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TBE FINANCIAL PROBLEM. Senator Beveridge Speaks for President Roosevelt Says Tba* th? Present Financial Condi? tion is Very Critical and Must be Deli? cately Handled. South Bend, Ind, Sept. IO.-Th* seventh annual Convention of Indiana Bankers was addressed today by Unit? ed States Senator Beveridge. Senator Beveridge as bnt recently returned from a visit with the President at Oyster Bay, and is positive assertions with regard to the action of the com? ing session of Congress were given ali the more weight. The Senator said in part: "The coming session of Congress will not enact any radical or sweeping financial legislation. Except in great emergencies, moderation is the word in all financial legislation. The stability of financial legislation, even .though imperfect, is more desirable than sudden and comprehensive changes, even though those changes are toward greater perfection. "Some moderate financial legisla? tion, which will relieve the periodical? ly recurring money stringency in the money centres, is probably desired, and may be enacted. But such legislation, if enacted, will be simple in its nature and will not disturb or alarm the bnsi . ness interests of the country. "Upon the shoulders of the bankers of t?e county,' more than upon any one set of business men; depend the con? tinuance of our fortunate condition of prosperity. If wthout reason the bank? ers indulge in vague apprehensions they will themselves bring about the Tery thing which they fear. If the bankers begin to exercise cowardice, instead of prudence ; ?if without any reason, except timidity, they begin to contract their loans and reduce their credits, that confidence upon which all business rests and of which the bank? ers themselves are. the beneficiaries, will be impaired." Conressman Fowler, of New Jersey, also spoke. He gave a good deal of at tention in his speech to his asset cur? rency bill He said he favored a de? parture from the old measure by first calling for a retirement or impounding of greenbacks,. by compelling banks to hold 40 per cent of reserve in United Staten notes, thus taking from green? backs their power to harm. Second, to dei>osit all public moneys in banks, Jibe Cteyernment to receive 2 per cent, ?i?fc?frst? and be secured by bank as? sets* deposits to be not over half the arno?:at of the bank's paid-up capital. Third, national banks to be allowed to pu; ont credit currency, the banks io deposit 5 per cent equivalent in ?o!d coin in the United States treas? ury, jvhich, with 2 per cent in Gov? ernment deposits and 1 per cent tax on nc tes, would constitute a fund, of which, when over ten millions, the surplus should be diverted to the pur? chase of gold bullion for coverting greenbacks into gold certificates. Charleston, Sept. 9.-Joseph Alston, colored, 16 years old, died today pf hydrophobia. He was bitten five days ago, but he was only ill a day or two. Se died in terrible agony and" had to be strapped to the bed. A Woman's Wealth. Paine's Celery Compound Smm&TE T? ?JSB?iJT?TES ANS EOT ?? TO W??lSH. It is rraintamed by many distinguished writers thai the ^re^tess of a nation depends in?ch Mopti the physical condition of its wo??ifjt. li??general conditions which con Jtr3>tf:? t? ????feh and long life, are those which 'do Hi?l ."?H?p?y a rapid and unequal exhaustion of Tfeose powers by which life is maintained. ?Wh2? 'wc assert that the women of our land stand peerless for beauty and the virtues that Twakc diem lovable, we cannot hide the fact -that diere are thousands in our midst who, owing to overwork, worry, household cares, and an unequal exhaustion of life power, have become weak, nervous, sleepless, and debili? tated. We bring to the attention of all weary, despondent, hopeless, and sickly women earth's great rescuer and health builder, Paine's Celery Compound. Thousands of bealtby women around us owe their present \jgcr, activity, and robustness to Paine's Cek?ry Compound. Mrs. Stephen Smith, St. ? Vast, Minn., tells how she was snatched from the grave; she says: t? I had a bad attack of la grippe this spring and was at death's door, and no one ever expected me to recover. I was so weak that as :soon as they brought me out of one fairit I ivas in another. I could not take any notaishment, and doctors' medicines did me no good. A friend advised my husband to get me a bottle of Paine's Celery Compound, which he did, but had no faith in it. The second day after taking thc Compound, I began to get real hungry and took an interest ia things. I had everything that money and loving care could supply, and with that and Paine's Celery Compound, I am now doing my own work, while