Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"Teachin' lizzie F?sica! Torture." The Philadelphia Ledger publishes ?lot of letters of complaint and cri? ticism that have been received by teachers in the public school system v*>ef iihat city, and-heresy though it be *^*ae confess to some considerable de? cree of sympathy with the following : "Miss Brown: Yon must stop teach any Lizzie fisicai torture she needs yet treading and rigors mit sums more as that, if I want her to do jnmpin' I Jon make her jump. **Mrs. Canavowski." We believe there is too much scatter? ing and smattering in the schools to? day and too little attention to the .foundation stones of reading, spelling, Wri ting and ciphering. There may be some educational -utility in giving a child a squint at freehand drawing, a shy at physical jcuHaire, a bluff at singing by note, ?nd a half-score of other educational ?dsilines, but we cannot get over the iden-old fogey idea, perhaps-that t$te?e tiling are at the sacrifice of spelling, reading, English composi? tion and grammar, which are essen? tials. As the Public Ledger says, com . -mee ting on the letter published above. * ''Chis letter expresses the right idea of public school education, while boairds of education, educational con Tent?ons, professional pedagogists even seem to have gone far astray. 'Fisicai tortore' or physial culture is an ad? mirable thing : nature study is good ; ?lay modelling may serve a useful pnrjxse in it place; instruction in the avoidance of .alcohol and scores of mother things, of themselves and in their places, a'.*e innocuous; ont when these and many others are made a part of the public schcol curriculum at tile expense of sound and thorough knowledge of more important things they become positive stumbling blocks and nuisances. Lizzie needs other things more." We know this hi heresy in the eyes nf modern pedagogy, but as we said at the outset, "Them's our sentiments." The average child of twelve years old lags back and forth from school enough books to give it curvature of the spine and its father's purse ner? vous prostration, and after ten months nf coquetting wit h a dozen different studies and departments can read and spell and write little, if any, better than at the beginning cf the scholast ' We believe there is need for more teach Lng of reading, writing, spelling, history, geography and English grammar, and we mean more teaching and not simply "hearing the lessons" that parents have had to spend hours the night before in "teaching" at home. We sympathize with Mrs. Canavow? ski, "yon must stop teach my Lizzie fisicai torture ; she needs yet re adi n' and figors mit sums, more as that, if ? war;t her to do jumpin' I kin make her jump."-Augusta Chronicle. Engine No. 66 which was in i^he wrcel: at Wedgefield is about ready to jgo on the road again. ?aii Fraxccisco, July 8.-The Hunt? ington estate in California has been equally divided between the two heirs jot the late C, P. Huntington. They are Arabella Huntington, his widow, and H. E. Huntington, a nephew of the deceased millionaire. This is the fest division of the ?60,000,000 estata . and a distribution of the eastern prop . ert?es will soon folio v. ' Osceola, Ark., July 8.-Arthur 'Bhadden, a prominent young planter living about four miles south of Os? ceola, was shot and killed by a negro tenan:; on his farm at an early hour ??s morning. There was trouble be? tween them in regard to an account which Shadden was trying to collect from the negro. The negro made his escapes but the sheriff and a posse are ~w?_in jmisuit. A lynching is probable, if "?be negro is caught. Spartanburg, July 8.-The safe at Zircon ia, N. C., located in the store where the postoflfice is conducted, was blown open last night and $400 and checks taken therefrom. Three young naen, strangers, boarded a freght at Melrose this morning. Chief of Po? lice Dean of this city was telegraphed to arrest them. He and officers visited the Spartanburg junction twice this afternoon. . Found two traveling men on evening passenger from Asheville. These men clearly proved that they were not burglars and were allowed to depart. "Penscola, Fla., July 8.-Last night -a number of boys were gathered on Perido wharf fishing for shark, one bf them, Carl Johnson, tied his line about his waist and threw the hook in the water. In a few moments a big fish took the bait and finding itself caught lunged for the bottom, dragged the little fellow from the wharf. He disappeared beneath the surface and was never seen again. A Common Error. The Same Mistake is Made by Many Sum? ter People. 3tfs a common error . To plaster the aching back To rub with liniments rheumatic joints When the tronble comes irom the kidneys ~Doan"s Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills ?And are endorsed by Sumter citizens. Mrs. 6. E. Bostick residing at 118 S. Main street says: "1 suffered greatly for some time with pains across my loins, in my limbs a dull heavy aching in my loins. The -pain in my limbs was sharp and shooting, sometime in one pia?e and then in another. When I would sit for a while and get up to -walk it would strike me in the knees and then the ankles so severe as to make me cry oat. I thought it was rheumatism and was doctoring for that but after rubbing with -everything I knew of and trying blood puri /fiers etc. I did not notice any apparent bene "Sfc. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills very highly ?commended by weil known citizens I went to Dr. A. J. China's drug store and obtained a box. The result of their use as directed "was very gratifying indeed. The aching in my back ceased. I do not have the shooting pains in my limbs and for the past two or muree months I have been free from the trouble. I must say Doan's Kidney Pills brought about these results." Tor sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Toster-MHburn Co,. Buffblo, N. Y.. sole . agente for the United States. ."Remember the name Doan's and take no -substitute 1 They Play For the Jewish Vote. Washington, July 8.