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O?LTIttTIMB DRUBS.
New Government Experiment in
This State.
Writing from Ebenezer, in Flor?
ence county, Mr. R. S. Pettigrew tells
of important government experiments
now being conducted "at that place.
The department of agriculture, divis?
ion of botany, sent Mr. Benton Young,
having decided to make a series of
experiments here that may mean
much, not merely for Florence county
and South Carolina, but for the en?
tire South. Mr. Young's mission was
to inaugurate these experiments, the
success of which will mean the intro?
duction of a new and profitable indus?
try in the South-the cultivation of
drugs.
The initial experiments will be con?
ducted on the plantation of Mr. J. W.
King, a representative farmer, four
acres of land being employed for the
purpose. The following are the
plants being tried: Cbenapodium
anthemehticum {wormseed), datura
stremonium {allied to "jimson"
weed), paprika and capsicum pepper,
senna cannabis indica, (Indian hemp),
\ black and white opium poppy, digi?
talis pureaurp {foxy night-shade).
The seeds were all planted last
Thursday under the personal saper
vision of M? Young. The soil, a
light, sandy loam, similar to that
? adapted to bright leaf tobacco culture,
was enriched by stable manure, cotton
seed and commercial fertilizers. The
plants will be cultivated by hoe and
plowed-require skilled labor. The
experiment will determine the
adaptability of soil and climate, ex?
pense of culture and output per acre
-in a word the profitability or unpro
fitabili?v\>f the projected industry.
The department has contemplated
making these experiments in the South
for some time, but it was at the
instance of Mr. Young, who knew the
alluvial soil and salubrious climate of
his native State and connty, and their
wonderful possibilities, that this
locality was selected for. the purpose.
Some of the plants, all of which have
valuable medicinal qualities, and find
a ready sale, are imported ; others are
produced to an extent in this country.
None are grown for market in any
southern State, with the possible
exception of one or two species indigen?
ous to Texas. All of the plants are cut
in the creen state and cured in 12 to
24 bouts. Some will be cured in the
shade, and others in tobacco barns.
Should the experiment prove sue
cessful, and a new industry be estab?
lished, it will have an important bear?
ing upon the southern labor question.
As skilled labor is absolutely re?
quisite to success and less tillage is
required than for most southern crops,
a certain class of labor will be exclud?
ed and the result may prove far reach?
ing.
6001 FOB BALTIMORE.
Rockefeller Presents Johns Hop?
kins Hospita! With $500,000.
Baltimore, April 6.-John D. Rocke?
feller has given to the Johns Hopkins
hospital the sum of $500,000 and the
amount has been accepted by the board
of trustees of that institution. The
income of the hospital was seriously
affected by . the destruction of many
bouses belonging to it in the recent
fire, upou which there was inadequate
insurauce. The express purpose of
Mr. Rockefeller's gift is to restore
that income to its-original proportions,
which will enable the hospital to keep
up the great volume of charitable
treatment which it has maintained in
the past.
A Cure for Headache.
Any cuan, woman or child suffering,
from headache, billionsness or a dall,
drowsy fcolin^ shonil take one or two
of Da Witt's Little Early Riser? night and
morning Taese farnon? little pills are
famous because tbey are a tonic as well
3$ a pill. While they cleanse the ey ?tem
they strengthen and rebuild it by their
tonic effect npon the liver and bowels.
S >ld by Olm B. Davi*.
Spartanburg. April 5.-J. B. Liles,
president of the Fingerville Cotton
Mill, is now receiving a shipment of
cotton from India. It is the short
staple variety and in good condition.
The price paid at port was $11.75;
freight to Spartanburg, 80 cents. If
the cotton is as good as the cotton of
this country, it will be a saving of $.">
a bale to the mill.
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured.
"I have been subject to sciatic rhenma
ti m for years," says E. H. Waldron, of
Wilton Junction liowa. '*My joint? were
"stiff and gave me much pain and dis?
comfort. My joints would crack when
I Rtraightened np. I used Chamberlain"*
Pnin Balm ana have been thoroughly
cored. Have not had a pain or ache f-om
tb* old troTsble for many months, it is
certri riv a most wouderfnl liniment." For
sale by C?iina's Drug Store.
