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THE GEX. SU3ITEK TABLET. Thc Unveiling of the Memorial Tablet in the Washington Street School iii Honor of. the Revolution? ary Hero. A large audience was assembled at the Graded school building at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon to witness the impressive ceremonies attending the unveiling- of the memorial tablet to Gen/Thomas Sumter. The presentation address was made by Miss Edith De Lorine, who spoke ] as follows: Sumter's Home Chapter of the daughters of the American Revolution presents to the graded school this tablet to the memory of Gen. Thomas Sumter. Among the objects of our national order, as set forth in our constitution, are these: 1. To perpetuate the memory of the . spirit of the men and women who achieved American. independence by the acquisition, and protection of his? torical spots, and the erection of mon? uments, by the encouragement of his? torical research in relation to the Revolution, the preservation of the records of the individual services of the Revolutionary soldfers and pa? triots. 2. To afford to 3*oung and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American, citizens. , 3. To foster true patriotism and love of country. With these ideals before us, as a matter of course, the first work which we determined to underi?ke was the erection of some memorial to the hero in whose honor our chapter was named.. As it was not practicable to place this memorial at his grave, we decided to erect a mural tablet. The question then was, wt tere this tablet should be placed, and we .believed that in order **to foster patriotism and love of coun? try/' no better place could be found than the walls of the Graded school, where it would serve as a daily ob? ject lesson in patriotism to the hun? dreds of children who here learn their country's history, and with these ob? jects in view, we now commit this tab- j .Jet to the care of the superintendent ? and trustees of the Sumter Graded hool. Following Miss DeLorme's address, little Miss Beatrice Sumter, a great rgrand daughter of General Sumter, unveiled the tablet. Then, in behalf of the Graded schools, Professor S. H. Edmunds in a speeeh of glowing elo? quence, thus accepted the. gift : Ir- accepting for the schools this tablet.to memorialize one of the great -est of the Revolutionary heroes, I wish first to fehcKate the Daughters of the American Revolution on account of the disinterested partiotism that prompts this presentation. Ac organization whose object is the 'perpetuation of that which is great, noble and good deserves not only rec? ognition but commendation and it gives me pleasure to have this privilege of extending to your chapter my con? gratulations, personal and official. The purposes of your organization revealed by an occasion like this appeals srong iy to those who would not have their heroes die. Says Horace: "Many he? roes lived before Agamemnon; but they are long since dead and consign? ed to oblivion, because they were without a sacred bard to immortalize their fame." Agamemnon's fame will never die, as long as Homer is read, and the glory of American heroes will never fade with an organization such as yours, for you have decreed that as long as time shall last, these he? roes shall live in story, song and stone. As the superintendent of schools I accept with thanks and appreciation this marble tablet erected in honor of one in whom Sumter should feel a vital interest. He. whom we memorial? ize today has given us our very name -a name that is an harmonious blending of sound and suggestiveness and is a source of daily inspiration. The children in reading each day the name of G?nerai Sumter, the Game? cock, will catch something of that in? spiration that the greatness pf the past may give and will leam that it is their duty to make the city that wears the name of this hero worthy of the great? ness embodied in. the man and pictur? ed on this simple slab. For , the thoughtfulness that prompts this presentation, for the se? lection of one of our school buiralngs as its repository, for the lessons it .conveys, and the inspiration it may ?furnish, I thank you. Major Marion Moise, "the silver tongue orator of the Game Cock coun? ty, nest delivered an impressive and eloquent historical sketch of the life of the great general for whom our ?county and city were named.. The tablet is very beautiful in de? sign, and is an attractive addition to the interior of the school building. May many more similiar memorials, .commemorating the memory of the heroes of our state, adorn the walls of our school buildings to inspire the youths of Sumter to greater achieve- j ments. The tablet is inscribed: Thomas Sumter - ! Major General in the War for Amer can Independence. On account of his fighting qualities, surnamed the Came Cock. 1724-1832. This tablet is placed by Sumter's Home Chapter. D. A. R. 1904. Thc Making of a Beggar. Money should never be given to street beggars," says Theodore Waters in "Six Weeks in Beggardom," in Ev I erybody's Magazine for January. "The danger of giving the unfortu? nate money off hand is that you may i force him . into the ranks of professional beggardom, I know * of one man who until a year ago owned a profitable little 'fruit shop in a side street far down town. One night, having locked up the shop and being ready to