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The Thanksgiving Game. v In Rettins up the Fall Festival it was arranged to give the guests a good time free of any cost to them? selves, lu carry I og ont this program it was found taat the foot ball game would have ta be au exception, and that there would have to be paid ad? ulta e*?. The reason for this is sim? ple Foot ball is an expensive game and it takes a great- deal of money to run a team. For instance a coach for the season p?sts from $500 up, depend * lng upon who he is. In the coming game the Washington and Lee team has to travel about 1000 miles. There will ba eleven players, about h>e or seven substitutes, the coach and the man&zer. Perhaps ?00, a medi? cal attendant ?nd a janitor. Figure the railroad fare for these, a Pullman, .meals on the road for that crowd, board and incidental expenses, and the committee appropriation of $200 "WOUld not look like much snore than 30 cents to the college boya Unless about $800 is taken- ir. the collegians will be heavy loosers. Mr. G. E. Baynesworth has had tickets printed already ?r.? 50 cents is the price of admission, and 55 cents more for the grand stand. Buy your tickets now so the foot baltist will have plenty of encouragement Another Prize Donation. m Si Baltimore, Nov. 12, 1901 Sumter Clothing Co., Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen: Agreeable , to yours of the llth, we would he pleased to have you donate a suit or overcoat in onr name as one ol the prizes at the Fall Festival You can take it out of stock and charge it to na Years very truly, Isaac Hamburger & Sons. The above communication is self explanatory, and shows the proper spirit of enthusiasm and enterprise on the part of the Sumter Clothing Com? pany and Isaac Hamberger & Sons. The Sumter Clothing Company has decided to turn 07er to the committee in charge of the live stock show a $20 overcoat, or suit of clothes, to be selected from their stock, and the awarding cf the prize is left to the discretion of the committee. The. same local firm has heretofore donated a pair of the famous "Walk-Over" shoes as a prize in the Knigths tour? nament. If other merchants would make like contrributions of desirable articles ol merchandise as prizes, in addition to the cash prizes to be given by the FaiT Festival Committee, it would make, the various contests much more interesting, and would be a great? er incentive to people to participate in the numerous contests^ . Georgetown Coming to Festival. The Kine Guards are drilling con ti h nally these nights with th6 object 11 of entering the military contest at Sumter next week. The boys even now show few weak points and will |1 put up a same fight for the prize An exciting contest is now going on j] among the young men for the elec- j? =tion of a-'-young lady sponsor to serve .during the trip to Sumter and inspire them to victory. i The leading favorites up to this 1 time are : Miss Margaret Buns, Miss c Alice McMaster. Miss Harriet Niern- z see, Miss Claudia Tucker and Miss 1 Milde McCabe.-Geogetown Ccrespon- t dent of Tue S.:ate. J Election Returns. J 1 The hoares of election commission- t ers met Tuesday morning'to canvass e tho returns At the State boxes, in this county, the governors ticket was more popuSar than any other, running 78 ahead of the other State officers, and 17 ahead of the county officer?. The votes weie as follows: For Governor and Lieut. Governc r. 881; For other State officers, 808; * For Solicitor, 866; For House of Be- [ presenlati ves, 8-il : For county officers, 864; For bi ennial sessions, 312; Against bi-ennial session?, 410. ff For tDe amendment relating to mu-. ni ci pa: cor nora ti ons and police re^u- | ? lations, -*;C4 : ??gainst. 2 /0. For the amendment for locafc laws fer road working and drainage, 437; against 202. For toe repeal ni subdivisions II and IX of sec. 94 Act 111, 336; against 83. Thus it is seen that this county,, is against biennial stssit ns. ? i c Kieling cf the Su; oct Cltb. Wednesday afternoon the Snn Set Club vwis e: tertamed in the beautiful parlor of the Jackson Hotel by Miss Rosalie &os*a The tuests wem de* ligittfnllv mtt-rtaiiicd at progressive j whist, whreii game tas he?n ex<*e?