TBE SHERIFF OF LEE.
Right to Hold Office Under a
Commission.
* " The rijrbt of tbe present sheriff of
Lee county to bold bis office for two
more years will be argued next week
before the sapreme court. Mr. F.
F. Herndou, an attorney from that
coan ty, was in the city today in con?
ference with the attorney general and
arranging for the case to ccme up.
Mr. H erndon repiesents Mr. R. A.
Muldrow, who was recently elected in
the primary and in the general elec?
tion, but the point raised by the in?
combent is a rather unique one and
. has attracted considerable attention in
that part of the State.
When Lee county was formed a pro?
vision was made for the county offices
that were fixed by the constitution at
four years so that at the end of two
years their terms would expire, mak?
ing all of the offices to be filled this
year as is in the rest of the State.
The sheriff was Mr. J. Manly Smith,
and he was, accordingly, commission- j
ed. This year he ran in the primary,
but was defeated and afterwards dis?
covered that his commision was dated
1902 and was fixed for four years. He
claimed that under the constitution he
was still the sheriff and would be un?
til his commission expired, unless it
was previously, and the matter will
now be taken into the courts to argue.
The point raised is a unique one and
has never been exactly settled, although
there have been cases something like
this one in the issuing of commissions
to county boards ' of education and
school commissioners where the term
is prescribed ny law and an appoint
mest was made to fill a vacancy. -
Columbia Record.
Cbieaeo, Nov. 18.-Four persons
were killed and a score of others were
injured by a series of gas explosions
that completely destroyed the plant of
the Pyle Electric Headlight company
in South Chicago today. The shocks
of the explosions were so severe tb at
all the buildings near the demolished
plant were badly camsged, windows
were shattered for blocks and persons
walking in tbe steet were thrown from
their feet. Over pressure on tanks
containing gas is believed to have
caused the accident.
CASTOR ?A
POT Infants and Children.
Tte Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
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FOR GOOD POSITIONS
GUARANTEED IN WRITING.
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GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE. MACON. GA
ENGINES. BOILERS, GINNING MACHIN
CRY, SAW MILL AND WOODWORKING
MACHINERY. SHINGLE AND LATH
MACHINERY. CORN MILLS.
BRICK MAKING MACHIN?
ERY, KINDRED LINES
6BBES MACHINERY COMPANY,
Cotafta. S. C.
$100,000.00 Capital.
ii FIRST ram BU
of Sumter, S. C.
THE Comptroller of the Currency hav?
ing approved the increase of the Capital
of thia Bank to $100,000.00, depositors
now have as security for their deposits :
Capital, . - - $100,000 00
Stockholders' Individual Lia?
bility, - - - 100,000 OG
Surplus and Undivided Prof?
its, ... 25,000 00
Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00
ONLY NATICNLA BANK IS CITY OF SUMTER.
Largest Capital cf any Bank in thia
section of South Carolina.
Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this
State.
Interest allowed on deposits to a limited
amount.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A. J. CSINA, President.
NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President.
H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE,
G. A. LE M MON, d\)HN REID,
E. P. RICK ER.
R. L. EC MUNDS, Cashier.
R. D. LEE, Solicitor.
- BOOKKEEPERS.
J. L. McOJ?am, D. J. Winn, Jr.
O?ver L. Yate-.
Pmm?mS^?m
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THEIA?R OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depository.
Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockhold?
ers in excess of their stock. 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking business:
also has a Saving Bank Department. De
posits of $1 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNS WOK TH, President.
R. I. MANNING, W. F. RH AMS,
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan. 3L
Chief Justice Leaves Bench to
Shake Negro's Hand.
Atlanta, Nov. 16.-A venerable ne?
gro, with snow white hair, was pilot?
ed though the capitol today bj Tnom
as J. Simmons, Jr., of the Atlanta
Journal staff, ana f e supreme court
suspended its business to allow the
chief justice to s-tep down from the
bench and shake hands with the old
black man. Sixty-eight years ago two
babies were born on a Georgia plant?
ation, one a little slave and the other
heir to the manor, but they grew np
together with that strong tie between
them that bound the master to thejne
gro before the war.