CONSTABLES SHOO!
CHARLESTON lil.
M. S. Sullivan Was Perhaps Fa?
tally Wounded-Fight was
at Mt. PIsasaant.
The Accounts Conflict, the Con?
stables Claiming That Sulli?
van and Two Negroes
Assaulted Them.
Special to The State.
Charleston April 7.-M. S. Sullivan,
a lineman of the Postal Telegraph
company wae shot and seriously, per?
haps fatally, wounded in an affray with
State Constables J. T. Owens and5 C.
T. Hudson, which occurred last night
on the steam launch Hornet, between
ll and 12 o'clock on the cove beach at
Mon nt Pleasant.
The shooting grew out of the capture
of contraband liquor which Sallivan
was conveying from the Clyde wharf
to a storehouse on the water front.
Two negro men were with Sullivan at
the time, one of whom, it is said,
was also wounded by the constables.
Their names could not be learned to?
day, for neither has been seen since
the affair. Both negroes fled from
the boat, it is said, when the shooting
commenced.
It is not positively known which
constable shot Sullivan. At the St.
Francis Xavier infirmary this morn?
ing, Sullivan, it is alleged, stated that
he was shot by Constable Owens and
that the negro was shot by Constable
Hudson. ,
Snllivan is thought to be in a criti?
cal condition. He was brought to the
city this morning about 3 o'clock and
sent to the infirmary.
An operation was performed upon
him and it was found that the ball
had passed through his left arm, en?
tered the side and perforated the intes?
tines in six different places. The
bullet was not located.
Constables Hudson and Owens arriv?
ed in the city this morning at 3.30
o'clock with 19 gallons of whiskey,
which they had captured from the
Hornet, Sullivan's launch, haring
hired a' row boat at Mount Pleasant and
rowed the goods over to Cnarleston.
Chief Constable Holmes was im?
mediately notified of the shooting of
Sullivan and the capture of the liquor.
Chief State Constable Hammet was
informed of the shooting early this
morning by Constable Holmes and he
is'expected in the city tonight to make
an investigation. Constables Owens
and Hudson, acting upon the advice
of Constable Holmes, surrendered to
Sheriff Martin about ll o'clock this
morning and were sent to jail to await
furner developments.
The State's representative called at
the St. Francis Xavier infirmary this
morning to secure a statement from
Sullivan concerning the shooting, but
owing to his condition the physicians
declined to let him be interviewed.
AG effort was made to learn the
names of the negroes who were with
Sullivan at the time, but nothing
could be learned of them. The State
constables did not know their names
nor what became of them nor had the
police any information as to their
identity.
Constables Owens and Hudson, when
seen this morning at the headquarters
of the constabulary force, declined to
talk about the affair, but referred the
reporter to Chief Holmes, who made
a statement concerning the shooting
and what led up to it.
~ Chief Holmes said that his mon had
for a long time suspected that contra?
band liquor was being loaded by. boats
from the Cldye wharf, carried to some
point along the river front and deliver?
ed to wagons. Last night Constables
Hudson and Owens were on duty on
the water front and saw Sullivan and
two negro men loading a launch with
liquor from the Clyde wharf. His
men were in a small row boat and
they boarded the launch. Sullivan,
instead of delivering the goods, put
ont toward sea. How far out they
were carried, he said, he did not
know. Finally the constables com?
pelled Sullivan to turn back, but in?
stead of coming to the city the launch
was headed for Mount Pleasant, where
it was beached.
T!ie constables then took charge of
the launch and commenced to unload
tbe whiskey, when they were resisted
by Sullivan and the negroes. The con?
stables then met the attack by drawing
their pistols and firing. Immediately
after the shooting one of the constables
went off to telephone the chief of the
affair, while the other went to get a
rope with which to tie the boat.