start home, he found himself by, accident without money to pay his car fare. "He stopped a man on the street and asked him for 5 cents. He got it so easily that h? determined the next day to tell the story often and get manyTiickels. He did so and the prac? tice became BO remunerative that de? spite his wife's pleadings and protests he sold his little shop and became a regular beggar." Win Edit Confederate Column. Major Jno/W. Danie,, United States senator of Virginia, has accepted the editorship of the '"Confederate col? umn of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. ... The Times-Dispatcc, in making the announcement, says: "In writing his narrative he will deal in facts, and net in fiction. He will write history, and he will tell the simple truth, 'nothing extenuating, nor setting down aught in malice.' " The Ideal Cup of Coffee. _ - Realizing that coffee is the Dever age of the great majority of people b?ih rich and poor, and that its qual? ity and its influence upon the human sj-stem depend to a great extent upon its mode of preparation, the agricul? tural department has decided to de? vote much time in the coming winter to ascertain the best method to pro? duce an ideal cup of coffee. A chemi? cal expert who has made the subject cf coffee growing and making a spe? cial study will be employed for the lurpose. it is the contention of the depart? ment that the production of a cup of good coffee depends more upon th? way. it is made than upon the grade of coff?e bean employed. Not only will all the known methods, of ouh.ee making be employed- in tire ex l?eriments, but scientific measures will o* used to determine with the utmost exactness the effects produced upon the coffee bean from the time it -'eaves thc plantation, through the process ot roasting and grinding, and Jastly, m the brewing of the beverage. What promises to be a most interesting ieat ur?? of the experiments will be the t^-sting of the method employed in the western part of Sumatra of using the leaves of the coffee plant instead of the berries. The method in vogue \\\ Cuba of making coffee by cold wa *.<v infusion, though supposed to e.'.minate the undesirable tannie ?l?? ment, has been found by the depart? ment expert to contribute in reality Mttle or nothing to that effect The precess employed bv the celebrated ci-v'ee makers of Paris, Vienna and Constantinople will be used, in so far GS they are known. It is a recog? nized fact, however, that some of these adepts possess secret methods v.hich they, will not diclose as. for instance, the famous Egyptian coffee maker of the King of England. Panama on a Gold Basis. The currency agreement between the United States and Panama which was signed last June, but which has just gone into effect, puts Panama on a gold basis The monetary unit is a bal? boa, a gold coin of 1.672 grams in weight 10900 fine.. The present gold dollar of the United States and of Panama at their .nominal value equiv? alent to a balboa. It is not intended at present to .coin a balboa, but if they should ever be coined they will be in pieces of one, two and a half, five, ten and twenty balboas. The silver coins have an alloy of .0900 of pure silver and..0100 of copper, and are called the peso of one-half balboa; half, fifth, tenth and twentieth of a peso. For the purpose of carrying out the exchange of the silver money now in circulation in the Panama Republic, the president has been authorized to have coined and issued 3,000,000 pesos. In ord^i to guarantee parity of the silver legal tender money with that of gold, the Panama president is directed to depos? it with a seponsible banking institu? tion of the United States a sum in gold equal to 15 per cent, of the issue. J. P. Morgan & Co.. have been selected as the depository of this sum. Paris. Jan. 10.--The international ? commission which is investigating the Dogger Bank afhair resumed its de? liberations thi.s morning at the foreign office. The question of proceedure has ? not yet been settled. Aiter a short j session the commission adjourned un- \ til tomorrow afternoon. BLOODY BATTLE AT JOLO. American Forces Have a Serious En? gagement With the Moros. Manila, Jan . 10.-Word reached Manila today of an engagement on January 8 on the Tsland of Iolo in which Lieutenant James J. Jewell and a private of the Fourteenth cavalry were killed. Second Lieutenant Ash? brook of the Seventh infantry and R. C. Richardson of the Seventh cavalry, with Captain Halstead Kory of the Fourth infantry and several privates, were wounded in an engagement with the rebels. Moro fortress, where the fight occurred, was taken by the Americans and demolished. The West Leads the East. Mr. Norman Hapgood, writing in Collier's for December says: In some ways the west pilots the east. It is more democratic. It does actually, in Mr. Bryan's oratorical phrase, care less for the dollar and more for the man. The successful pu rifying political movements are most? ly in the west The new note of poli? tics is struck there; the moral note, newspapers like politicians, reflect and emphasize that tone. I asked one of the mosladmired statesmen?