-.c- ? icely popular ir: Sumter tins ta l A saint? course was strvri duri?:*: tbn { ' afternoon. A huadscxne lace collar WHS the tir>t prize, which was won by Miss Virginia Barby, ?nd t* t booby p;:z-.\ .-. mateo striker, was prest 11 tto to >? :ss ?1 /nate Mosf s. Tt<?st- present weie: Masdames A. ; O. karby, ii bert S be lor, Pei ry j .' Mos"-. Jr . Misses Gcssie Harby, j 1 Vrginia Harby, Armida Moses, Alice;'! Dargals Min-nt Mos-s, Alice Moses, Tht?o L >^fz. Marie Moise and Adele Moses. Coriributions to the Carnival. QpLXECTED BY (KEV.) J. C i WILLIAMS. < Chas. C. Jacobs SI, W. J. Andrews j $2, Joe Goodwin (Star Bakery; 82, j Diggs Bros. S5, William Thomas S2, Harriet Jackson $1, A. G. Islar $1, | I M. H. Fields SI, J. L. Sanders SI, J. W. Green ?1.50, B. B. James SI, W. J. Men tangue ?SI, L. J. Jefferson SJ, Elizabeth Parker 81.50, Mansom Jenkins, SI, F. M. Martin $1, W. B. Dargan SI, Bev. T. T. Scott (Metro? politan Ins. Co.) $5, Dr. C. W, Max? well 82, .'Jackie" Johnson $1, Amos Mack SI, Kev. L D. Davis SI, W. T. iidrews (Defsnder) S2.50, Z. E. Walk? er 82, Lettie Johnson $1, W. D. Gass SI, J. C. Williams SI, M. J. Freder? ick, Esq., SI. The following additional money has been raised by Bev. J. C. Williams for the Fall Festiva'.; Wesley Bossard $1, Willie Bichard son $1, C. G. Tolley $L Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 17.-A head-on collision today on the rapid transit electric car line, due to a heavy fog, resulted in one death and the serious injury of several persons. 60LU1BBIA COKING TO FESTIVAL. Movement on Foot fer a Holiday on Thanksgiving. The merchants of this city are dis? cussing the probability of closing on Thanksgiving. They have received letters from the Sumter Carnival com? mittee asking to close on that day in order that the employes may go down, and several of the most prominent merchants have expressed themselves in favor of shutting up for the day. Columbia Eecord. Fall Festival Notes. Th9 comittee to award the prizes for tlie floral parade, composed of Mesdames J. M. Knight, H. C. Moses and A. D. Harby, is requested to wit? ness the parade at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, at which place the procession will pass twice. The Honorbles Richard L Manning Altamont Moses, John H. Clifton, T. B. Fraser and a fifth gentleman to be selected by the above named gentle? men will constitute the committee for the trade display. The prizes will, be as follows:,first prize, $40, second prize, $25, and third prize, $15. Second prize will be for the float that most appropriately represents the business of the merchant, and the other two for the most elaborate floats. The route for the display will be the same as that selected for the floral parade. An immense crowd of Columbia peo? ple are coming to Sumter on Thanks? giving Day to attend the automobile races and the foot ball game. Both the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern Railway are considering the running of special trains from Colum? bia Thursday to accommodate the Fall Festival crowds. Mr. D. J. Chandler, Chairman of the committee on decorations, an? nounces the appointment of the follow? ing committee of judges: Mrs. J. A. Mood, Mrs. D. J. Winn, Jr., Miss Annie Graham, Rev. H. fl. Coving? ton and Mr. I. C. Strauss. President R. F. Haynsworth of the Fall Festival Committee has delegated to Maj. H. Frank Wilson the duty of crowning the Queen of the Festival. It cannot be repeated too often that the people of Sumter should open their homes to Festival visitors and make gv^ry possible effort to provide board ind lodging for the thousands who accept the city's invitation to spend % few days within our gates. Mr. G. E. Haynsworth, chairman of che foot ball committee, has arranged to erect a wire fence around the foot ball field at the old base ball park. The entire gate receipts will be turned aver to the South Carolina College team, whose manager has given the Washington and Lee team'a guarantee Df $450 to play here. The foot bali game will be the only feature of the Festival for which an admission fee will be charged, and the Festival com? mittee will not benefit from the gate receipts, but has^ on the centran', nade an appropriation ot' $200 to supplement the amount that may be realized on the game. Messrs Mills & Gibbs, of New York, :ave made an unsolicited