When the constables returned the
launch was gone with the part of the
cargo that had not been unloaded.
Constable Holmes said his men could
net tell him what became of Snllivan
and the negroes. His men then hired
a row boat and brought 19 gallons of
whiskey to the city, which they had
captured from the launch.
LEFT SULLIVAN ALONE.
-Another account states that after
the firing the negroes ran away and
left Sullivan alone, that a resident
of Mount Pleasant, who was attracted
by the noise, learning of his wound,
went to find Dr. Bowen to attend him
bot on returning found no trace of
Sullivan or his boat. It is also said
that Sullivan brought the launch |
across the bay by himself, and, land?
ing at his wharf in the city, chanced 1
to meet a friend, who pssisted him to
his house, and not until then did he i
secure medical attention. It is said
that he told his wife that he was only i
wounded in tbe arm, as he did not i
wish to alarm her but he told other i
members of his family that he was
shot in the stomach, and they called for
a physician at once. {
Sullivan is reported to have said j
this morning that he had run into the .
cove with the purpose of delivering <
the liquor to the constables, seeing <
that he was in their power, and that
after landing the officers abused him
and one of them seized an oar to strike
him whereupon he and his men offered
resistance and the shooting resulted.
According to this story Sullivan said
that Owens was the one who shot him
and Hudson had fired at one of the
negroes.
The liquor, it is understood, belong?
ed to several wholesale dealers who
had imported it by the steamship line
from New York, but could not secure
a delivery of it in safety at the com?
pany's wharf, because of the vigilance
of the constables, and had engaged
Sullivan to land it for them..
MORMONS MAKE DECLARATION.
They Reaffirm the Position of
Church Against Plural
Marriages.
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 6.-The
74th annual conference of the Mor?
mon church came to a close today.
According to a custom of the church,
the church leaders, includnig the first
presidency, the apostles, presidents of
the seventies and patriarchs, who
nominally hold their positions only
from conference to conference, were
sustained by the raising of hands in
the great open meetings of the follow?
ers of Joseph Smith.
A notable feature of the closing ses?
sion was the official declaration by
President Joseph F. Smith on the
subject of polygamy. The statement
follows :
"Inasmuch as there are numerous
reports in circulation that plural
marriages have been entered into, con?
trary to the official declaration of
President Woodruff, of Sept. 26,
1890 commonly called the manifesto
which was issued by President Wood?
ruff and adopted by the church at its
general conference, Oct. 6, 1890,
which forbids any marriage in viola?
tion of the law of the land, I, Joseph
F. Smith, president of the Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints,
hereby affirm and declare that no snell
marriages have been solemnized with
the sanction, consent or knowledge of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and I hereby announce that
allsuch marriages are prohibited and if
any officer or member of the church
shall assume to solemnize or enter into
any such marriage he will be deemed
in transgression against the church
and will be liable to be dealt with
according to the rules and regulations
thereof and excommunicated there?
from. ' '
This statement received the full en?
dorsement of the church members
assembled, who unanimously adopted
the following resolution, introduced
by Apostle Francis M. Lyman:
"Resolved, That we, the members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat?
ter Day Saints in general conference
assembled hereby approve and endorse
the statement and declaration made to
this conference, conerning plural
marriages and will support the courts
of this church in the endorsement
thereof.''
CAMPAIGN FOR" CONGRESS
OPENS IN THE SECOND.
Mayfield, Croft, Williams and
Patterson Speak in Saluda
Their Respective Lines.
Saluda, April 6.-The congressional
campaign opened here today. The four
speaker were In good trim and a re?
presentative audience y ?ted them in
the court house. State Senator
Forest presided.
Mr. S. G. Mayfield spoke on ques?
tions of state and had perfect atten?
tion. He went over his record of 12
years in the State senate, his work as
chairman of the judiciary committee,
made a special point on trusts, flavored
highest prices on farm products, tex?
tile goods and southern laborer's
wages as a farmer. He met Mr.
