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'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God s and Truth's."
SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1903.
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THE OISE BF CAPT. DREYFUS.
? Report to be Submitted st a
fleeting of Dreyfus Commission
Recommending a Revision of
- the Case. .
Paris, Dec 2L-It has been learned
"bj the Associated Press that ?t a meet?
ing of the Dreyfus commission nest
Tuesday, M. Victor Mercier, reporter
of the commission, ?nd trae of the
directors of the ministry of jnstice,
will submit a report recotmnending re?
vision cf the case of Capt Dreyfus.
It is not yet positiveiy known whether
M. Mercier'8 report will recommend
revision by the Court of Cassation or by
the Court-martial, bet 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 thc 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 o? the case should be
favorable to Capt. Dreyfus, he will be
restored to the army, no matter what
protests may be made, but it is not
expected that he will assume active
service.
H. Merciers' report, it is believed,
not only establishes that Dreyfus is
innocent of writing the Bordean, but
dwells with emphasis on the modifi
? cation by M. Gribetia, ?keeper of war
oSce records, of his testimony before
the Court at Senses. M. Gribelin then
swore that Dreyfus was guilty, while
the modification ci bis testimony now
indicates that the alleged treason was
committed by Coi. Henry, who was at
the time chief of tao intelligence de?
partment of the ministry of war.
WASES REDUCED.
Combination of Steel Plants to
Cut Wages Ten Per Cent or
More.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 1.- Semi-official
information was given out today that
made a general reduction in wages is
to be made ?t 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
-. ?af the cut until after Christmas. Re?
presentatives of the 'United States
cSteel Corporation are said /to have met
with independent interests and an
Agreement has been reached for a uni?
form adjustment o? wages of all em?
ployees. The rate of the highest paid
tonnage men may be arr?ter than a 10
per cent reduction and it -will be less
for the day hands. The wages of most
? of the employees at the blast iurnaces
have already been cut.
Short Time in Manchester.
Manchester, Eng., Dec. ?1.-W.
Tattersalls Annual Review of the cot?
ton trade declares this year bas been
the worst in the last decade. Eighty
two spinning concerns in Lancashire ;
lost $196,?0 during the year, and the
trade mast adopt short time, beeanse
American cotton is 45 per cent afe?le
the price at the same time 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 wi] be stopped for
ten days during the holidy season.
South Carolina College Blacklist?
ed.
6aton Rouge, La., Dec. 21.-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
was approved.
A resolution was adopted providing
that any student playing summer base
ball with any team and receiving any
part of his expenses, should be in?
eligible in the Association.
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without receiving any permanent benefit.
He says, "One night while feeling excep- :
tionally bad I wa? about to throw down
tbe evening paper when I saw an item m the
paper rezarding the merits of Kodol Dys?
pepsia Cure. I concluded to try it and
while I had no faith in it I felt better
after the second dope. After using two
bottles I am stronger and better than I
have been in years, and I recommend Ko?
dol Dyspepsia Cure to my friands and
acquaintance^ suffering from stomach
trouble." Sold by J. S. Hughson <fc Cv*
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 2,614 of the
Code, Vol. I, to decide certain ques?
tions, upon which the assignees and
agents of creditors of the Farmers' and
Merchants' Bask, 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,
dne aad payable to said bank, and also
a deposit to his eredit in the bank,
the bank being in possession cf both
note and deposit, can one claim be off?
set against the otaer?"
I am clearly of the opinion that such
offset should be allowed.
The second question presented is as
follows: "Wherea party has a note
due to the hank and maturing prior tc
date of the said deed of assignment,
and has to his credit a deposit, the
bank being in possession of both note
and deposit, eau one claim be offset
against the other?"
I am of tbs opinion that such offset
sould be allowed, and do not think
that it inanes any difference whether
the note matured before or after the
date of assignment.
The nest question is as follows:
"Where the note 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, can
one claim be offset against the other?"
I am of the opinion that when the
time expires during which the fund
deposited cannot bo 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
CONTEMPT OF aPOBT,
An Interesting Case in Georgia in
Which Severa! Railroad Offi?
cials Were Involved.
Macon Ga-, 0S>ec. 21.- In the ease
of ^the Inter-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 Denham and
Superintendent Hale were present be?
fore Judge Speer in the United States
Court today. The railroads claimed
that they were advised by counsel and
believed that the decree did not re?
quire them to continue to operate
through rates from Pensacola and At?
lanta stations to Savannah, and that
they could fully comply with the
Court's decree by withdrawing their
through rates and arrangements, even
though from some of the -stations the
total rates charged by combining the
locals of the separate coads might ex?
ceed the through rates which had been
found by the Court to be 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 which had been 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
been 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 officialsv present could complete .
these negotiations, and after the recese j
it was announced that agreement had i
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 j
date of December 22, a cablegram j
from Mgre Guidi, apostolic delegate to I
the Philippine Islands, announced that
the last 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, and invites the
Archbishop to rejoice with him on the
happy conclusion of the negotiations.
? Frightened Horse,
Running like mad down the street .
damping the occupants, or a hundred oth- !
er accidents, are every day occurrences. It !
behooves everybody to have a reliable '
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STRIKERS INTERFERE
WITH FUNERALS.
The Revolting Condition of Affairs
Continues in Chicago-Want
Conditional Arbitration.
Chicago, Dec. 22.-Members of the
Livery Drivers onion met today to con?
sider an arbitration plan to settle their
strike and decided to accept condi?
tional arbitration. The plan grew ont
of a meeting of a committee pf 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. Marks, 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 church
on the truck, while six pallbearers
walked bareheaded beside the fiower
strew coffin, and following them came a
procession of mourners. Fifty carriages
had been asked for, but none w?s fur
j nished and over 200 people were pre?
vented from attending the burial.