donation, :hrough their Sumter representatives, )f The Sumter Dry Goods Company, of i ten dollar fur muff and two five dol? ar Itce collars for|tbe Fall Ees'ival, o be used as prizes. The Sumter Dry Goods Company has turned over .he furs and one lace collar to the :ommittre tn be presented to the ^oeen of the Festival. The other col? ar will be presented to the lady in be Floral Parade who shall be declar? ed to be the best driver. , The Atlantic Coast Line has an ?ounced that a special train will be un from Columbia tb Sumter on Fbursdsy* Thanksgiving Day, on ac- j :ount of the Sumter Fall Festival, the i ailroad officials having a?qertained ! hat such a large crowd will come over ? rom Colnmbia to witness the automo die races and loot ball game that thc egular train would not be able to ac :ommodate them all. the special rain will run ou the following sched ile: Leave Columbia 9 a. m., arrive Sumter 10.15 a.. m. ; returning leave Sumter 6 p. m. and arrive Columbia '.lo p. m. Gov. Heyward and his staff will ;pend Thanksgiving Day in Sumter de will review the military parado ?nd witness the the Carolina-Wash ngton and Lee foot ball gamp. Upon iis arrival in tbe city, he will be wel ?omed by the following committee ! vbich was appointed by the officers of I he Fall Festival: lion. Altamont j Moses. Chairman, Col. J. M. Knight, I lon. R. I. Manning. Maj. fl. Frank: hilson, Mr. J. L. Alnutr. Dr. J. j \. Mood, Mavor Geo. \Y. Dick and ! President K. F. Haynsworth. liv a resolution of the Central Com- J v ttee, it was unanimously decided to ! ? vue the members of the Ladips I Auxilian Committee and ?li city, county and State officials io be on the | - . at the Academy of Music, on he occasion of the crowning of the Fi sr val Queen. Maj. H. Frank Wil? don, Sumter's gifted orator, will make the coronation address. Fmme- j Jiately following the ceremony the Festiva! ?(Bal 1 will be held in the j Armory Hall, and the i^ueen will i t'.ad the yerman. T? ere is a movement on foot among ; rhe ammni of South Caroilna College and Washington and Lee, who reside i in this section of the State, to 'give che two visiting foot ball teams an ; ?legant banquet frcm 10 until 12 o'clock at the Hotel Sumter on tho i night of Thursday, the r.Mtb. This i will be a grand way for the boys to ; break training. Norfolk, V.u., .Nov. 15.- FrederickI Cr. Kingsley, aged 70 years, a veteran I inmate of the Hampton National Sol- j fliers' home was found guilty of man slaughter in the United States cnurt today. Kigsley was indicted for the murder of Capt. A. C. Paul, also au j inmate of the 1 home. The prisoner plead self defense. His counsel moved j that the verdict be set aside inasmuch as it is net in accordace with the in? dictment. Herb W. Edwards Injured. Herb W.Edwards ot' Des Moines, Iowa. got a fall ou an icy walk last winter, spraining his wrist and bruising his knee.'. : ''The next day." he -ays, "they were so sore and stiff I was afraid I wonld have to stay in bed, but I rubbed t hen i weil with j Chamberlain's Pain Bahn and after a few applications all soreness had disappeared." For sale by all druggi.-.t? RAILROADS ADVERTISING FESTIVAL The Following Letter Will Be ot Interest. As lt Shows What the Atlantic Coast Line is Doing to Advertise the Sumter Fall Festival. Mr. C. G. Rowland, Agent, Sum? ter, S. C. Dear Sir: I wired you this morning, in reply to your letter of the 16th, as follows : "Your letter sixteenth. We have announced by circular to all agents, rates to the Sumter Fall Festival; have arranged advertisements to ap-/ pear in Columbia and Charleston' papers, and are distributing posters. Officers Sumter Fall Festival asked us to furnish transpotation for their advertising agent? ; was promptly sent, we understanding thiat they were putting out posters and flyers. " From letters we received asking that tran s po ra ti on "be sent in favor of four advertising agents, we undestood that the Sumter peopl3 were arrang? ing to put out their own advertising matter, and simply desired us to an? nounce through the agents the rates, selling dates, limit, etc., but, as stated in my telegrram we arranged to send out posters a few days in ad? vance of the opening day of the Fes? tival, and advertised in the Charleston and^Columbia papers, We considered this the best way to handle the mat? ter. I am sure Mr. Reardon cannot think that we intentionally discrimi? nated against Sumter in favor of Char? leston. Yours truly, H. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager. FOR SUMTER CARMIVAL. Every Indication of a Large Altendance From Florence, Especially on Thurs? day. If the railroad would only give the people of this community some definite information in regard to that extra train that has becu promised to Sum? ter next week Jihore would be a big delegation from Florence there every day of the Carnival. The greatest interest is being taken in the matrer. It is likely that the C. L. L, will be obliged to withdraw its entry in the competative drill, it teems im possble to get a f"ll squad ont to the drills. The company will enter the parade, however, and will enter men in the individual contest. The little Zouaves are practicing frequently now ?and will make a very creditable show. The young ladies aud gentlemen are very much inter? ested in the dance to be given Wednes? day night and there will be a good sized -party going over under very pleasant chaperonage. - Florence Times. Christian Missionary Convention. The missionary convention of the Churches of Christ in South Carolina will be held in Charleston, beginning Thursday, Nov. 24th, and continuing over Sunday. The greatest conven? tion in the history of the church in this State is expected. Among the promineut people from abroad that will attend are A. M. McLean, of Cincin? nati, president Foreign Christian Missionary Society; Geo. E. Ranshaw of Cincinnati, secretary of American Christian Missionary Society: Geo. W. Muckey. of Kansas City, Mo., secretary ot Board of Church Exten? sion : J. A. Lord of Cincinnati, eaitor of Christian ?Standard; Matthew Smali of Edinburg, ind. The church at Sumter has raised and expended over SI,600since its organization, Feb. Ttb, of this year, exclusive ot" a $400 loan. Dr. Dabney Inaugurated. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. ]?*?.--Char? les William Dabney, formerly Presi? dent o? University Tennessee was in? augurated as presidnet of University of Cincinnati today with imposing cere? monies. Representatives of all leading institutions'Of learning in the country were present and took part. True ex? ercises were held in the music hall which was crowded. The exercises included a welcome by Mayor Flesch mann and on behalf of the State by Governor Herrck. Dr. Dabney's in? augurate address was deep and schol? arly and well received by tho audi? ence. . . Qaite a number of negroes of Sumter have vahiutarily contributed to the expenses of the fall festival. This evidence of interest in the success of an enterprise which concerns the white people is much more valuable than the money contributed. It is the j spirit which makes for friendship.and fair dealing, peace and prosperity Columbia State. Toronto, Ont., Nov. 17.-A street car with trailer attached get beyond control of the motorman, and crashed through the guard gates at the Queen j street crossing of the Grand Trunk | railway tonight. A Montreal freight j train strcuk the forward car, grind- j lng it t^ splinters. Every passenger ? on the street car was injured, two dy- I lng soon after being taken from the j wreckage and two at the hospital. Havre, Nov. IS.-The strike move ment, which originated among carters | is spreading. Several riots occurred j this morning but they were quickly j suppressed. There arr ninety two thousand hales of American colton i on thc quays and on shipping in the ! bari or unable to be removed, owing to j the lack of carting facilities. Lancaster, Nov. iT.-Watler Hough of the. town of Kershaw and Will ' Sowell of this county had a difficulty j near the Southern depot at ibis place i yesterday, in which Hough was seri 1 ously shut with a pNtol by Sowell. Sowell was cut seriously with a knife j by Hough. Ic was an unfortunate affair, especially :?s the young men were first cousins. Hough is shot i throubg both lungs and the doctors | think he will die. A Runaway Bicycle Terminated with an ugly cut on the leg of J. 1>. Orner, Franklin Giove, 111. It . develop".I a stubborn ulcer unyielding to 1 doctors and remedie-; fur four years. Mun ' Bucklen'f! Arnica Salve cured. It's just af ? good tor burns, scald> skin er. plions and piles. 