Williams' argument that he (Williams)
was the only simon-pure farmer in
the race by stressing the fact that
Willaims had been carrying on the
biggest business in the State, the
wholesale liquor trrade.
Mr. T. G. Croft repelled personal
attack as to congressioual precedents
since 1897 of giving $5,OOO to the widow
of a deceased member. He spoke on
the tariff, trusts, the Republican cam?
paign, rural delivery, etc. He favored
appropriations for roads and threw
"bouquets" at Saluda and thought
Edgefield had been allowed by Barn?
well to have congressmen long enough.
Saluda had helped in the overthrow
of the carpet-baggers in '70. When
Mart Gary sounded tho tocsin they
took up the echo. He made out au
opposition case to trusts, expansion
and imperialism. >
Mr. L. J. Williams paid chief atten?
tion to his record as chairman of the
State dispensary board and told why
he would not remove the dispensary
from Saluda. Hr -poke plainly about
J. M. Hair, a Newberry man, having
been imported to campaign against
him by one of the candidates. He
favored reducing the army and navy
and so reduce the pension list and
retired officers who could not fight,
ile showed that the rural free delivery
system was a Democratic measure
but Republicans had shown partiality
in dispensing it.
Mr. J. O. Patterson had no apolo?
gies to make. He had a record he
was proud of and asked pay for it in
congress. If elected he would be a
business congressman and not a flowery
speech maker. He would stand in
with Republicans and instead of wor?
rying them would say, "You fellows 1
?teal for your section, now help mc <
jteai for'ray people. " i
.'I have used Chamberlain'* Stomach <
md Liver Tablets with most satisfactory J
.asults,'' says Mrs F. L. Phelps Hjuston, <
r/exas. For indigestion, billiouaness and
sonstipation these tablets are most ex- I
?lient. 1?or sale by China's Drug Store, i
?LL QUIET OH THE YALU.
Smal! Skirmishes Occur With
Few Casualties.
St. Petersburg, April 6.-"All is
quite on the Yalu," is the report
which Gen. Kachtalinky telegraphed
April 5 to Gen. Kuroptakin, who for?
warded the message to the Emperor.
The report added that an exchange
of shots occurrred between Russian
cavalry and Japanese skirmishers near
Wiju. The Russians sustained no
losses; five Japanese were killed.
The number wounded is not known.
The stores of a Russian village near
Yongampo, (south of Wiju, on the
Yalu River, ) Corea, have been wreck
ed and burned by a detachment of
Japanese infantry, nambering three
hundred men.
Gen. Kachtalinky also reported that
opposite Tnrmitchen, on the island
of Maturzeo, on the Yalu River, some
Russian volunteers had a skirmish
with a Japanese outpost from Wija.
There were no casualties on the Rus?
sian side. Six Japanese were killed.
Russian secret service agents report?
ed that the Japanese intended to at?
tack New Ch wan g yesterday.
On account of the mining of the
river and also in expectation of prac?
tice firing from the fort merchant
ships are not using the lower reach of
the river.
Gen. Kondratovitcb, the Russian
commander here, who has been praised
on account of the order and cleanli?
ness prevailing at New Chwang, says
he is now prepared foi1 a Japanese at?
tack, which it is evident the other au?
thorities also expect.
The command of Gen. Kondrato?
vitcb embraces the seout patrols west
of the Lia River and also the troops in
the districts south, including Kai
Chou, and north, including the rail?
road and Hai-Cheng. The troops now
here are of a better class than when
the war opened.
Gen. Kondratovitcb is opening a
new hospital at New Chwang.
The relations of the Russian
authorities with the foreign residents
here are improving, and the adminis
trator proposes to consult and co?
operate with the foreigners for the
protection of neutral lives and inter?
ests.
EXPECTED BATTLE NEAR
ANTUNG.
Shanghai, April 6.-It is not be?
lieved that the Russian troops between
A ntung and Chin Tien Cheng (about
ten miles north of A ntung) comprise
the main Russian force, and conse?
quently the engagement which is look?
ed for at or near these places will prob?
ably not be decisive, but only a fore?
runner of large operations.
