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Cosoli?ate? Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1903.
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TE SASE OF OAPT. BBE??1S.
A Report to be Submitted st a
Meeting of Dreyfus Commission
Recommending a Revision-of
- the Case. .
Paris, Dec 2L-It has been learned
by the Associated Press that ?t a meet?
ing of the Dreyfus commission nest
Tuesday, M. Victor Mercier, reporter
of the commission, and trae of the
directors of the ministry of justice,
will submit a report teeonamending re?
vision of the case of Capt Dreyfus.
It is not yet positively known whether
M. Mercier's report will recommend
revision by the Court of Cassation or by
the Court-martial, but there is every
reason to believe that the Court of
Cassation will now reconsider the case
in the light of the facts -gathered by
M. Mercier, at the same time passing
upon the other documents submitted.
While it is impossible at this stage
to predict what view will be taken by
the commission, it is expected that it
will adopt at least by a majority, M.
Mercier's recommendation.
If the revision of the case should be
favorable to Capt Dreyfus, he will be
restored to the army, no matter what
may be made,'but it is not
expected that be will assume active
service.
M. Merciers9 report, it is believed,
not only establishes that Dreyfus is
innocent of writing the Bordean, out
dwells with emphasis on the modifi?
cation by M. Gribe&c 'keeper of war
office records, of his testimony before
the Court at Reuses, M. Gribelin then
swore that Dreyfus was guilty, while
the modification of his testimony now
indicates that the alleged treason was
committed by Col. Henry, who was at
the time chief of the intelligence de?
partment of the ministry of war.
WASES REDUCED.
Combination of Steel Plants to
Cut Wages Ten Per Cent or
f?ore.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. L-Semi-official
information was given ont today that
made a general redaction in wages is
to be made at all non-union iron and
steel plants in the country that will
average 10 per cent, it is not propos?
ed to make any official announcement
.ctf the cut unt? after Christmas. Re?
presentatives of the 'United States
;Steel Corporation are said to have met
with independent interests and an
-agreement has been reached for a uni?
form adjustment of wages of all em?
ployees. The rate of the highest paid
tonnage men may be greaer than a 10
per cent reduction and it will be less
for the day hands. The wages of most
' of the employees at the Mast furnaces
hawo already been cut
Snort Time in Manchester.
Manchester, Eng., Dec. 21.-W.
Tattersalls Annual Review of the cet
ton trade declares this year has been
the worst in the last decade. Eighty
two spinning concerns in Lancashire
lost $190,00 during the year, and the
trade most adopt short time, because
American cotton is 45 per cent a^Tve
the price at the same tin? last De?
cember. A mass meeting of Lanca?
shire cotton millers will be held De?
cember 29, to consider the situation.
Many of the mills wll be stopped for
ten days daring the holidy season.
South Carolina College Blacklist-;
ed.
Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 2L-At the
annual session of the Southern Inter?
collegiate Association, held in this
city, the charges of professionalism
brought against Cumberland Univer?
sity were dismissed. The recommenda?
tion to blacklist Central Univeristy of
Kentucky and South Carolina College
waa approved.
A resolution was adopted providing
that any student playing summer base
bali with any team and receiving any
part of his expenses, should be in?
eligible in the Association.
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Years.
B. F. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle <fc Mfg.
Co., Middletown, O, suffered for ten years
with dyspepsia. He s peut hundreds of
dol?an* for medicine and with doctors
without receiving any permanent benefit.
He says, "One night while feeling excep?
tionally bad I was about to throw down
the evening paper when I saw an item in the
paper regarding the merits of Xodol Dys?
pepsia Cure. I concluded to try it and
while I had no faith in it I felt better I
after the second dose. After using two ?
bottles I am stronger and better than I
have been in years, and I recommend Ko
dol Dyspepsia Cure to my friends and
acquaintance^ suffering from stomach
trouble." Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co.
BANK PROBLEMS IN CAMDEN.
Judge Watts' decision Regarding
Offsets in the Aassigned Farmers'
and Merchants' Bank.
Camden, Dec. 21.-Messrs. E. S.
Vaux and A. D. Kennedy, assignees,
petitioners, vs J. T. Hay and C. H.
Yates, agents of creditors, respond?
ents went before Jndge R. C. Watts,
at chambers, in Columbia, last week
to have him decide a disagreement as
to the question of offsets in the assign?
ed Farmers' and Mertch ans'Bank.