2.*c. at J. fr. W. DeLome's drug JUC'GE DANTZLErVS LETTER. The Following Letter Addressed ID Oflf? cers of the Festival Committee Form? ally Announces Adjournment of Court. Sumter, S. C., Nov. 16, 1904. Messrs. R. F. Haynswcrtb, Presi? dent, and E. L Reardon, Secretan*, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sirs: Your communication of 15th, addiessed to me, requesting that the court, now in session, be adjourn? ed from 22d to 25th inst., on account of the " Sumter Fall FestivaP'proposed to be held on above mentioned dates, has been received. I referred the re quest to the consideration of the mem? bers of the local Bar, and I have been advised by them that, a compliance with your request wi)l be consistent with the public interests. It gives me pleasure, therefore, to inform you that, court will be ad? journed, as you requested. Permit me to express, not only the wish, but the prediction that the pro posed Festival will not only be a suc? cess, hut such a success as will be creditable to the enterprise of a pub? lic-spirited people. I beg to remain, Very respectfully and truly yours, Chas. G. Dantzer. $1.260.75 FOR MONAGHAN NO. 2. The People of Sumter Give Generously to Provide a New Team for the Firemen. At the meeting'of citizens held in the Court House at 7.30 o'clock Wednesday night, Maj. Marion Moise, acting in behalf bf the citizens who contributed and Messrs. W. B. Boyle and L. E. White, the committee that collected the fund, presented to Mon? aghan Hose Co. No. 2 the purse raised to purchase a new pair of horses for that squad. The purse, which consist? ed of $1,260.75 in gold was received by Mr. S. H. Edmunds for Monaghan No. 2. In presenting the perse Maj. Moise paid an eloquent tribute totbe volunteer fire department of Sumter in general and to Monaghan Hose Co No 2 in par? ticular. He voiced trie sentiment-; cf the community, when he said that the people of Sumter deeply and sin? cerely apprpciate the service rendered by the firemen and deem it a privi lege as well as a duty to give what? ever financial assistance the depart? ment may need for its maintenance ; improvement or well being. Mr. Edmunds as the mouthpiece of Monaghan Hose Company, thanked the committee and the people of Sum? ter for their generosity and Maj. Moise for Ins kind and encouraging words. Mr Boyle of the committee, who was called on made a brief talk along practical lines. He told how freelv and liberally the people responded to his request for assistance to Monaghan Hose Company, saying that their re? sponse was but one more proof that Sumter is the hest place in the world and the people the most public spirit? ed and generous. Both Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Boyle referred to the fact that Ddgar Reel Squad, the rival of Monaghan No. 2, had been among the first to contribute to the purse, having given $25 out of their limited means to help a rival in the time of need. This spirit they remarked was most grat fying for they knew that the members of Monaghan No. 2 would have displayed the same generous spirit toward the Delgar's under similar circumstances. Pori Arthur the Key of Asia. Collier's for November 19 says : The story of Port Arthur, distress? ing as it is, has at least the merit cf showing what a carso of heroic vir? tues the old world stiil carries. Slaughter has never been more shock? ing, but bravery has never been more abundant. Never in all history hav^ been shown greater defiance of death than has been shown in the terrible months of struggle for the citadel which has been for years the key of the Eastern situation. We cannot wonder at the price Japan would pay for the fortress, since as long as Rus? sia owns that fort the purpose for which this war is fought will not have been accomplished by Japan. If the war should he settled wi thou r de? priving Russia permanently of the fortress, a dagger would still bc point? ed at Japan's heart. The control of Korea by Japan would be an insecure defence a> long as the strongest posi? tion in Manchuria was held by her enemy. Russia needed to hold the fortress for the same reasons that Ja? pan needed to take it. Additional motives for both sides were funisbed by consid?ration of prestige and hy the bearing of