The Russians are constructiong in
trenchments at several points on the
Yalu and Turnen rivers. These in
trenchments. however, arc not yet
completed, and if the Japanese succeed
in forcing their way past one line of
defense it would give them a distinct
advantage and make it more difficult
for the Russians to concentrate and
oppose them. The ice on the Yalu
is melting .rapidly and the muddy
roads make promptness in military
operations most difficult
ORGANIZATION OF JAP FLEET.
London, April 7.-The Daily Tele?
graph's Seoul correspondent says he
learns from a Japanese sailor, who
participated in the attacks on Port
Arthur, that thy Japanese fleet is
divided into seven squadrons. Four of
these are watching Port Arthur, the
fifth patrols the Corean ports and
sixth and seventh cruise between
Vladivcstock and North Japan. Two
torpedo boats were much damaged in
the engagements, but otherwise the
fleet was little injured. The damages
to the Japanese cruisers ?Iwate and
Yoshi ne have been repaired and the
vessels have joined the fleet.
The Daily Telegraph's Wei Hai Wei
correspondent, cabling under date of
April 6, says that Russian war ships
are patrolling the Gulf of Pe Chi Li,
and that the London Times steamer
was stopped and searched thirty miles
outside of Port Arthur toady.
The Standard's Tien Tsin corres?
pondent says that Paul Lessar, Rus?
sian minister to China, has protested
to the Chinese Government against
the presence of a Japanese instructor
with the Chinese army, which he re?
gards as a violation of neutrality.
London, April 8.-The brief dis?
patches from the seat of war in the
far east appearing in the London news?
papers during the past few days have
all been of a cursory, stereotyped char?
acter, indicating that an active cen?
sorship is prevailing there, and adding
nothing to the information contained
in the dispatches of the Associated
Press. This applies particularly to
points under Japanese control; but
from the Russian side also it is evi?
dent care is being exercised to prevent
the news of operations leaking out.
The Japanese fleet continues cruis?
ing not far distant from Port Arthur.
The Standard's Chefoo correspond?
ent announces that a steamer which
arrived there Thursday sighted Japan?
ese warships off Wei Hai Wei.
The correspondent at Seoul of Thc
Daily Telegraph cables that a corre?
spondent at Gensan has telegraphed
informing him that it took him six
days to travel 183 miles from Seoul
to Gonsau owing to the state of the
roads.
RUSSIANS WANT TO HOLD AN?
TUNG.
St. Petersburg, April 7.-While the
first Hue of defense against the Japan?
ese advance from Corea is a strong
position, selected by Gen. Kuropatkin
near Feng Huang Cheng, it is believ
id the Russians intend to hold out as
long as possible at Antungf which
jommands the Pekin road.
The place bas many natural ad van
:ages for defense. Gen. Kuroki's j
irmy, according to Russian advices, j
is strang ont along the road between
Anjn and Wijn, its advance being
severely impeded by bad roads, which !
make it difficult to posh forward the
supplies, _ which are dragged by
cooliee, requiring eight days' march
f.vom Chyon-Ju to the Yalu. For 70
miles the river is 500 fathoms wide
and at Yongampo it is ice-laden and
barred by islands, whence the Rus
sian sharpshooters can harass the Jap?
anese advance. The Russians have
entrenched themselves heavily near
Hai Cheng to block tlje progress of
the Japanese in case they succeed in
landing at the head of the Liao Tung
gnlf.
SAFELY ENTERING THE YALU?
Tokio, April 7.-A dispatch from
Seoul, Corea, says that the Japanese
supply steamers are safely entering the
estuary of the Yalu river and are land?
ing their cargoes at various points on
the Corean shore. It is presumed here
that the movement of these supply
steamers is covered by Japanese gun?
boats. If this is true, the Russian
forts erected upon the Chinese side of
the Yalu river are evidently not effec?
tive. According to reliable Corean
reports the American mines at Unsan
and the English mines at Gwendolen
are safely guarded by detachments of
Japanese troops.