three months ago ? was almost in the grave. I know that I owe my iealth and strength to Paine's Celery Com? pound, and shall always recommend it." NO NEED OF SOILING THE HANDS WITH Diamond Dyes They are easy to use, and are made for home ?se and home economy. Diamond Dyes nevar disappoint and will make the old clothes look new? 50 different colors. Direction book and 45 dyed sa. ?ples free. DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt. NOT TOO PROUD TO WORK. Keir to Millions Goes to Work in his Father's Foundry. Heir to several raillions and the re? cipient already of a life income of many thousands, Franklin Farrel, Jr., 21 years old, Yale graduate, owner of fast horses and a $10,000 touriDg car, works ten hours a day in his father's foundery. He can be seen daily bend? ing over a grindstone at the grimiest and lowest labor in the whole plant. Determined to learn and master the complicated business of his father's large foundery here, young Farrel last Monday began his apprenticeship. Franklin Farrell, Sr., one of the wealthiest men ia Connecticut, his estate being variously estimated at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, was unaware of his son's purpose until the latter had actually gone to work. Young Farrel is obliged to enter the mills with the other workmen at 7 o'clock every week-day morning and he passes out with the oil-begrimed crowds at 6 oclook in the evening, hurrying home in his overalls ano? to Tower Hall, the handsome Farrel residence. He is beginning to abandon society, as the hara work in the mill drives him early to bed. Only the fact that he had undergone severe training as a candidate for the Yale crew enables the youth io stand the exacting work. On express orders from the office no favors are shown him. Franklin Farrell, Jr., was graduated from Yale last June, standing high in his class. He waa a D. K. E. man, but failed to make a senior society, a circumstance that occasioned much comment. In the class statistics he was rated the best dressed man of 1903. He was a member of the famous "Jolly Eight," who were innocently instru? mental in bringing about Carrie Na? tions' visit to Yale. Some wags sent an invitation to the famous bar-break? er to come to New Haven at a stated time, signing the names of the "Jolly Eight." Mrs. Nation arrived at the appoint? ed time and found the "Jolly Eight" just finishing a reunion supper in Van? derbilt Hall. She snatched away the cigarettes they were smoking and de? livered her usual lecture, after which she was taken away by another party of students. Young Farrel has just returned from a summer's automobile trip with his sister, Miss Elsie Farrel. While he is serving his apprenticeship he will receive H a week, but in the course of six months or a year, as he may show his proficiency, he may be paid at the rate of 1234 cents an hour. He carries his dinner in a pail and eats with the other workingmen. His cousin, Alton Farrel, has been appointed to a position in the office of the foundery, where he will learn the commercial end of the business. Miss Elsie Farrell recently caused a stir by abandoning society, in which she was prominent, taking a course at a business college and entering the foundery office as stenographer and typewriter, assisting her father in his correspondence and assuming in a measure the duties of private secre? tary. She later gave up the work. Franklin Farrel, Sr., besides con? trolling the Farrel Foundery and Machine Compar.y, is extensively in? terested in silver mining properties near Salt Lake, Utah, and copper mines in the Lake Superior district. A few years ago he reaped a profit of several million dollars by the sale of the Parrot copper mine. He is also a half owner in a large sugar plantation in Cuba. Tower Hall, the home of the Farrels, is considered the handsomest residence in the Naugatick Valley.-Derby, Conn, Correspondence of the New York Herald, P?TS??1R??BE5S DYING. Washington, Sept. 10.-The annual report of Commissioner of Pensions Ware peaces the total number of pen? sioners now on the rolls .at 996,545, ol which 729,356 are soldiers and 267,189 are widows and dependents. Mr. Ware announces that it is not probable that the pension roll will again Cross the million line, the high fchtfe* mark having been reached a year ftgo. The roll shows a net loss of 2,9(1 pensioners during %bto year. Out of a total of 304,809 apul??ations on hand d?ring'tbe year, 130,109 were admitted and 113,794 re&dte?. The average an? nual value of each pension is now $133. The anafcal value of the Spanish war pension roil has reached $1,765, 310. The total payments in pensions for all WATS Ss ?3,038,623,590; on account