The following is his decision :
This is ' a motion before me at my
chambers, under Section 2,644 of the
Code, Vol., I, to decide certain ques?
tions, upon which the assignees and
agents of creditors of the Farmers' and
Merchants' Bank, of Camden, South
Carolina, are not agreed, the said bank
having made an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors on the 18th day
of November, 1903.
The first question presented for my
consideration is as follows: "Where
a party has a note maturing after the
date of the said deed of assignment,
due aad payable to said trank, and also
a deposit to his eredit in the bank,
the bank being ia possession of both
note and deposit, can one claim be off*
set against the other'?'''
I am clearly of the opinion ?hat such
offset should be allowed.
The second question presented is as
follows: "Wherea party has a note
due to the bask and maturing prior to
date of the said deed of assignment,
and has to his credit a deposit, the
bank being in possession of both note
and deposit, can one claim be offset
against the othef?"
I am of tbs opinion that such offset
sould be allowed, and do not think
that it makes any difference whether
j the note matured before or after the
date of assignment.
The nest question is as follows:
" Where the uote has matured in the
bank before the date of the assign?
ment and the deposit is made in the
bank not to be drawn against, how?
ever until a future date, which future
date does not arrive until after the
date of the deed of assignment, caa
one claim be offset against the other?"
I am of the opinion that when the
time expires during which the fund
deposited cannot be drawn against,
under the agreement between the. de?
positor and the bank, that such fund
then becomes the same as any other
deposited fund setoff should be allow?
ed.
The question then being presented
under the head of one or the other of
the first or second questions above
considered.
The next question is as follows:
"Where a note of the depositor redis
counted before its maturity, and is in
the hands of an endorser at the date
of assignment, could a deposit in the
bank by the maker of the note be,
under any circumstances, applied to
payment of the same?"
I am clearly of the opinion that it
could not.
COHTtHPT OF COURT.
Ali Interesting Case in Georgia in
Which Several Railroad Offi?
cials Were Involved.
Macon Ga-, ?ec. 21.-In the case
of-the Intec-State Commerce Commis?
sion against the Louisville and Nash?
ville, Florida Central and Peninsular,
and the Savannah, Florida and West?
ern railroads?-involving- a rule for con?
tempt against officials of th? Louisville
and Nashville, the Seaboard and
the Atlantic Coast Line, President
Smith, Superintendent Benham and
Superintendent Sale were present be?
fore Judge Speer rn the United States
Court today. The railroads claimed
! that they were advised by counsel and
i believed that the decree did not re
I quire them to continue to operate
through rates from Pensacola and At?
lanta stations to Savannah, and thai
they could fully comply with tho
Court's decree by withdrawing thei:
through rates and arrangements, even
though from some of the stations the
total rates charged by combining the
locals of the separate roads might ex?
ceed the through rates which had been
found by the Court to fee unlawful.
Therefore the railroads withdrew their
through rates, and they pointed out
that as to much of the traffic involved
the sums of the locals were less than
the through rates whick had feeen con?
demned. It was further stated on be?
half of the railroads that negotiations
looking to establishing through rates
in accordance with the decree had
beea in progress for some time before
the contempt proceedings were insti?
tuted and that such negotiations were
still pending.
The Judge then suggested that a re?
cess would be taken to see if the rail?
road officiais present could complete
these negotiations, and after the recese
it was announced that agreement had
been reached and that through rates
in accordance with the decree would
be made effective by January I.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 22.-Arch?
bishop Ireland received today, under
date of December 22, a cablegram
from Mgre Guidi, apostolic delegate to
the Philippine Island.?, announced that
the Jast touch had just been put to the
contract between the United States
Government of the islands and the
Church for the purchase of the friars'
lands in the islands.^ajv1--^?i?esL_ the
Archbishop to rejc^" on tiie
happy conclusion of the negotiations.
A Frightened Horse,
Running like mad down* the street
dumping the occupants, or a hundred oth?
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Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear quick?
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STRIKERS INTERFERE
WITH FUNERALS.
The Revolting Condition of Affairs
Continues in Chicago-Want
Conditional Arbitration.
Chicaeo, Dec. 22.-Members of the
Livery Drivers union met today to con
I sider an arbitration plan to settle their
strike and decided to accept condi?
tional arbitration. The plan grew out
of a meeting of a committee of em?
ployers and representatives of the
union last night. While arbitration
was being considered today news was
received of the first "union label
funeral" since the strike began. The
funeral was arranged by Undertaker
G. M. Mar&s, the body of .the decedent
being removed in a "dead" wagon
bearing a placard proclaiming the
vehicle to be owned by an under?
taker paying the union scale. It was
also the first funeral in which a pro?
cession of carriages was supplied to
carry the mourners. There were six
carriages labelled like the improvised
hearse.
