merican. One View of ilse Exposition. The first international exposition .held in the United States was located in Philadelphia, almost literally on the sea coast. For the second exposi? tion, the Eastern people followed <?be trail of their pioneer ancestors and -crossed the Alleghenies to recah Chi? cago. The third great fair is now to occur west of the Mississippi, in which fact there is a deeper significance than has yet been realized. Certain!; it has -^not been forcibly brought ?orptiblic attention. We do not mean to emphasize, of course, that the transfer to St Louis of the scenes of exposition activity in? dicates the westward trend of events. That goes without saying, being a situation apparent to the dullest mind. What is far more importent is that J the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be an agency of tremendous force In knitting together the American I republic. The nation will never divide into the North and the South. That attempted division was settled long ?nee bj fire and blood. The question whether the United States will ever separate into an Eastern and a Wes- j tern republic has, however, never ^??BS settled, It is not a wild or ~ foolish subject for consideration. In the great West there is a rapidly in? creasing population which knows not . the East, which has no ties to bind it to that section except memory and . tradition. Years ago the pioneers re? turned to the East to see the old home? stead and to visit the graves of their parents. No such spirit actuates the mind of the young Westerner nowa? days. .Born in the West, he is of the West. He is proud to be known as a native son cf California, for instance, and to'him all that lies east of the Mississippi Eiver is as -a sealed book. JSor is this indifference confined to "Western people. Very few Easterners ? ?ave crossed the mississippi, and a still smaller number have seen San Praacisco. Thousands of Americans go to Europe where scores travel to California. It is a curious fact, too, that the Eastern newspapers print more matter from London or Paris, or even Berlin or Vienna, than they give space to affairs west of the Rocky Mountains in our own country. If "these conditions should, in course of time, grow more acute it is not hard to believe that a separation of the East ^--from the West might be suggested, and "^^n that event the natural line of cleav? age would be the Mississippi .River, .wxiich naturally and geographically jdivides the great American domain. It is a good .thing, therefore, that this Louisiana Purchsise Exposition, with all its beautiful architecture and magnificent display, is to be held on the western banks of the Mississippi. It will be a magnet to attract hun? dreds of thousands of people to see that mighty stream for the first time, and it will bring the citizens of the far West to mingle with the people of the East The latter will discover from ,*ctual experience how throughly American and progressive is the great J?Testern domain, and the Westerners will learn that the East is not al? together given over to the accumula? tion of wealth. But the best part of Ute exposition will be the fact that the Mississippi River, as a possible "boundary line between two republics, will pass out of mind, but will, on the other hand, be the tie to more closely bind together the people of the most widely separated sections in the East and West- The Washington Post. What is probably the biggest locomo? tive in the world has just been com? pleted at Schenectady for hauling freight over the Rocky Mountains. It measures seventy feet and on a level track can haul a train of cars a mile and a half long. _ _ Bo You Enjoy What You Eat? If you don't your food does not do you Touch good. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the -remedy that every one should take when lhere is anything wrong with the stomach. There is no way to maintain the health mud strength of mind and body except by nourishment. There is no way to nour? ish except through the stomach. The stomach must be kept healthy, pure and sweet or the strength will let down and ??ease will set np. Ko appetite, 'loss of strength, nervousness, headache, constip'a ticxL, bad breath, sour risings, rifting, in? digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach'trou? bles are quickly'cured bj* the use of Kod?l Dyspepsia Cure. -"Sold'^v ;J. "S. rfin?hsdn &?o. i Gambling in Cotton, "In spite of the fact that Southern farmers make and sell the cotton crop every year, I think it is a grave ques? tion if the South does not lose more money in a year on cotton than she makes." x This speech of a man who has some knowledge of the speculation that is indulged in by southern people may be an extreme statement, but it serves to emphasize an evil that is working great injury to our people. The same gentleman also said : ' * Augusta would be half as large again if it were not -for the money that has been lost in cotton by her business men." What is true of Augusta is perhaps true in larger measure of other cities for Augusta is not conspicuous as a gambling community. In the opinion of some well-posted and clear-headed cotton men the "future" business is a curse to the real cotton trade as it affects both the planter and the dealer. Some other men on the contrary ar? gue that the farmers are indebted to the speculators in futures for the high prices .tney receive for their staple. Cotton men who take the former view reply that while the market is arti? ficially boosted at times by the specu? lators, it is just as frequentely raided and that a healthier .condition would prevail and better results be obtained by the cotton planter if his crop was sold on its merits and the price con troll-ed by the law of supply and de? mand. The Boston Journal of Com? merce commenting on the recent sen? sational flurries