of the'Civil war $2,862,240,400. The cost of the pension system per capita of the population for 1903 is given as $1.75. The system, accord? ing to Commissioner Ware, was the greatest as a burden to the people of the United States in 1893, since which time it has shrunk from $2.24 to $1.32 per $1,000 of taxable wealth, and in ten years, he says , the burden will cease to be noticed. . j Condition of Texas Cotton. Harry Farracy, State cotton statisti? cian, says that the condition of the crop from the reports returned from growers and giuners is very promising, the majority figuring on at least half a bale to the acre. "The boll weevil scare,' he said, "in Dallas County is a thing of the past and Dallais county is not inflicted with any up to this time. "The d?partaient of commerce and labor in line with cotton statistics will distribute free of charge to all ginners a gin book. In the preparation of this book it has been thought necessary to provide a record sucli as will enable the ginners to keep accur? ately the weight and number of bales ginned. This is the first time the cen I sus department has supplied the cotton ginners with books for the purpose of I keeping account of the cotton passing j through their hands. The. results of j this free distribution will determine ! the advisability of continuing it. " I Dallas News. The turpentine plants near Cordele, Ga., arc paying $2.70 a cord for pine wood and pine stumps, from which it is said they make a profit of $21 per cord. If this be true there is lots of money being wasted in this part of the country. BRITAIN AS A NATION IN PERIL. Sir Norman Lockyer Takes Gloomy View of American In? vasion of England. Southport, Eng., Sept. 9.-The British Association for the Advance? ment jf Science met tonight at the opera house here, which was crowded. Sir Norman Lockyer delivered his presidential address, entitled "The Influence of Brain Power on History." During the course of his remarks the president referred at length to tbe struggle for existence in modern com? munities, showed that British indus? tries were suffering from international competition and said: "Our position as a nation, our suc? cess as merchants, are in peril chiefly -dealing with preventable causes-be? cause our lack of completely efficient universities and our neglect of re? search. We in Great Britain have eleven universities competing with 13 state and privately endowed in the United States and 22 state endowed in Germany." Sir Norman contrasted the feeble results of private effort in England as compared with the aid given universi? ties in the United States and Ger? many and argued that state aid alone could compete with either country. In sixty years English colleges had been given less than ?20,000,000, while in the last few years American colleges had been given $200,000,000. The president then compared the vast sums spent by the British government on '' sea power,' ' and the small amounts expended on brain power, and ad? vocated duplicating the navy bill of 1888-9, $120,000,000 and devoting that amount to the increase of Great Bri tain's brainpower. , j THE JENKINS PORTRAIT. To the Editor of The State : According to the wishes of the friends and the family of the late Micah Jenkins, the undersigned is preparing for publication in the news-i papers an article presenting the char? acter and the career of that brilliant Confederate brigadier, admired of Lee and Longstreet and beloved by his men. In view of the movement initiated by Mrs. Stoney and other patriotic women of Columbia to place in the State house an oil portrait of Gen. Jenkins, the time is deemed opportune for a more accurate and thorough por? traiture cf the man 8??d the soldier than has yet been made. This I shall attempt. To this end I request the officers and men of Jenk? ins' brigade to send me, within the next seven days, such personal and military characteristics of Jenkins as may be recalled by them. Jno. P. Thomas. Columbi a* Sept. 10, 1903. The newspapers of the following counties, containing the men who fol? lowed Jenkins in battle, are requested to extend this request: Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Cherokee, Ches? ter, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexing? ton, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens,. Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, York. Of Course Not. A judge of one of the United States circuit courts has a five-year-old niece of whom he is very proud. A few days ago she came to him and said with a very serious air: "Uncle, there is a question about law I want to ask you. ' ' "Weil, dear, what is it?" patiently inquired the judge. / "Uncle, if a man had a peacock and it went into another man's yard and Jaie? an egg, who would the egg belong to?' The judge smiled indulgently and replied : "Why, the egg would belong to the man who owned the peacock, but he could be prosecuted for trespassing if he went on the other's property to get it.? jPbe child seemed very- much inter? ested in tlie explanation, and then observed innocently : "Uncle, did it ever occur to you that a peacock couldn't lay an egg?" -New York im es. A cabinet officer of the Mikado re? cently referred to the fact that there are 880, (XX) trachoma patients in Japan, and that in Tohoku district it is im? possible to obtain the requisite number of recruits for the army if some suffer? ers from this disese are not admitted, adding: "The Japanese army will physically collapse if things are to go on in this manner." Trachomais a chronic inflammation of the eyelids which contracts them inward until the lashes scratch the pupil, causing, in many cases,' blindness. MAKES WORK EASIER. Sumter People Are Pleased to Learn How it is Done. It's pretty hard to attend to duties With a constantly aching back: With annoyingurinary disorders Doan's Kidney Pills make work easier They cur<' backache They cure every kidney ill. R. M. McCarey, mechanic at the Atlantic Cast Line repair shops at Florence. S. C., says: "I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a sure backache cure. Before ! used them my back hurt nie ail the tim?' and kept me awake half the night and 1 would get up in the morn? ing as tired as when I went to bed. I had a dull pain rijdit across my loins sometimes so severe that I could not stand up straight and after going to bed tired out and falling asleep 1 would In* awakened in thenighl with an awful pain in my back which felt as though it would break in half. I had no strength in my back and would have to UM- l>oth hands to pull myself over. Thc kid? ney secretions were dark, contained sedi? ment and bothered me by making me get up several times during the night' I used num? bers of remedies and doctor's medicines and put on liniments but it was no use for nothing aid me any pood until 1 got Doan's Kidney Pills* Th?y certainly did and I can tell any? one that they are a backache cure! You are welcome to use my name as one who from personal experience knows theirvalue." Plenty more proof like ihis from Sumter people. Call at the dru j: store of I>r. A. J. China's and ask what his customers report. Sold for."))? cents ?MT U>.\ bv all dealers. Fos ter-Milburn Go.. Buffalo. N. Y.. sole agents for the C. S. Rememlierthe name- Doan's and take no The Horse Didn't Look Well. From the mountains of Camden, Me., comes a story of a Philadelphia merchant who has a summer cottage in that village and who wished to ex? change a lively horse which he owned with a French Canadian, who had a more gentle animal, which women and children could drive. The French? man was willing to trade, but for some reason insisted upon repeating to the visitor that the local horse did not "look" so well as the one belong? ing to the Philadelphia man. An exchange satisfactory to both parties was eventually made, and the first time this visitor's wife took the new horse out for a drive she discov? ered that the beast was as blind as a mole. A few days later, when the rusticator met the Frenchman, he said : "See here you rascal! that horse you swapped with me for mine was stone blind. Why didn't you tell me of it at the time?" "Ah'm bin try tell you all Ah'm bin know how fer to teil. Ah'm bin say my horse was no look lak your horse-say so seex, nine tams. Ah'm no bin blam' eef you no hear me." Philadelphia Public Ledger. Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 8.--A. grand stand, erected on a knoll on the Fort Leavenworth reservation, gave way this afternoon during a sham bat? tle by regular troops, injuring twenty four persons. None was killed. The legs of many of those injured were broken. The stand was put up this morning. Fully 1,500 people crowded upon it. . WHISKEY $ We claim to be the Lowest Prie whiskey as low at ?1.10 per gallon, an decoction of chemicals-but, of cours ''Casper's Standard" io year old * produced by honest Tar Heels in the : by the old time process. Every drop fires, in old style copper stills, in exac grandfathers a century ago. First ra gallon, but is not any better than "( produced and must please every custo we are incorporated under the laws of $100,000.00, and the People's Nationa of Winsto?