The funeral of John G. Kelley was
held under cover of darkness last night
on account of the possibility of violence.
The services had been announced be?
fore the recall of pickets. After
simple home services an undertaker's
wagon conveyed the remains to a rail?
road depot from which the corpse was
shipped to St. Paul, Minn.
The body of Mrs. Catharine Master
son, the mother of Rev. John Master
son, was borne through the street on
a hand truck while undertakers and
liverymen and their drivers argued as
to whether they ought to submit the
contest to arbitration.
The coffin was carried to the chuten
on the truck, while six pallbearers
walked bareheaded beside the flower
strew coffin, and following them came a
procession of mourners. Fifty carriages
had been asked for, but none w*s fur?
nished and over 200 people were pre?
vented from attending the burial.
AWFUL FAMILY SCANDAL
Four Persons Gfaarged Wift Killing
a Woaaa Relative.
Rising Sun, ind., Dec. 22.- In its
report of the iovestigatioe of the as?
sassination of Miss Elisabeth Gilles?
pie, on December 8,. the grand jury
today returned true bills oE murder sn
the first degree against James Gilles?
pie, a twin brother of the murdered
woman; Mrs. Belle Seward, her wid?
owed sister; Mrs. Carrie Barbour,
niece of Dr. T. A. Reamy, an emi?
nent physician of Cincinnati, and
Myron Barbour, her busband. Mrs.
Barbour is a sister-in-law of Dr. Wil?
liam Gillespie, brother of the mur?
dered woman. Bench warrants were
immediately issued by Judge Downey,
of the Circuit Court. The Gillespies
were expecting the arrests, and Dr.
Gillespie drove to the house of the ac?
cused in a closed carriage and brought
the indicted persons to the Court
House, surrendering a?? of them to the
Court. A newspaper photographer at?
tempted to take a snap shot of the
party, and was struek by James Gil?
lespie, who broke away from Sheriff
Rump and knocked the camera from
the hands of the photographer. The
four indictments were read to t?be-ac?
cused. The indictments charged them
with "feloniously, maliciously ?nd
with premeditated inteat" causing the
death of Elizabeth Gillespie. A con?
spiracy among members of the manSer
ed woman's own family to kill her is
charged. James Gillespie, ber twin
brother, is the one who is charged as
the principal, although all are charged
with murder in the first degree. Each
entered a plea of not guilty. Capt.
Coles, attorney for the defendants,
presented petitions for writs of habeas
corpus on the ground that there is
not} enough evidence to indict, and
that their libeity was withheld on a
charge of a crime for which they were
innocent. Judge Downey ordered the
writs returnable immediately and the
petition was then heard with argu?
ments.
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from accident is Elliott's Emulsified Oil
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and is the most satisfactory liniment for
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Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 22.-Men
who were brought from St. Louis to
Coal Creek about fifteen days ago to
work in the Coal Creek Company's
mines have brought suit for damages
against the company and Manager
George M. Camp. They allege that
false representations were made to in?
duce them to come to Coal Creek.
Two of tne cases have been tried, and
the Court returned a verdict for 8250
and costs and attorneys' fees in each
case. The men sued for 8499. The
i men, after reaching Coal Creek, were
waited on by a body of 400 or 500 men,
presumably union miners, and were
persuaded not to work in the Coal
Creek Company's mines.
Those who will persist in closing their
ears against the continual recommenda?
tion of Dr. King's New Discovery for Co?- ?
sumption, will have a long and bitter right j
with their troubles, if not ended earlier by j
{atal termination. Read what T. R. Beall, ;
Of Beall, Miss, has to say : "Last fall my j
.v^ife had every symptom of consumption. ?
S}he took Dr. King's New Discovery after '
everything else had faded. Improvement ?
c?toe at once and four bottles entirely I
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Fight Will be Bitter.
COLOMBIA DEBARRED
FROM HAGUE TRIBUNAL.
A Refusal of Colombia's Request
Would be Approved by Euro?
pean Powers.