JAPS CROSSED THE YALU.
Chicago, April 7.-A special to The
Daily News from Tokio says : Reliable
reports were received here today from
Seoul to the effect that part of the
Japanese fighting line has crossed the
Yalu and established itself in strong
positions there at several important
points.
SQUADRON OFF THE PORT.
St. Petersburg, April 7, 6 p. m.
The admiralty has received informa?
tion that a Japanese squadron had been
cruising off Port Arthur since yester?
day.
Paris, April 7.-The Russian naval
plan for retrieving the reverses at Port
Arthur and Chemulpo has been com?
municated to one of th6 embassies
through official channels having access
to the highest naval authorities at St.
Petersburg. The plan is explained as
follows :
Russia recognizes that Japan now
has preponderating naval strength in
the far east. Therefore, it is essential
to reverse the present Japanese pre?
ponderance. This will be attempted
by two distinct moves.
First, urgent efforts will be made to
have a naval concentration at Port
Arthur, the Baltic, Red Sea and
Vladivostock fleets joining Vice Ad?
miral MakarofTs command, if possi?
ble, and thus giving the combined
fleets preponderance over Vice Admiral
Togo's.
Second, it is foreseen that it will
be difficult and probably impossible to
effect this concentration, as Admiral
Togo may intercept the Baltic fleet
before its arrival at Port Arthur. In
that event the Baltic fleet, which is
comparatively small, will attempt the
perilous task of engaging the Japanese
fleet, in the hope of disabling some of
the Japanese ships and tims reducing
the Japanese effectiveness. According
to the Russian calculation the Baltic
fleet may suffer annihilation in such
an unequal combat, but it will have
served a valuable end if it is able to
cripple a sufficient number of Japanese
ships, to reduce Admiral Togo's naval
strength' below that of Admiral
Makaroff.
The foregoing information is not
part of current speculative report, but
comes from creditable, official sources
as being the determined Russian plan.
The authorities at Washington will
receive similar information, shortly.
Paris, April 9.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of The Echo de Paris
says that Admiral Makaroff went ont
from Port Arthur this morning, a
Japanese squadron having been sig?
nalled, as in the offing.
It is rumored, the correspondent
says, that a sea fight took place but
nothing concerning it is officially
known.
St. Petersburg, April 9.-The
Vostoony Vestik's Harbin corres?
pondent says everything shows that on
account of unpreparedness it has been
decided to operate on the defensive.
It is believed that the Japanese will
never pass Mukden.
In anticipation of the cutting of
the railroad, the correspondent says,
families south of Mukden have been
ordered north. He adds that the rail?
road guard has been supplemented by
volunteers armed by the government
and drilled by army instructors.
Troops travel 45 versts an hour going
to Liao Yang, according to the corres?
pondent.
BUYING MORE SHIPS.
Paris, April 9.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of The Echo de Paris
says that a French agent is negotiat?
ing for the sale of Argentine warships
to Russia, which is determined to
have a superiority over the Japanese
fleet by the end of July.
The people of the United States eat
up $l?O,OOO,(XX) worth of candy in a
y?ar, and there are nearly r>,000 fac?
tories making it, with a capital of
838,000,000.
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MURDER IN HEW YORK.
Chase of a Man who Seized a
Woman's Pocketbook-He
Shoots Two Men Before
He is Captured.
New York, April 7.-In an exciting
chase of a highwayman, who had
snatched a yonng woman's pocketbook
at 34th street and 2d avenne today,
two men were shot, one being probably
fatally injured, and a large crowd that
gathered, after the highwayman was
captured, made a demonstration as if
they would kill him. The man, who
gave his name as John Kenny, grabbed
the woman's pocketbook and knocked
her down when she struggled to retain
it. He then tried to escape on a mov?
ing car. Joseph Corn, 26 years old,
overtook Kenny at the comer of 3d
avenue and 34th street and clinched
with him. In the struggle Kenny fired
two shots, one striking Corn in the
arm and the other in the abdomen.
