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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 ' f TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. SOO FREE SOO?^0?1T' 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 . ""^Klnul arid *;I-!T Grniiln?. &l?~lA :"T C?I1<;:I?:ST5 :; s ENGLISH >i "'v J^th *!w>rivoli, 'i ; j.,, ?trier. R<-fufte Tv? >?Hpw? Mi!Ki;'t.i!un? end JralUi I / T!} 1 --.-ir -t T"i' ..?.?CS--X. cr -s t .*??. >c i rf *. ..??!..? f. r t*??~r-. Kr . Testimonial:; I V ?ti t "Relief r-tT Lu.?<<.?."tn letter, t.* re. --\^ _ ?urn V.?II. I4MX.O --ci >n:?!i. Soil i>t - *;i P-.-.rv .. C!iu-f.<-terChemical 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. This popular remedy never fails to effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising from a Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion Thc natura! result is good appetite and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant? ly sugar coated and easy to swallow. Take ?o Siibstitute.?-^ THE ONLY AGENTS THE COUNTY THAT WILL INSURE YOUR TENANTED 0?UN TRY PROPERTY. j Let us protect your | Ihome for you, COTTON AND GIN INSURANCE IN THE BEST OLD LINE COMPANIES. J FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT IAND HEALTH :NSUEANOE.&f The Sumter Insurance Agency, Sumter, S. C. AnslO iv F.K.Ho!man,il.D. OFFICE No. 124 North Main St. ( > F Fl CE / S:.VJ co io:oo a*, m., 1 [( JURS. ? 6xo to j:oo p. m. House telephone 114. Office tele? phone 345. < I 'i. !.'. "JIM. 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 g ^??~~z?L.B I ror Infants and Children. ??!^f?R?|jTh8 Kind You Have ?k^m?SM? Always Bough; m sirmia?ngtheFoodandRegula- m g % ling the Stomachs and Bowels of ? JjQarS tdLQ m I Promotes Digeslion,Cheerfur ness andRest.Contains neither Opium,Morplune nor Mineral. NOT ^?ARC OTIC SI Recipe of Old BrS?lfUEL PITCHER Pwtpfan Seed'" Mx.SairM. * Rockeil, S<dtS A?seSeed, ? Fbqxrmnt - BiCiirbannleSoda* ff?rntSffd' Clmifi?d Sogar I?dayreettTlavon Aperfecl Remedy fer Cons?pa ?on, Sour Stc>mach,Diarrrioea Worms .Convulsions feverish? ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature oF NEW YORK. ! -Afb months old EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! . I Bears trie / \ tl Signature /K^T Iv For Over I Thirty Years -VT rr\-t'T ~~ VPO'Y. KCW YORK C"TY. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGARETTE ! ALL DR?C AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. I HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 132'J Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited 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 / 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.