in the cotton market, says': "The using of such an important commodity for speculation as cotton, or wheat, or any other necessary com? modity, is not only wrong, but it is 'worse than that and should be stopped by law if no other means can be found. We have no objdetion to speculation in stocks an^d bonds, but we do believe that speculating in a commod? ity used as a means of livelihood should be stopped. "The effect of the speculative mar? ket for the staple has not yet made it? self felt to any extent in the manufac? turing industry; but should it con? tinue for two or three months it would surely result in loss not only to the mills bat to the operatives, who would be thrown out of work through the enforced closing of the mills. It would not be possible for the manu? facturer to get enough of an advance on his goods to offset the high price of the staple, and it would also be out of the question for him to buy his cot? ton at over 10 cents a pound and sell his goods at anything but a consider? able loss to himself. This being the case, the only thing left for him to do would be to shut down, which must bring suffering to the, cotton mill workers." Some of these days congress is going to take the same review, and the leg? islation against cotton futures that has been so frequently agitated will be given a test.-Augusta Chronicle. Babies Mixed in Incubator. A strange lawsuit has just been heard by the courts of Amsterdam. As far back as February last year a newly born child was taken from the mother's care to be reared in an in? cubator. In accordance with medical advice the infant was packed in wad? ding and hurried to the hospital, where the incubators stand ready to receivo weakly babies. Meanwhile, in com? pliance with Dutch law, the father had the birth of a son registered, and the child was given the name of Francisons Gerardus there and then. At the hospital a receipt was taken for the baby boy and he was put into one of the incubators. Some weeks passed and the parents received notice that their child was well enough to take away. Imagine the father's sur? prise when he went to fetch his son to have a baby girl thrust into his arms. The hospital nurse declared some mis? takes had been made by the parents. The parents, nurse and other witnesses declared the mistake was on the part of the hospital authorities. The baby girl was not wanted by -the parents of the missing baby boy, and nobody else wwned her. The father took proceed? ings against the Mayor of the ctiy, who is the nominal head of the hospital, and claimed 240 pounds dam? ages for his lost son. During the time the child was in the incubatsr the outside of the machine was painted, and, according to the plain? tiff's advocate, the cards on which are written the particulars regarding the inmates were mixed up. A touch of romance is added to the case by the offer of an anonymous woman, who undertakes to pay the compensation claimed by the parents and adopt the girl who ought to be a boy. Judgment will be given next month.-Philadel? phia Telegraph. - mm -i The Game of Ping Pong. A southern Kansas farmer is the in? ventor of a new game called "Improv? ed Ping-Pong." It is to be played on ^ farm in the fall of the year. The player gets up at ? o'clock in the morning, milks the cows, feeds the hogs and horses, eats breakfast, then hitches his team to a wagon about the size of a box car and starts for the corn field. Here is where pingpong comes in. You grab a big ear of corn in the, left hand and with the right hand and : a contraption of some kind you yank j the shucks off the corn and throw thxy ear at the wagon. When the eat of corn strikes the throw-board it goes "ping" and when it hits the bottom of the wagon it sounds "pong" mak? ing a very interesting game at '2^o cents a bushel. It is safe to -predict, that like many other Kansas ideas the game will never be popular.-Denison Hearld. Charlotte, & C., May 28.-At a meeting of the stockholders of the Victor Cotton Mills this morning it was decided to petition the Superior Court to appoint a receiver for the purpose of liquidating the affairs of the company as speedily as possible. President Wilson, Dr. J. H. Mc Aden, pretfideiit bf the Merchants' and Farmers' National Bank, and Mr. M. Pegram, president of the First National Bank, who are the endorsers for the mill for the debt that now ap? proximates $80,000, will be allowed to name the receiver. It is believed that the company will be reorganized at some time in the future, and the plant will be run, not as a vam mill, but as a weaving mill. A Railroad Through Galilee. The Ottoman government has bonght the English concession for a line of railroad from Haifa to Damascus. Ii is intended to build a railroad through Galilee to Mzerib by -way of Beisan, connecting at Mzerib with the Damascus-Mecca line. On the 5th instant five German civil egnineers employed by the Turkish government, arrived in Haifa, and on the 11th the vail of the province of Beirut unveiled a monument in commemora? tion of the beginning of operations. The estimated cost of this line from Haifa to Mzerib, by way of Beisan, is $2,000,000. It is to be a narrow gauge line (about forty inches in width). , The Damascus-Mecca line has now reached a point east of the Dead sea. In this connection Consul G. Bie. Ravndal of Beirut states that he has reason to believe that, this rail? way, instead of running to the Hejjaz, including Medina and Mecca, will take from Ma'an a southwesterly direc? tion straight to the Gulf of Akaba in the Red sea. While the line will be built, for strategical purposes, it can hardly fail gradually to develop the trans-Jor? dan country-hitherto another Tibet -by bringing it into touch with the outside world. Couldn't Scare Root. Postmaster General Payne is de ?monstrating his ability to pursue in? vestigations