AWFUL FAMILY SCANDAL
Four Persans Gforpd fil Killing
a Wotan Relative.
Rising Sun, Ind., Dec 22.-In its
report of the investigation of the as?
sassination of Miss Elizabeth Gilles?
pie, on December 8, j the grand jury
I today returned true bills of murder in
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 ?mi?
nent physician of Cincinnati, and
Myron Barbour, her husband. Mrs.
Barbour is a sister-in-iaw 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
I House, surrendering all of them to the
Court. A newspaper photographer at?
tempted to take a snap shot of the
party, and was struck 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 the ac?
cused. The indictments charged them
with "feloniously, maliciously ?nd
with premeditated intent" causing the
death of Elizabeth Gillespie. A con?
spiracy among members of the murder?
ed woman's own family to kill her is
charged. James Gillespie, her 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 J
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
Liniment. It is the most serviceable ac?
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and is the most satisfactory liniment for
use in the family and on animals ever of?
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Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 22.-Men
who were broaght from St. Louis to
Coal Creek about fifteen days ago to
work in the Coal Creek Company's
mines have broaght 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 tue cases have been tried, and
the Court returned a rerdict for $250
and costs and attorneys' fees in each
case. The men sued for $499. The
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.
Fight Will be Bitter.
Those who will persist in closing their
ears against the continuai recommenda?
tion of Dr. King's New Discovery for Co..- j
gumption, will have a long and bitter right
with their troubles, if not ended earlier by |
{atal termination. Read what T. R. Beall, j
of Beall, Miss, has to say : '"Last fall my j
vilife had every symptom of consumption. ?
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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 Frauce
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?
tle 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
structrns, it is believed, are sufficient?
ly comprehensive to enable the com?
manders to maintain open transit
across the isthmus and to protect the
new Tepublic from Colombian expedi?
to wns. '
SCQOPEFBY THEKH.
South Carolina Telephone Com?
pany Sells Out.
The Bell Telephone company has
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 has 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 o* -the company
and operate it too, so negotiations for
:rts purchase by the h?\\ 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. lt is sup?
posed that all existing eoirtracts will
be carried ont, however.
The -South Carolina company also
has a long distance line of consider?
able importance especially in the
easteirn part of the State, permeating
the whole Pee Dee section and touch?
ing all the important towns in it. It
also has a lino as far southeast as
EdgeSeld and owned a system at Aiken
whiefa was recently sold to the Bell
eompaoy.-Columbia Record. Dec. 2.
Letter to E. A. Buliman.
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-rich milk with the cream
taken oat is a? good^as poor milk with
its cream all ia.
But we needn't 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, Cheraw, S. C.,
writes :
"When Mr. Evans 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 trulv.
F. W. Devoe & Co.,
36 New York.
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WAR CLOUDS IN THE ORIENT.
Japan's Reply Rejects Important
Russian Demands.
The Situation Grows More Criti?
cal Daily But it is Believed to
b? Still Susceptible of Pacific
Solution.
Tokio, Dec. 22.-It is asserted in
official circles here that the Japanese
reply to Russia rejects the fnndametal
points at issne, 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 Komur is
explained by the fact that the baron is
suffering from an ear effection. But
tlie 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.
Kornura's communication is uot 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?
ment 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 etrong represer ?ations at Tokio
with the view to averting a crisis be?
tween Russia and Japan. There is
reason to believe that these 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, Anally, 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:
1' The fears of a Russo-Japanese con?
flict at present are without foundation.
It is even said that an agreement is
about to he reached on the main points
at issne, 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 FIR 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 Jthe greatest living authorities ou
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 lier greatest
interests does not know the Japanese
people.
Minister Uchiba is an adherent of
the'4?*oung Japan Party, " 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 fight 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 al|MMM|&that Japan wil]
refuse any arrangement holding in
abeyance the question of the evacua?
tion cf 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 ie?;gn 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 the 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.
The younger officiais 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 wa9 recently ap?
pointed commander of the imperial
army and navy, ) who might fight un?
der foriegn leaders, but whose present
officers are 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, "for
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 malcontett-,,
whose activity was the immediate
cuse of the war between China and
Japac. 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 Hung
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 never fail?, and ie pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by China's Drug
Store.
Richmond, Va., Dee. 22 -A Univer?
sity of Virginia special savs: Bannard
Shipp, of 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 sometime? very expensive.
Occasionally life itself i* the price of a
mistake, but you'll never be -wrong if you
take Dr. Kin ir s New Life Pills for Dys?
pepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or
Bowel trouble?. They are een?le yet thor?
ough. 25c, at J. F. W. DeLo.-me's Drug
Store
Are YOD Satisfied?
If Not What Better Proof Can
Sumter Residents Ask For ?
This is the statement of a Sumter citizen
The testimony of a neighbor
Yon can readily investigate it
The proof should convince you.
J. A. Burgess, clerk and bookkeeper, resid?
ing at317 W. Liberty street, says: "My back
has been in a bail condition for a number of
years. At times it was so weak I could not
get about and there was a constant dull pain
across the loins. The secretions from the
kidneys were all ont of sorts, very dark and
contained a i rick dust sediment and were
too frequent in action, disturbing my rest at
night. My eyes watered terribly and pained
considerably. I saw Doan's Kidney Pillsand
heard them spoken so highly of that I pro?
cured them at. Pr. A. J. China's drug store.
I may say that the result <>f their use very
much pleased rn?' for I felt a hundred per
cent better, the pain in my back left, ray
eyes stopped watering and ray eyesight im?
proved while thc kidneys were regulated
and I could sleep ail night without having t<>
get up. Doan's Kidney Pills acted like a
charin on me and I can rcccommend them.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-.Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name- Do:: n's-and take no
substitute. 3