Washington, Dec. 22.-"Refusal hy?
the Udited States to consent to a pro
position from Colombia for a refer?
ence of the Panama question to The
Hague tribunal is expected and will be
fully approved by the European pow?
ers. "
This statement was made to a re?
presentative of the Associated Press
tonight by a European ambassador of
high rank and influence. It has already
been made in substance, though in
rather more diplomatic language, to
Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colombian
commissioner who is expected in his
forthcoming note to the state depart?
ment to suggest The Hague tribunal
as the proper place for the settlement
of the isthmian problem.
The ambassador quoted, in explain?
ing the attitude of European powers,
said:^ "Panama is a closed chapter in
the history of nations and The Hague
court is not the place for settled ques?
tions, but for pending problems which
are referred to it with the full ap?
proval of all the parties interested.
When Russia, Germany and France
recognize the independence of Panama
they set their seal of approval on the
prompt action of the Washingon gov?
ernment in pledging itself to guarantee
and maintain the independence of the
republic it had previously recognized.
Nations can hardly be expected to set
! tie -questions of sovereignty or national
honor at The Hague.
"There is, however, a question be?
tween Colombia and Panama which
with propriety might be referred to The
Hague and to which reference the
United States will scarcely offer op?
position. It is the question of the
assumption by Panama of a part of the
Colombian debt."
At the navy department the state?
ment is made tonight that the in?
structions to the naval commanders in
isthmian waters to "prevent the
landing of forces with hostile intent"
have not been modified. These in
strnctrns, it is believed, are sufficient?
ly comprehensive to enable the com?
manders to maintain open transit
?across the isthmus and to protect the
new republic from Colombian expedi?
to wns. '
SCOOPED BY THE BELL
South Carolina Telephone Com?
pany Sells Out.
The Bell Telephone company bas
bought out the South Carolina Tele?
phone company. The deal has been on
for some time and was consummated
yesterday, and last night council
granted permission to the South Caro?
lina to sell. This was necessary, be?
cause it was provided by ordinance
when the South Carolina company
came in that permission must be ob?
tained from the city before a consoli?
dation could be had with any other
company.
The Soutth Carolina bas been in
operatioon five or six years, and prob?
ably it had a larger number of phones
in use in Columbia than the Bell. It
was thought to be doing a good busi?
ness, and it was, but the American
'Construction company, which was
largely interested in it, recently got
into financial difficulties and the tele?
phone company was involved. The
?local stockholders did not feel able to
.assume the obligations of the company
.and operate it too, so negotiations for
:its purchase by the b?ll company
were entered upon, resulting in the
sale.
Mr. Lucas, manager of the Bell
.company, was not in the city today so
it could not be learned what the Bell
company's plans with reference to
their new acquisition are. It is sup
iposed that all existing contracts will
be carried out, however.
The -South Carolina company also
ha? a long distance line of consider?
able importance especially in the
eastern part of the State, permeating
the whole Pee Dee section and touch?
ing all the important towns in it. It
also iras a line as far southeast as
EdgeSeld and owned a system -at Aiken
whiefa was recently .?old to the Bell
eompany.-Columbia Record. Dec. 2.
Letter to E. A. B uliman.
Dear Sir; There are several ways
of cheating in milk. An old-fashioned
way is to water it. Nobody waters
it now. A better way is to take out
the cream-rieh milk with the cream
taken oat is as goodes poor milk with
its cream all in.
But we needn11 go into particulars.
You don't rob your milk and your
customers.
Paint is as easy as milk to cheat
with. Good paint is as rare as good
milk ; for human nature is much the
same in milkmen and paint men.
You are just and true with your
milk; so are we with our paint. Devoe
lead and-zinc is twice as good as mix?
ed paints: There's twice as much but?
ter in it.
Mr. J. T. Ladda, Clteraw, S. C.,
writes :
"When Mr. Evan? painted his house
with Devoe, he figured on how other
paints covered and had enough left
to paint three large rooms. He was so
pleased that he has used Devoe on two
other houses. "
Yours truly.
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
.'?G New York.
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WAR CLOUDS iii THE ORIENT, j
i
-
Japan's Reply Rejects Important |
Russian Demands.
The Situation Grows More Criti?
cal Daily But it is Believed to
be Still Susceptible of Pacific
Solution.
Tokio, Dec. 22.-It is asserted in
official circles here that the Japanese
reply to Russia rejects the fundametal
points at issue, which are understood
to include mutual guarantees for the
preservation of the Chinese and Corean
sovereignty while securing their in?
dividual interests. The situation is
graver than since the commencement
of the negotiations, but is still suscep?
tible to pacific solution, if Russia
will quickly reconisder her reply.