the Port Arthur situa? tion on the immense struggle further nor rh. The talk about whether all This desperate courage and destruction about Porti Arthur lias been well in? vested, therefore, seems to us beside the mark. If the war was to be at all, Port Arthur was a necessity to each of the combatants, and time was an es? sential consideration to both, especial? ly to Japan, lt being something vital, therefore, to their countries' welfare, I Russians and Japanese alike have fought for the stronghold in a manner to prove that man still retains the .itues of the bulldog. Effeminacy, for the great modern nations, is an im? aginary bogy. Let a (hinger, as vital i as has confronted Japan, threaten Germany, France. England, or the Unit< tl States, and we imagine that they also would still be found capa ble of lighting desperately in the last difh. Astor Pays $30,000 for Painting j Madrid. Nov. ll) -John Jacob Astor, thc American millionier is said to have purchased the painting repre? senting a Flemish coffee house by Jo ? Villegos for presentation to the Boston Museum. According to the report Astor paid thirty thousand dollars for the work, outbidding Kins? Alfonso, who offered twenty thousand dollars. Firnic, B. C., Nov. 19. - Fourteen miners were killed at Car? bonado mines near Morrissey yester? day as result of an explosion of coal gas in mine. 1). Darilty, a driver,was the only map to escape from mine. F/MO?S SO?1H CAFDUNUN. Tribute lo Dr. Leighton Wilson At? tracts Wide Attention. His Amazing blore of Knowledge Southern Presbyterian of New Or? leans. Mr. John J. Dargan of South Caro? lina has written for The State of Co? lumbia a very fine tribute to the late Dr. J. Leighton Wilson. He brings ont very fully certain aspects of that great man's life and career which are not as familiar as they should be. He justly places Dr. Wilson among the foremost men of the past century. It is a singular fact that be was horn in the same year with William E. Glad? stone, Aifrd Tennyson, Elizabeth Bar? rett Browning, Lord Houghton, Char? les Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Edgar Allen Poe, a magnificent company in which he is worthy of a place through the extent of his services to mankind. Ic is of his eminence as a naturalist and explorer, however, that the au? thor of the paper writes. It is a re? markable fact, to which Mr. Dargan calls atteution, that in all the enco? miums lately passed upon Paul Du Chaillu, who died about a year ago, no mention whatever was made of the man who adopted Du Chaillu in his home, introducing him to his work, inspired him in it, and made him the man be became, even allowing him to take credit for some of the discoveries made by his patron and benefactor. In passing, we beg to call attention to the fact that our ow^ editorial no? tice of Dn Chaillu's death contained reference tn Dr. Wilson's relations to him. Dr. Wilson was called "dear father,'' and bia wife "mother," by tte great African explorer and natural? ist, The latter never failed - to visit them in their American home when he came to this country, and in 1S92 he came to spend a few days at and near their tomes. He himself testified that the reasc-n why he liad not given Dr. Wilson full credit for all his explora? tions and discoveries, and especially of the discovery of the gorilla, was because of his "dear father's'' special request. Dr. Wilson's "Western Af? rica" was pronounced hy the greatest of all authorities, David Livingstone, the best book on that part of the Dark Continent that ever appeared. The present writer remembers once to have heard, in his boyhood, a short and pleasant colloquy between ,Dr. Wilson and Hinton Rowan Helper, the noted author of "The Impending Crisis," and "The Negro in Negroland," and he. easily recalls the amusing store of knowledge that Dr. Wilson displayed on the occasion and the discomfiture, almost amid the jeers of all who were present, of the brilliant but erratic man who essayed to deal at long range with racial and ethnological facts, and to draw improper inferences from them, with which Dr. Wilson was as familiar as if they were his alphabet. It was but a few years after the war, and Helper's views concerning the negro and his origin and abilities wv re most unwholesome. Dr. Wilson's other great work for humanity was his part in the suppres? sion of the African slave trade. When the British squadron was about to be withdrawn from the coast of Africa, under the allegation that it was doing little or nothing to abate the great evil, Dr. Wilsou prepared a paper which Lord Palmerston, then the pre? mier, caused to be printed in an edi? tion of many thousands and widely distributed throughout Great Britain. It is to be found in England's "Blue Book.'