"Clark" idolized his young master,
followed him to the war,: went with
him into battle, and when a fragment
of shell tore through the flesh of the
lieutenant colonel of the Forty-fifth,
and he lay bleeding on the field it
was Clark, the black slave, who took
the present chief justice on his back
and bore him to a place of safety. It
was such fidelity as this that Henry
Grady had in mind when he said in
his New England'speech,?"May God
forget me and mine when 1 forget
these,7' and so it seemed the most na?
tural thing in the world for the high?
est court in the state to suspend its de?
liberations to allow the chief jusice to
tell his old black friend good bye after
Clark had spent two or three days
visiting the city, and was ready to re?
turn to his home on the plantation of
Thomas J. Simmons, Jr., in Crawford
county.
Clark's father and mother were
slaves of the father of Chief Justice
Simmons, and the little black boy
was given to the little white boy who
taught him to read and write and by
acts of friendship and kindness won
his eternal devotion. There has not
been a day in fifty years when Clark
would not have given his life for
"Young Master,*' nor when "Young
Master"' would not have defended him
at every hazard. It had been eight
years since the chief justice last
saw Clark, and when Thomas J. Sim?
mons, Jr., was at the plantation Sun?
day he decided to bring the old man
to Atlanta. He spent a large part of
today taking Clark around to sse the
! sights, the young white man in all
? the vigor of rosy health being as cour?
teous and attentive to the cid blapk
man with the sow white hair as if he
were a visitor cf distiction. Clark was
taker, to the top of the Empire building
and to other points of interest.
Dakufi, French Africa, Nov. 17.-'
The vessels of the Baltic fleet which
anchored off here Monday sailed
yesterday evening.
Doesn't Respect Old A ge
It's shameful when youth fails to show
proper respect for old .age, but just tne
contrary in thef cue of Dr. Kind's New
Life Pills. They cut off maladies no
matter how severe and irrespective of old
age. Dyspappia, -Taundic", fever. Con?
stipation ell j ie d tc :;:is perfect Pill. 25c
at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
Keep Warm
And be comfortable. A cold
house is inexcusable entirely when
you can buy stoves and heaters at
prices so reasonable. I have
stoves that will be an ornament to
the house. Just in, a nice selec
ition cf fine dinner sets and porce?
lain ware of every sort. Just call
and we will show you new goods
as long as you will stay and prices
are sure to please. It would take
a column to tell you of every?
thing.
R. H. Bigham
! 112 and 114 S. Main St.
Phone 311.
THE SUMTER SAVINGS SH.
HORACE HARBY. President.
I. C. STRAUSS. Vice-president.
GEO. L. KICKER, Cashier.
Capital Stock, S25.00C
Liability of Stockholders, 25,00c
Every Facility
For the transact,on of bu-ioegt? 1- rtfford
ed those who deposit ihn?.- cooney with
The Sumter Savings Hank.
lu-portant papers can be drawn up and
si^uea in fi private room set a-ido f-?r use
of our clients and ?ny information de
sired will be cheerfully furnished \ v th<
mana^ement.
Savins depo ited here draw interest al
j the rate of 1 per cent per annum. $1 Ot)
j will open an account and secure a oank
I book.
COLLEGE CENTENNIAL
WiLL ATTRACT MANY.
Alumni and Educators Expected
to Attend in Large Numbers.
The approaching centennial of the
South Carolina College will be the j
greatest event in South Carolina for j
many a year. The occasion is of State
importance and ofnational interest.
The presence of representatives of the
universities of all the Southern States
and of some of the older Northern in?
stitutions, such as Union, Brown and
Princeton, will attract the attention
of the entire academic world. South
Carolina College the City of Colum?
bia, and the State of South Caolina.
will be in the public eye as not before
in decades. Considered from the
lowest plane of self-interest, the cele?
bration will be invaluable in its ad?
vertisement cf the State, the Capital
City, and the College-soon to be the
^University.
All of the colleges, academies and
graded schools within the State will
be invited to send representatives as
guests of the South Carolina College
and the City of Columbia. Each of
the forty-one counties will thus at?
tend in the persons of school men in
charge of the more important educa?
tional interests of the county, as well
as in the persons of the alumni of
the College, who are useful men in
every walk of life. The gathering will
be unique in its representation of the
great forces for progress in the State,
now thoroughly recuperated from the
ruin of war and Reconstruction, and
entering upon an era promising unpre?
cedented prosp?rity. Alumi, occupy?
ing leading positions in nearly every
state in the Union, will revisit their
alma mater and the Capital City,
some for the first time since the '80s
and '90s when Columbia was compara?
tively small and devoid of e'uterprses
-and some for the first time since the
proud days before the war or the sad
days of Sherman's Raid. Though
for some there will be melancholy
memorries, the occasion for all will
be most glad. Foremost in every mind
will be the sentiment, "A great col?
lege for a great State."