The fact that Foreign Minister
Komura called on Baron de Rosen, the
Russian minister, yesterday instead of
Baron de Rosen calling on Eomur is
explained by the fact that the baron is
suffering from an ear effection. But
the explanation has obvious diplomatic
significance and is interpreted that
Japan is determined not to afford
Russia possible ground for claiming
Japanese impetuousity as an excuse.
Komura's communication is not be?
lieved to necessarily be tantamount to
an ultimatum, as rumored. War pre?
parations continue apace. The trans?
ports and the warships can sail at five
minutes' notice. The Japanese govern
mpnt proposes immediately to under?
take the completion of the Seoul
Fusan railroad, under the direct super?
vision of Japan. Popular sentiment
and the press are eagerly urging the
government to set a limit to the "Rus?
sian tactics of aggression and insolent
negligence. "
ENGLAND AND FRANCE INTER?
FERE.
Paris, Dec. 22.-Confirmation was
obtained from the official sources to?
day of the reports that Foreign Secre?
tary Landsdowne and Foreign Minister
Delcasse have within the last few days
made strong representations at Tokio
with the view to averting a crisis be?
tween Russia and Japan. There is
reason to believe that the?e representa?
tions coming at the critical moment
when Japan's reply was being handed
to the Russian minister, Baron de
Rosen, exercised a powerful restrain?
ing influence. This is especially true
of Lord Landsdowne, owing to Great
Britian being the ally of Japan. The
terms of the Japanese answer are not
yet known here, but owing to the
action taken by Great Britian and
France the officials here are confident
that her answer permits of a continu?
ance of the diplomatic negotiations
towards securing common grounds for
an agreement. ,
MUST DENY SENSATIONAL
STORIES.
Paris. Dec. 22.-Press dispatches
from Tokio affirm that the Japanese
ministers abroad have been instructed
to deny the sensational reports regard?
ing the relations between Japan and
Russia and to say that while Japan re?
plied yesterday her response was not
in the nature of an ultimatum, that it
demands, simply, changes in some
points, and, finally, that Russia is
ready to continue the exchange of
diplomatic views. It is added that
the Japanese now give evidence of a
pacific tendency. This information
accords with the view prevailing in
diplomatic circles here.
The Temps today published the fol?
lowing on authority:
"The fears of a Russo-Japanese con?
flict at present are without foundation.
It is even said that an agreement is
about to be reached on the main points
at issue, and it is only a question of
form, or more correctly of pride, which
is causing the two powers to hesitate.
But it is desired and hoped that a
compromise satisfactory to both par?
ties will be arranged.'"
THE ' FAR EASTERN QUESTION.
In Pekin Men Who Know Say
That War is Likely.
Pekin, Dec. 23.-That there is only
a faint prospect that war between
Japan and Russia can be averted is
said to be the opinion of the two
members of the diplomatic corps at
the Chinese capital whose opinions re
garding the present critical condition
of affairs in the far East are probably
most valuable ; namely, Japanese
Minister Uchida and Sir Ernest Mason
Satow. Their views, in fact, are no
secret.
Minister Satow was connected with
the British diplomatic service in Japan
for a quarter of a century. He is one
of fthe greatest living authorities on
Japanese history and literature, and is
in constant communication with the
foremost statesmen of Japan. He is
quoted as saying that any one who
imagines that Japan will not fight for
what she conceives to be her greatest
interests does not know the Japanese
people.
Minister Uchiba is PU adherent -of ;
the"Voung Japan Part>." and has
always advocated war, if necessary,
to secure the evacuation of Manchuria.
The optimistic feelings in some
quarters concerning war between Japan
and Russia are not shared by the other
diplomats at Pekin, whose knowledge
of the present situation of affairs
entitles their opinion to the highest
consideration. It is positively known
that the Japanese Government has
drawn the line for a settlement, beyond
which it will not make any material
concessions and that she is determined
to ?ght before yielding what she con?
siders to be her vital interests. It is
believed that unless Russia concedes
important points another exchange of
notes will precipitate matters.
It is ?i?MMHriwthat Japan wii]
refuse any arrangement holding in
abeyance the question of the evacua?
tion of Manchuria, which was one of
the terms of the proposed arrangement
recently announced from St. Peters?
burg, and which it is now supposed
was intended by the Russian Govern
men as a ''feeler." This would be a
violation of expressed pledges given
to Japan and China.
Minister Uchida is reported to have
said he would be obliged to resign his
post in the event of such an agree?
ment.