-Salem, N. C., will teli jov honest, mild and mellow whiskey is w j introduce "Casper's Standard" we offi half price (packed in plain sealed box Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. J i ! cash or by check, etc.,) as well as requ j be addressed as follows : W. S. CASPER C( MAIN OFFICE ANO WAREHOUSES: Nos. 1( I WHISKEY $ SPECIAL RA FOR ! Those who have not y vacation had better do systems in good order. Don't Neglect A few weeks now mai of sickness later. ATTRAi Fine, Bracing Clim; Woods, Splendid Orel New Double Track Ter and TIE BES! MINERAL M For further part?cula: The GLENN LOW ROUND ATLANTIC ( -FROM SUI $16.15 Baltimore, Md., a Sovereign Grand Lod sale September 18th, 19 deposited with Joint A upon arriva', and upon 3 posit limit will be exten than October 3rd, 1903. J. T. CHINA, Agent. ?A HINDIPO W'^^?k RESSES VITALITI \^\^W^\ Made a THE ?ki? of Me. T7RENCH REMEDY produces the above resuit i1 in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency. VaricocclCy Failing Memory. Stops all drains and Josses caused by errcrs 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 Fflj PTC 6^?xes$2.sc ty mail, in plain pack-Oy U I Otage, wit? bitten guarantee. DR. JfcAN CHARRA, Pa?i$ China's Drug Store. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE: MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free .whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly conildentiaL. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest acency for securing patenta. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A. handsomely illustrated weekly. J^rpest cir? culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a vear ; four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN ? Co.36'6"?"??- New York Branch Office. 6?5 F St* Washington, D. C 110 GALLON, j ed Whiskey House. We really sell d mind yon, distilled whiskey-not a e, it's new and under proof. rhiskey is a liq aid joy ! It is actually mountain section of North Carolina is boiled over open furnace wood ;tly the same way it was made by our te whiskey is sold at $5 to ?6 per Jasper's Standard." It is the best mer, or we buy it back with gold N. C., with an authorized capital of 1 Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank i our guarantee is good. This old, orth $1 per<-quart, but to more folly ir sample shipments of this brand at j es), 5 Quarts $2.95, IO Quarts $5.00, Ul orders and remittances (in stamps, .este for confidential price list must i )., Winston-Salem. N. C., U. S. A. W5-46 Liberty and 1, 3.4 and 5 Maple Sts. Ii? GALLON. JNE FOR PLEASURE, ?! | ?NE FOR ALL THE BEST !! r 1ER RESORTS jj j lt ifletc Summer1 Resort Folder led Free to Any Address. S. H. HARDWICK, W. H. TAYL?B. Gen'1 Pass. Agent, Asst. Gen'l Pass. A"*. i. WASHINGTON, D.C. ATLANTA, OA 0 J TES SEPTEMBER. et taken their summer so now, and get their Your Health. j save you many weeks :TIONS. ate, Beautiful Autumn testra, Excellent Fare, L-pin Alley, Pool Table TER M THE CONTINENT. rs, address SPRINGS CO. LBNN SPRINGS, S. C. > TRIP RATES 30AST LINE, ttTER, S. C. ,nd Return : ge of Odd Fellows-Tickets on th and 20th. Tickets must be gent in Baltimore immediately payment of $1.25 at time of de ded to leave Baltimore not later W. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent. I $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRS! NATIONAL BANK of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capita: of this Bank to ?100,000.00, depositors; now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - 1100,000 00 Stockholders' Individual Lia? bility, - - - 100,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - - . 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, ?225,000 00 ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank ir. this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed cn deposits to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. RICKER. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. McCallum, D. J. Winn, Jr., Oliver L. Yates. July 30-3m Up To Date And convenient Optical Parlors kept open the year round over De Lorme's Pharmacy, 21 S. Main Street, by DU.FJBITH, Eye Specialist. All difficult repairing promptly done. Feb 4-0 le Larpi aili Most Complete W??M SU? Geo. 3. Racker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASK, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office aod Warerooms, King, opposite Caa non Street, CHARLESTON > S. C, JW*Pnrcbase oar make, which we gcaraatt. superior to any sold Sooth, as? thereby pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' 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, Var? 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 CounciPs Self-lu? bricating Axles. Office in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. 'Phone 196. I paint sign?. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior ie Sumter, at the price.