* It hada profound effect to England. Its appeal and the infor? mation which it gave at once aroused interest and commanded attention. The squadron was not withdrawn, the ! efforts to suppress the nefarious trafile | were not lessened bot increased, and j the bad business found a speedy end. j If any single name deserves a place in J the Hall of Fame as that of a pbilan- j thropist, it is that of J. Leighton j Wilson, the plain, honest, earnest, j unassuming Southern missionary to j Africa. ., It is Ttardy justice that is done to a ? great man, thus late to bring out and ! appeciate his great deeds. It has re quired time, however, as always, to know the true greatness of the man. It is only as we stand off at a distance that wc can take in the true proportions j of the stately statue. The greatness | of J. Leighton Wilson is just beginning 1 to* be seen. Happy the church that I had such a master hand to help shape j its early career and to start it upon a j form of activity which now distin- ; guishes it above all its sister church- j es in its glad proclamation of the glad : tidings of salvation to the nations j that sit in darkness. ? ! The News and Courier and the Columbia State will send staff corres-j pendents to Sumter during thc Festi- j val. Death of Ex-Gov. Thompson. New ? York, Nov. 20.-Eux h S. Thompson fermer Governor of South Carolina, died at his residence here tonight. : -BBT^^^BM He was born in Charleston, S. C., in 3836. In recent years he was comptroller of the New York Life In? surance Company. No funeral services over the body of Mr. Thompson will be held in this city. The body will be taken South from here at 3.25 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. No arrangements for ser? vices in Columbia have yet been made except that the interment will take place on Wednesday afternoon. Florence Graded Sehr >! to Close. The graded schools will give Thurs? day and Friday as vacation days for the schools. Thursday will be observ? ed as Thanksgiving and Friday will be given for the children to have an opportunity to attend the Sumter Car? nival. The school is being held today to make up for lost time. The chilrden are very proud to get these days and they are looking for ward with glad anticipation to [attend the Sumter carnival, abd they feel grateful to the faculty for this nice favor.-Florence Times. C. P. Osteen, M. D. OFFICE HOURS 9 to ll A. M. Telephone No. 270. Residence tele? phone No. 254. . Office at Mood-Osteen Infirmary, 22 S. Washington Street. It should be borne in mind that every cold -weakens the lungs, low? ers the vitality and prepares the svstem for the more serious dis v. ses, among which are the two greatest destroyers of human life, pneumonia and consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great popularity by its prompt cures of this most common ailment. It aids- expectoration, re? lieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a speedy and permanent cure. It counteracts any'tendency toward pneumonia. ^?rice 25c, Large Size 5Qc.^ Wo promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign PATENTS Jbend model, s&etcrx or photo oiinvention for' free report oa patentability, xor free book, ' J Opposite U. S. Patent Office > WASHINGTON D.C. Del^ORflE'S PHARMACY, 23 South Main St. Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Having consolidated my two stores, I will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I am better pre? pared than ever to serve them. Your prescriptions will be called for and delivered. Phone 45.. Full line of Drugs, Garden Seed and Cigars. Your patronage solicited. Gall bell for night work. GENUINE PERUVIAN sells itself. None bettor. 10,000 tons now offered tor sale. Nitrate of Soda, Muriate of Potash, German Kainit. Are Headquarters. t?3?r* Get our prices, please.