The most dangerous factors in the
situation are the confidence of the
Russian officials in the far East that a
war would mean an easy victory for
Russia, and the challenging tone of
the Russian officials and newspapers.
The intelligent Chinese officials
await developments with tie deepest
anxiety. They foresee the many perils
menacing China in the event of war,
and the possibility that a partition of
the empire may result from China's
inability to maintain the neutrality
of her harbors and subjects,
j. The younger officials and the news?
papers discuss the possibility of alli-^
ance between China and Japan, but
the only available Chinese troops are
\ the 15,000 Japanese-trained men of
Yuan-Shi-Kai, (who was recently ap?
pointed commander of the imperial
army and navy, ) who might fight un?
der foriegn leaders, but whose present
officers a::e incompetent and of doubt?
ful courage.
Sir Robert Hart, director of the
Chinese imperial maritime customs,
said today that he feared China would
be the chief sufferer should war occur,
for she might be ground between the
two mill stones.
The dread of the Chinese Govern?
ment has never been more completely
displayed than in these times, when her
ministers go from legation to legation
imploring other Governments to help
China, without any thought of China's
helping herself. There is absolutely
no strong man among the ruling
ministers-no Prince Chung, Marquis
Tseng, nor Li Hung Chang-all are
venerable conservatives, like. Prince
Ching. Wu Ting Fang, the well
known ex-minister to the United
States, tells his official friends that
he despairs of China's future.
"I see- no hope," he says, "fer
China. The partition of the empire,
sooner or later, is inevitable."
THE SITUATION IN TOKIO.
London, Dec. 23.-A dispatch to the
Reuter Telegram Company from Tokio
says:
"Incessant activity prevails at mili?
tary headquarters. The transport and
other arrangements are completed.
The Government is calmly awaiting the
Russian reply, which, it is hoped,
will be forthcoming without delay.
"Press dispatches from Corea report
continued disturbances at Mokpho and
the outbreak of a Tong-Hak insur?
rection in Chol-La-To Province. The
Tong-Haks are a party of ma*, ^ntets,
whose activity was the immediate
cuse of the war between China and
Japan.' These reports create uneasi?
ness.
COREANS INVADE CHINA.
Shanghai. Dec. 23.-The Tartar
general at Kirin reports that' an in?
decisive battle has occurred between
four battalions of Chinese from Bung
Chun and 1,500 Coreans, who, invaded
Chinese territory from Kyeng-Chunr
in Northeast Corea.
Be Quick.
Not a minute should be lost when a
child shows symptoms of croup. Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy given aa soon as the
child becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears, will prevent the at?
tack. It rever fails, and is pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by China's Drug
Store.
Richmond, Va., Dee. 22.-A Univer?
sity of Virginia special says: Bannard
Shipp, or' Louisville, a literary re?
cluse, has bequeathed his library,
valued at ?100,000, to the University
of Virginia, and the bill of lading for
the entire collection-some forty-five
boxes-has been received at this insti?
tution.''
A Costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometimes very expensive.
Occasionally life itself i* the price of a
mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you
take Dr. Kick's New Life Pills for Dys?
pepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or
Bowel trouble*. They are eentle yet thor?
ough. 25c, at J. F. VV. DeLo.-me's Drug
Store
Are Yoi) Satisfied?
If Not What Better Proof Can
Sumter Residents Ask For ?
This is tlu- st itenicnt of a Sumter citizen
The testimony of a neighbor
Von caa readily investigate it
The proof should convince you.
J. A. Burgess, clerk and bookkeeper, resid?
ing at 317 W. Liberty street, says: "My back
has l>een in a had condition for a number ?if
years. At times it was so weak I could not
get ahout and there was a constant dull pain
across the loins. The s?cr?tion? from the
kidneys were all ont. of sorts, very dark and
contained a t rick dust sediment anet were
too frequent in action, disturbing my rest nt
night. My eyes watered terribly and pained
considerably. I saw Dean's Kidney Pills and
heard them spoken so highly of that I pr
cured them at Dr. A. .1. China's drug store.
I may say that the result of t.hvir use very
much pleased mt- for I felt, a hundred per
rent better, the pain in my back left, my
eyes stopped watering and my eyesight im?
proved while thc kidneys were regulated
and I could sleep nil night without having to
get up. Dean's Kidney Pills acted like a
charm on me and I can reccommend them.
iTor sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-.Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. V.. sole
;igents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doa n's-and t ake no
substitute. 3