Kenny then jumded up and ran. E.
B. Johnson, Jr., of Woodside, L. L;
next overtook the fleeing man and
jumped on his back, * carrying him to
the ground with Johnson on top.
Kenny still held the revolver in his
hand and pressed its muzzle close
against Johnson's face and fired. The
bullet passed through Johnson's jaw.
Before Kenny could fire again a police?
man grasped the revolver. By this
time several hundred persons had
gathered around the struggling man
and cried loudly that he be lynched.
Other policemen appeared ?nd
Kenny, who was bleeding from a blow
on the head, was hurried to the police
station.
The Best Family Salve.
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve gives instant
relief from burns, cures Cuts, bruises,
sores, eczema, tetter and all abrasions of
of the skin. In buying Witch Hazel Salve
it is only necessary to see that you get
the genuine De Witt's and a cure is cer?
tain. There are many cheap counter?
feits on the market, all of which are
worthless, and quite a few are dangerous,
while Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve is per?
fectly harmless and cures. Sold by Olin
B. Davis.
New York April 6.-For half an
hour traffic on lower Broadway, near.
St. Paul's Chapel, was blocked today
by a small fire in the new subway, the
volumes of smoke that poured through
the few openings to the street, driving
pedestrians away and making difficult
the work of the firemen, who were
called out in large force because of the
location of the fire. Telephone and
telegraph service was badly crippled as
a result.
Good for Children.
The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cnre gives imm?diats re?
lief in all cases of cough, croup and
la grippe because it does not-pass immedi?
ately into the stomach, but take? effect
Tighe ?.t the seat of the trouble. It draws
out the inflammation, heals and soothes
and curss permanently by enabling the
lungs to contribute pure life-giving and
life sustaining oxygen to the blood and
tissues. One Minute Ccu^h Cure is pleas?
ant to take and is good alike fer young
and old. Sold by Olm B. Davis.
Nature Tells You
As Many a Sumter Reader
Knows Too Well
When The kidneys are sick
Nature tells you ail about rf.
The urine is nature's calendar
Infrequent or too frequent action :
Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills
Doan's Kidney I'ills euro all kidney ills
Sumter people testify to This
Elias Hudgins, gardener and farmer, well
known in Sumter and vicinity says: "I suffer?
ed for eight or ten years from lumbago in my
hack so bad that I could not get. out of bed at
times. There was no strength in my back
and it ached constantly. When t moved
around a kink would strike me right across
the small of my back just like someone stick?
ing a knife into if. The secretions from the
kidneys were dark colored smelled streng and
contained a sediment besides causing me to
get up several times during the night, I could
not begin to tell yon the number of remedies
I used but nothing did me much good until I
procured Doan's Kidney 1'ifis at l>7. A. J.
China's drug store. The first few doses help?
ed me and since taking thc pills 1 have not
had any trouble with my kidneys and the
pains disappeared from my bael,. You are
welcome to The use of my ?ame as one who
can endorse what i* cl aimed for this remedy."
For sah'hy all dealers. IViee 00 cents. Fos?
ter- Mil hum < Jo., Buffalo, N. Y., *>le agents
for the United States.
Remember the name Dean's and take no
substitute. 7
Weak
Hearts
Arc due to indigestion. Ninety-nine ef every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when it was simple indiges?
tion, ft is a scientific fact that all cases of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result of indi?
gestion. Ail food taken into the stomach
which fails of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, puffing it up against the
leart. This interferes with the action of
:he heart, and in the course of time that
ielicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr. D. Kauble. of Nevada. O.. says: } had stomach
rouble and was in a bad state as } had heart trouble
vith ir. I tooic Kodol Dyspepsia Ctrre fer about four
nonths ar.d it cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
md relieves the stomach of all nervous
Urain and the heart of all pressure.
3ott?es only. $ 1.00 Size holding 2% times the trial
si7e, which sells for 50c.
?repared by E. C. DeWiTT & CC, CHICAGO.
For sale by Olin B. Davis.