Following a fitting usage, the South
Carolina College will signalize its
centennial celebration by conferring
honorary degrees upon a number of
men (.chiefly residents cf the State)
whose achievements in the worlds'
work deserve some marked recognition
on the part of organized society-the
State, through its leading academic
institution. At comparatively recent
commencements, the South Carolina
College has conferred, thougli spar?
ingly and with proper discrimination,
the degree of Doctor of Laws upon
such men as Edward McCrady, Hugh
Tdompson, Asbury Coward, Henry
Mciver, Joshua H. Hudson, William
A. Courtenay; the degree of Doctor
of Letters upon President Henry N.
Suyder; the degree of Doctor of Di?
vinity upon such men as Bishop Ca?
pers and the Revs. Lucius Cuthbert
and John A. Rice. On this, her one
hundredth birthday festivity, the Col?
lege will endeavor to bestow with lib?
erality, tempered by due discrimina?
tion, the marks of her 44 well done"
upon many friends and guests in all
walks of life who have by notable
achievement deserved well of the
State. The program for Monda.-',
9th of January, provides for the
"conferring cf honorary degrees,'"
after the addresses by the President
of the College, the Governor of the
State and the Mayor of the City, and
the responses by designated invited I
guests.
As to the propriety of the policy of!
conferring honorary degrees or decrees j
for ether considerations than pure
scholarship (which is not universally
approved by university men) the fol?
lowing quotation from The Saturday
Evening Post of June 18th is to the
point :
"In general, houorary degrees do
represent certain worth, even if not
high scholastic or other attainments.
They may not signify that one is
iearnea in the doctine of divinity, but
they do serve to indicate that one is
a clergyman of public efficiency or
denominational zeal. They may not
signify that one is learned in either
the civil or the canon law, but they
do tend to prcve that one has made a
worthy contribution for the better?
ment of men."-(From "The State,''
Nov. 8, 1904. )
? ?mn ai
Panama, Nov. 18.-International
trouble at Panama is not at an end.
President Amador last night announc?
ed that the government bas decided to
relegate the army to tee police ranks
as it is felt the army is no longer nec
essary in view of the existing Ameri?
can protectccate. Commander-in
Chief Puerbas and the anny officers
are indignant and trouble may occur.
President Amador has asked General
Davis, commander of tbe canal zone
to protect him and his Cabi: ct.
Quarantine, N. V., Nov. 18. - The
Hritish steamer Granada which ar
j rived today brought into port six ship
j wrecked seamer, of the schooner Emily
M. Naylor, from New Vork for Vir?
ginia. The vessel was wrecked off
Hog Island Virginia, November 13.
j The men took to the small boats and
j 'Aere picked up after eighteen hours.
Quarantine, N. J., Nov. 17.-Tho
; British steamer Athol which arrived
j today from Yokohama brought into
j port Captain Trimm and seven men of
' th" crew of the three masted schooner
I le-boro which had been abandoned at
j sea. Capt. Trimm said he sailed from i
' Savannah Nev. 9 for New Bedford,
I Mass. < >n Sunday November 13, the
schooner was struck bv a hurrican in
j -.viiich the schooner Jost a number of
i sails. The schooner that night began
j to leak and filled with water, ti ' the
decks were awash and then was
; abandoned and nu n took to small
! boats. Thev were picked np Monday ?
\ by the Athel. j
New Vork, Nov. !7.-Spectators !
j were thrown into intense excitement
tonight ;?r the horse show in Madison ?
Square Garden wheu John G. Fleck
scber, secretary of the National
Horse Show Association of America,
WHS run down and trampled upon by
a pair of horst s en exhibition in the
rms.'. Women screamed and nun
crowder! toward the rir:g. Before the
excitement pa-s?-d several women
fainted. Ma?.y believed thar Mr.
Heckscber had been killed as half eon
scions he \^a< dragg? d fr' m under th'.
hoofs of the horses.