in his own department, but he is not above seeking advice out? side on difficult questions. Lately the postoffice authorities found that a certain woman in Chicago was using the mails improperly, and after a re? port had been rendered the postmaster general issued a fraud order, barring her letters from the mails. This stirred the subject of the order. She addressed a pathetic appeal to the postmaster general, asking for a per? sonal and private interview at which she might present her side of the case. "I feel sure," the letter ran, "that if I could get a chance to look you straight in your beautiful brown eyes you would hear my story.'' Mr. Payne was much impressed. This sort of thing was rather an in? novation. Then he solemnly indorsed the letter : "Respectfully referred to the secre? tary of war for advice." Routine took it through the regular channels, and, after many days, it returned again with this indorsement : "Risk one eye-Elihu Root."-New York Tribune. Death From Hydrophobia. Saluda, May 27.-Two or three months' ago the little eight-year-old son of Mr. P. B." Bryant, of this county, was bitten by a mad dog. He was immediately sent to the Georgia mad stone, which adhered for several hours. Since coming home the fami-y have felt no uneasiness whatever, but on Monday the little fellow showed all the symptoms of hydrophobia. The family physician was summoned and did all that medical skill could suggest. The boy's sufferings were horrible and, after thirty-six hours, he died. Others who were bitten by the same dog and went to the mad stone are, of course, very uneasy. Ladies and Children Invited. All ladies and children who cannot stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups, ca? thartics, etc., are invited to try the famous Little Early Risers. They are different from all other pills. Tbey do not nurge the system. Even a double dose will not gripe, weaken or sicken : many people call them the Easy Fill. W.H. Howell, Hous? ton, Tex., says nothing better can be used for constipation, sick headache, etc. Bob Moore. Lafayette, Ind., says all others gripe and sicken, while Dewitt's Little Early Risers do their work weil and easy. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. ---wm We fear Booker Washington is get? ting back to the original idea. His latest advice to yonDg negroes is to go ont in the country and go to poultry raising.-Richmond Times. World's Best Medicine. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND Has Made People Well When Every Other Remedy Has Failed. Paine's Celery Compound cures disease! It has saved the lives of thousands of sufferers. It has made the weak strong, vigorous, and happy. Taine's Celery Compound purifies the blood and builds up the nervous system as nothing else can do; it is pre-eminently the great life giver and health maker. Overworked and tired women stand in ur? gent need of this health giving prescription to make and keep them well. All women should take advantage of the remarkable power of tMs best of medicine for restoring vigor to the fe&ood and strength to the nervous system. "The all-important thing for nervous, run down, Jand sleepless women is that Taine's Celery Compound fortifies the whole physical system, and by correcting, digestion and regulating, the nerves, it insures sound, refreshing sleep.- In every case of sickness Taine's Celery Com? pound completely and permanently brings back health. Mrs. Mary M. Myers, Balti? more, Ohio, saved hy Taine's Celery Compound after thc failures of able physicians, gratefully writes as follows: "I suffered for eight years with nervous prostration and the general debility common to women, and had such pains in my back that I could not get around the house. I used several remedies and consulted several of the best physicians without obtaining any relief. Taine's Celen- Compound restored nie to health. " I also want to say to all mothers that Taine's Celery Compound* is a splendid medi? cine for the'r children." The question of forest preservation and forest reproduction is one that forces itself upon every intelligent mind. What shall be done to prevent the United States from becoming a treeless region? It is alarming to see how rapidly the forests are disappear? ing and but little care being taken to reproduce them. More than thirty years ago the writer suggested that all old fields that had been abandoned on account of sterility should not be tax? ed for a period of ten years, provided the owners would plant them in trees and cultivate the same until they should become firmly established and reach a condition of vigorous vitality. This suggestion met with favor from the public press, but some of the States having constitutional inhibi? tions in regard to exempting property from . taxation prevent? ed action on the subject by the legislatures. If such old fields cannot be exempted by reason of con? stitutional restrictions, the tax could be refunded to those who pay it upon proof that the abandoned fieds have been reforested. This work of restora? tion should begin with the old fields, transforming the valueless into the valuable, ugliness into beauty, bar? renness into fertility. Not to take bet tre care of the forests is a crime against posterity. The present de? structive methods combine the stupidi? ty of unthinking barbarism and the cupidity of unprincipled selfishness with the wantonness ?f unbridled license. jg^u^ HIND IP O W^W?0fy REST0RES VITALITY \^%^W ^f{ Wade a 1^ S We,! Man TH E ~ ?