-Sbcretary Hay returned to Washington today after his conference with President Roose? velt at Oyster Bay on foreign affairs. It may be stated that the President and his Secretary of State are in abso? lute accord upon everything that has been done in connection with the Jewish petition, the^Manchnrian*issue and other important pending and open questions. There has been no change of plan respecting the Jewish petition so far as the general features are con? cerned. Between now and the date of presen? tation of the petition, which is expect? ed within a week, the State depart? ment will outline a plan which proba? bly will look either to the dispatch of the original petition to the United States embassy at St. Petersburg for Mr. Biddle's treatment, or an inquiry I may be made direct from Washington by cable, and without at first dispatch? ing the petition, as to whether it will be received. Vigorous Old Age Pake's Celery Compound makes the old feel young, and cures their ills. It has added years of health and enjoyment to many a life. Use this great medicine regularly, and its invig? orating powers will fill your declining years with health, strength, and happiness. Read what George F. Morse, 67 years old, writes: WELLS & RICHARDSON CO., GeTitlemen : -Just a word in favor of Paine's Celery Compound, hoping it may catch the eye of some, afflicted person, and they may receive the saine satisfactory benefit. Some 15 years ago I had a combination of malaria, chills and fever, and grip, which con? tinued for a year or more; meantime I lost in weight about 60 pounds, trying different medi? cines and doctors with unsatisfactory results. Paine's Celery Compound was recommended, and, after using a little I began to improve, gaining about a pound a week. In a year I had regained 50 pounds of the lost weight and good health, and have been a well man evei since. Yours truly, GEORGE F. MORSE. LEOMINSTER, MASS., Oct. 27, 1902. DIAMOMD'DYES COLOR ANYTHING ANT COLOR. Dresses, cloaks, suits, ribbons, coats, feathers, stockings, - everything wearable, Diamond Dyes make to look like ney. Direction book and 45 dved samples free. DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt. A Slander on France. I Paris, July 8.-It has been stated here in dispatches from Borne that Cardinal Mathiu would, in the event of the death of the Pope, claim for France the right to exercise "high patronage" (the right to control) at the conclave. The correspondent of the Associated Press made an inquiry on the subject at the foreign office here and learned that the report was untrue. No such instructions have been sent to Cardinal Mathiu or to any other Cardinal. The presence of Cardinal Mathiu at the Vatican is due to the fact that he is a member of the Papal Government, which ne? cessitates Bis attendance under the circumstances. His action is quite independent of the French Govern? ment, which has not contemplated the exercise of any influence over the con? clave. _^_ The staff correspondent of the Chi? cago Tribune, who has been down at Indianola, Miss., studying the post office situation there, gives a some? what; different version of why the whites objected to Minnie Cox, the negro postmistress, to that suggested by several of our esteemed Mississippi contemporaries. The Tribune man says that the trouble "arose entirely from the fact that the negroes got into the habit of congregating about the postoffice, although not one of them in a hundred had any business there, and white women and children were frequently made the objects of un? pleasant remarks by these postoffice loungers. " THE ST?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Court of Common Pleas. Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Thomas B. Owen, William C. Owen, Nancy J. Owen, John Robert Owen, Eloise Owen, -Flor? ence A. Martin, Mary Burnett Maxwell and Hannah Booth, plaintiffs, AGAINST Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza? beth Johnson (of Great Britain), Luke Blumer Owen, Warren Watson Owen, Ola Owen, Alice Owen and M. Carlisle Owen and ali and singular any others wt o are the heirs at law of John Owen and Hannah Owen, deceased, defend? ants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. To the defendants above named : You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the city of Sumter S. C., within, twenty days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in thi3 action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated, Sumter, S. C., June 1,1903. And the defendants, Margaret Jane Dixon, William H. Owen, Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton and Elizabeth John? son and all and singular any other heirs at law of John and Hannah Owen, deceased, are hereby notified that the complaint in the above stated action has this second day of June, 1903, been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, State of South Carolina. MARK REYNOLDS, June 10-6w Plaintiffs' Attorney %/?ttantie Co mst JLime 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 " *56 Sumter to Gibson " 6 50 pm " *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 w *24 8umter to Harts ville " 10 00 am li *12 Robbins to Florence " 3 25 pm u *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camdan to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter " 12 30 pm " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm u *7i 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. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULE Effective June 21, 1903. Read down Read up No 42 No 40 No 41 No 43 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 4 00 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 30 am 11 35 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 7 00 air 6 10 am 8 15 pm Ar Atlanta Lv ll 45 pm 11 45 am 5 33 am Ar Birmingham Lv 4 10 pm 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 10 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 25 pm Ar Greenville Lv 9 40 am 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 am 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 am 4 15 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 7 00 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 10 50 air 9 20 pm Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 am 7 40 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pm 2 00 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pn Trains 42 and 43 make close connection at Sumter Junction with 17 going Nort via Camden and Rock Hill. Trains 40 and 41 make close connection at Ringville for Columbia and at Colum bia witn solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, Pullman Compart ment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Flon da points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address : S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, General Passenger Agent, J. R. Clack, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. C. W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, S. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. Evansville Negro to be Tried. Evansville, Ind., July 8.-Acting under of Judge B?sch, Sheriff Kratz left secretly this evening for the Indi? ana reformatory at Jeffersonville to bring back Lee Brown, the wounded negro who killed Patrolman Massey last Friday. It was this killing and the desire of the mob to lynch Brown that preciptated the rioting here. Brown was secretly removed to Vin? cennes early Sunday morning and from Vincennes to the State prisonjat Jeffer? sonville for safe keeping. How Sheriff Kratz will bring the negro here and what hour he will arrive will be kept secret if possible. The sheriff took with him one deputy and Dr. Gilbert, who will try to prevent the negro dying from the bullet in his lung. If the negro shall be successfully placed in jail here, his trial for the killing of Patrolman Massey will be rushed through, and unless a change of venue shall be taken, the troops will be held here until after the trial. Under the terms of the will of W. V. Gill, recently admitted to probate, the Epworth orphanage of Colum bia is left his entire real esate, therein ; with the further provision that, in the event the Epworth orphanage refuses the devise then the real estate shall go to the Methodist Church. This real estate is very valuable, as it is re pored that the annual rents heretofore received have footed up $8,000 to $10, 000. f^ssfi* HINDIPO '^Bfc Rj*Tp VITALITY \vl$f^*ti Made a ^^#SS*X *? Man THE ?l^^>2^ of Me. GREAT - FRENCH 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 Cft f^TC 6 Boxes $2.50 ty mail, in plain pack-OU l# f Otage, wit? written guarantee.. DR. JEAN CHARRA* Par!? China's Drug Store. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, wit hout charge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir? culation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year ; four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN SCo.36'8^ New York Branch Office, 6HS F St_ Washington. D. C WHISKEY GALLON. We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey as low at $1.10 per gallon, and mind you, distilled whiskey-not a decoction of chemicals-but, of course, it's new and under proof. ''Casper's Standard" 10 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually produced by honest Tar Heels in the mountain section of North Carolina by the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the same way it was made by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to ?6 per gallon, but is not any better than "Casper's Standard." lt is the best produced and must please every customer, or we buy it back with gold we are incorporated under the laws of N. C., with an authorized capital of $100,000.00, and the People's National Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C., will tell you our guarantee is good. This old, honest, mild and mellow whiskey is worth $1 per quart, but. to more fully introduce "Casper's Standard" we offer sample shipments of this brand at half price (packed in plain sealed boxes), 5 Quarts $2.95, IO Quarts $5.00, Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc.,) as well as requests for confidential price list must be addressed as follows : W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, N. C., U. S. A. MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: Nos. 1045-46 Liberty and 1,3,4 and 5 Maple Sts. j WHISKEY Sf GALLON, j Delightful Beverage, Invigorating, Healthful, Containing the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn Springs Mineral Water. Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water a delightful table water, and positive cure for dyspepsia. Gives immediate relief from indi? gestion. . " x For sale by J. F. W. DeLorme, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar? macy. Ma7 27 SPECIAL LOW WEEK END RATES From points on the Atlantic Coast Line to Seaside Kesorts, tickets on sale Saturday, good returning including Monday fol? lowing, attractive schedules, un? surpassed service. SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS To Mountain and Seaside Resorts limited for return passage to Oc? tober 31st, on sale until Septem? ber 30th The following week-end rates apply from Sumter to points named : Charleston, S. C., $3.85 ; Isle of Palms, S. C., $3.85 ; Sullivans Island, S. C., $3 85 ; Waterloo (Harris Springs), $3.95 ; Georgetown, S. C., $3 ; Glenn Springs, S. C., $4.10 ; Greenville, S C., $4 65 ; Spartanburg, S. C., $4.10. For full particulars, rates, etc., call on Ticket Agents, or write, W. J. CRAIG, H. M. EMERSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. Q. Up To Date And convenient Optical Parlors kept open the year round over De Lorme's Pharmacy, 21 S. Main Street, hy DR. Z. F. 1IGISUTI, Eye Specialist. AU difficult repairing promptly done. Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BANI OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITOR7, SUMTER, 8. C. Paid np Capital.$ 75,000 00 Sc rpi ns and Profits - - * - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Io tereat allowed at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days o? January, April, Jnly and October. A. J. CHINA, B. L. EDMUHDS, Pr%8ident. Cashier. BUH AMD LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, .having re? gained my health, I 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 No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors from Osteen's Book Store. R & BRAD WELL. Tie Largest ai Most Complete . Existai SoA Gee. 3, Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, SUNOS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Cac non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. J^f Purchase our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years7 experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different 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 Wheels, 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, No 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. Thone 196. I paint signs.