Excitement Over Colorado Election
Denver, Nov. 16.-Tho tangle over
the (iovernorsbip has become so seri?
ons that business interests are begin?
ning to take alarm. Govonor 'Pea?
body contends that a fai*. canvass of
vote will give him a majority. Alva
Adams asserts that he has been fairly
elected, and will not yield. Demo?
cratic leaders say Adams must be
seated and that if this creates civil
war it will be a righteous war.
Peabody adherents assert that with
fraud eliminated Peabody is elected
and they do not intend to be cheated
out of office with milita at their back
aud everyone asserts that they are in
position to enforce their demands.
Public opinion is aroused more than
has been at any time since the killing
of thirteen men at Independence depot
explosion. All mining camps in the
state are filling up with members of
western federation miners and every
one of them, it is declared, will take
up arms if Adams should ask them to
do so.
Calhoun and Bryan.
Referring te Trust Regulation, Col?
lier's for November 19 says :
Mr. Bryan is astray again in his
latest quest of a practical remedy for
the ills that flesh is heir too. His at?
tempt to frcus the railroad question
on the State governments probably
arose in a confused memory of one?
time relations of State and nation.
Ordinary people today have little in?
terest in the division of our country
into forty odd geographical expres?
sions, but Democratic politicals can
not forget how important State en?
tities were before the war. They vote
cheerfully for river and harbor appro?
priations, and for spending Govern?
ment money on irrigation in the
States. . and yet keep some vestiges of
their views on relative functious of
State and nation. Georgia is in
trouble jest now over railway rates.
Texas is peculiarly severe on the rail?
ways, and the only result is to make
them do as little business as possible
i in that State. There are combina?
tions which need restriction and reg
! ular ion, and as most great business
I es today aro interstate, the National
j (Jovernment is the proper organ for
I regulating 'them. "A power h3s
arisen in the Government, " said John
C. Calhoun, more than half a cen?
tury ago, "greater than the people
themselves, consisting of many and
various and powerful interests com?
bined into one mass." What Calhoun
said in the Senate in 1S36 the people
are saying all over the country today.
The safeguard of democracy is that no
one body should have excessive power.
The National Government appears to
be in particularly good condition for
practicing remedies for this evil. The
President has come out without equi?
vocation against auotber term. He
has quieted suspicions about personal
ambition. Ile can ignore those pol?
iticians who iiate him and his higher
ways. Mr. Cortelyon has bound him
by no promises. The people believed
what Mr. Roosevelt said in his angry
letter before election. His enemies
are discomfited. He is on the top wave
of prosperity and power. We expect the
trust question, and all other pressing
matters, to bc handled by bis second
Administration with wisdom and with
courage.
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THE COUNTY THAT WILL
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OFFICE
No. 124 North Main St.
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House telephone 114. Office tele?
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N. Q. Osteen, Jr.,
SURGEON DENTIST,
OFFICE :
No. IS W. Liberty St.,
(OverOsteen's Book Store),
SUMTER, S. C.
Office hours. 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30
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PPORT?WTT.
We are now offering the magnificent plantation known as
Shady Side, contain ino; 750 acres, situated 3i miles West of
Sumter. This place has a nice 8-room dwelling, thirteen ten?
ant houses, and a fine orchard. In fact 'tis an ideal home for
you. Better see us about it.
WHITE & MCCALLUM,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
PHONE NO. 143. SUMTES, S. C. OFFICE NO. 18 S. MAIN ST.
Mchi'-ly
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The First of the Season.
A choice car load of horses and
mules just received and need sell?
ing. Amongffchem are some extra
nice drivers, some good smoothe,
full made work horses and a few
nice mules. All young and
sound. I will appreciate a look
from you whether you are ready
to buy or not.
Respectfully,
A. D. HARBY.
OUR SECOND
Car horses and mufes due
to arrive Friday Oct. 14th,
h Bought in St. Louis, at the World's Fair,
! I conceded to be the largest horse and;
mule market in the IL S. If you want a :
good selection see this bunch before they
are picked over.
SPECIAL. !!
? Several choice drivers and family broke ?
harness horses. j
Ten (10) smooth young mules.
South 3 Carolina Rust Proof seed oats, the
heaviest on the market, 65c per bushel.
ck Co.