^^S*^ of Me. GREAT - Tf RENCH REMEDY produces the above result in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency. Varicocele, Failing- Memory. Stops all drains ana losses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man? hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket, Price P#| f*TC 6 Boxes $2.50 ry mail, in plain pack- Oy u ? Ot age, wit?' written guarantee. OR. JEAN CHARRA, Pari* China's Drug Store. Anvone sending a sketch and description may u?ckly asc-er::?i?i our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable Communient i tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken tbrousrh Mann & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific Bmiiean. /.handsomelyillustrated \rookly. Lnrcrest cir? culation Of any gcientilic Jocrnal. Terms, $3 a year: four months, ?L SoiU Lyall newsdealer*. MUNN S 0o.361Broc<?^ New Yor?f Branch Office. itt5 F St- Washington. J>. C STAR BAKERY Next door to Post Offic?. Liberty street, Sumter, S. C. Bread, Cakes and Pies of every description. We make as good bread as there is sold in the State and we want your patronage. We carry a full line of Fruits and choice Candies. A first class lunch room for ladies and gentlemen with Oysters any style. Ice Cream, Milk Shakes, and Cold Drinks in season. April 8 eow2m Winthrop College Scholarship . and Entranoe Examinations. THE EXAMINATIONS for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new stu? dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than 15 years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July lOfch, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this exami? nation. The next session will open about Sep? tember 16, 1903. For further information and a cata? logue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. May 12-July 9-law GLIN SPRIN Delightful Beverage, Invigorating, Healthful Containing the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn Springs Mineral Water. Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water a delightful tablewater, and positive cure for dyspepsia. Gives immediate relief from indi gestion. 3 For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar? macy. " May 27 Mlantie Corni JLine Effective May 24, 1903. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 40 am " 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 20 am " *57 Gibson to Sumter- Arrives 9 40 am " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 50 am " *46 Creston to Charleston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " 9 50 am " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence u 6 18 pm 14 *56 Sumter to Gibson , " 6 50 pm u *47 Charleston to Creston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " 8 20 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia " 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *11 Florence to Bobbins Leaves 1 00 pm " *24 Sumter to Hurtsville " 10 00 am l? *12 Bobbins to Florence " 3 25 pm " *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camdyn to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter " 12 30 pm " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill " 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. MACON, GA. SUMTER, S. C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Artope & Whitt Co.3 GK E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager. Marble and Granite Monuments, Head? stones and iron Fencing. Large Stock Finished Work on Yard. You will find our prices much lower than you have been paying. Investigate, call or write for designs and prices. Special discount for the next thirty days. Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum? ter, S. C. Aug ll There is Nothing In which delay is so danger? ous as in Eye trouble : when you consider that you can get along fairly well without any sense except sight, you will understand how import am; it is to take no chances with it. Our Business is to Tell You When You Need Glasses. We have the proper means of finding out DR. Z. F. HIGHSMITH, Graduate Optician, 21 S. Main street (over DeLorme's Drug Store), Sumter, S. C. Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTEE, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORS', SUMTER, S. C. Paid ap Capita!.$ 75,000 Ot Surpias and Profits - - - - 25.000 OG Additional Liability of Stock? holders io excess of their stock. 75,000 0O Total protection to depositors, $175,000 CO Transacts a Geoeral Banking Bosioess. Special atteotioQ given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. In terest aliowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per ann am, on amounts above $5 and,not exceed iog $300, payable quarterly, on 5rst days o? January, April, Joly and October. , A. J. CHINA, R. L. EDMUSDS, President. Caehier 8UH AND LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, ? have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to Xo. 22. West Liberty stre.et, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. R. S. BRAD WELL. ie Larpu? M Most Complete MUM M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS) SASH) BLINDS) Moulding & Building: Material. affice and vVareroocas, Kiag, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON* S- C. PuTChns? our make, which we guara2> superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money Window and Paney Glass a Special;? October 16 - o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practicals painter of 30 years' experience, where can; be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints fer dirie rent use. such as Floor, Roof, iron, Tar? nishes. Bronze, Sandpaper, Put? ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting, and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso mine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa, Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift Buggy tops $9.00, fitted on Whee s, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, $10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint? ed and trimmed, $2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating Axles. Office in Curtis Houses, Ko 326 South Main street. H. B. CUETIS. TPhone ] 96; I paint signSi.