>f the country why the Hearst papers had a hard time getting any influence in such a city as Chicago, whereas they undoubtedly possess great influence in New York. His reply was that the other New York papers were so un? democratic that the poorer classes, and especially the laboring men, read | the American and the Journal be? cause in them alone could they find their side represented. If, he went on, the other papers were fairer; if they did not have .convulsions every time the market dropped a point; if they were not, consciously or unconscious? ly tuned by Wall Street-then the la? boring men would read them, as they read the Tribune, the News and the Record-Herald in Chicago, and feel no need of a violet organ of agitation and distortion! The lack of democracy in the true sense, with the little d, was shown when the newspapers first bullied Judge Parker into sending his gold telegram, and then wept hysteri? cally on his. shoulder for his valiant deed. The election told the story. The people answered the gold telegram in Missouri, in the state of Washington, in Minnesota, in Wisconsin and all along the line. They did not vote in Missouri for free silver. That, they knew, was dead. They did vote for the demcoratic Roosevelt and against the plutocratic Parker, and the news? papers and politicians who were his dictators. Their instinct was correct They responded to the democratic tone and feeling, not to the Democrat? ic label. Russian Soldier's Gallant Deed. A remarkable incident of one of the Port Arthur fights is here de? scribed, says the Chicago Record Herald. During an attack a Japanese officer was shot and lay a whole night in a trench. In the morning a Russian soldier entered the earthwork and be? gan to examine the dead. The soldier himself was bleeding freely, one of his arm having been severed. He speedily found the wounded Japanese, examin? ed his injuries, took him in his arms and carried him to the Japanese trenches, where both received a joyful welcome, and the wounds of both were cared for. The story is vouched for by Mr. Villiers, the English artist, with the Japanese army. From Cradle to Grave. The stork disappears and we look into the cradle and behold a male child, says the Lockwood (Mo.) Times. After running the gauntlet of measles, mumps and chickenpox he enters school. At the agc of 10 he is a red? headed, freckle-faced boy and the ter? ror of the neighborhood. At 12 he is an apprentice in a printing office^ At 18 he has acquired two cases of long primer and an army press and is the editor of a country newspaper. At 20 he is married. At -30 he is bald-headed, stoop-shouldered and the father of a large family. At 35 he is a corpse in a cheap pine coffin,-and as 500 delin? quent subscribers file past his bier for th? last look they are heard-to say: "He was a good fellow, but he cpuld not save his money!" An agreeable movement of the bowell* without any unpleasant effect is produced by Chamberlain's Stomach and liver Tabl? et?. For isle by all druggist*. Chicago, Jan. 12.-With a despera? tion bordering of fiendishness John Miller, a restaurant keeper, thib morn? ing shot and slashed his wife and two children. Martha and Mary, two and a half and one year old. respectively, with a razor and then fired a bullet into his own breast, and at the same time cutting his throat. Miller's wife and two children are dead and Miller is in the hospital in a dying condition. It is said that this tragedy is the ter? mination of a long debauch by Miller. Spoiled Her Beauty II rri,.i. Hnw-'d, of 2< ?) W. :. 4'h Rs Now ? Yo*k nt one time had uer b?ant:; epoilrd with - kia i!.?.'!? 1J. She write?: UI had s.ilt^ rneurn rr ecze:oA lor yrara, f ut nothing j ?or;ld onr" ir,uotti I VKert Bec-* 1er.*? Arnica I Salve*' A qa?efc &nA SM?-" h-ui r ?ir cuts, j '.Mi: BO i s'i:c-. ai J. 3'. '.v. Deforme. : J ?? loro. Senator Pettus Assists the Aged. ?Senator Pettus of Alabama and his ?rood wife are atout to celebrate in Washington the sixteenth anniversary of ".heir wedding. The senator :-; a rugged, active man, who, although not so young as he used to be. io yet young; enough foi all practical pur ocses. It was a year ago that the senator, one of that pecculiar species of states? men, like the late Hannibal Hamlin, who did not wear overcoats, was am? bling along Philadelphia avenue when h? saw an old lady floundering nbout in the snow after having alight? ed from a street car. The senator gallantly escorted her to the sidewalk whereupon she thanked him and said: "I hope, sir. that when you are as old as I am you will find those who are willing to assist you when in trouble." "Thank you, madam," said the sen? ator. "I hope so, too. But how old are you, may I ask?" "Sixty-four, sir," was the tremulous reply. "Ah!" said the senator, "I am 82," as he lifted his hat and ambled alor?. Senator Pettus will be 84 in July. i4Wait T?l l Get You Home/* She was an intelligent, cultured, motherly looking lady, a good church member and a teacher of a Sunday school class, but she looked in well simulated amazement at the street car conductor when he passed her back fourteen cents in change for the quar? ter which she had tendered. "Yes*m--one fare and two-half fares," explained he. "Two half fares?" she murmured questioningly. "Yes; that boy's more than five years old." ' "I am seven years aid," volunteered the youngster in question, as if he , thought his testimony would straight? en matters out. His mother flushed perceptibly, but woman-like she would have the last word. "I never paid for him before. "Oh, yes, you have, ma," quoth th3 terrible infant, very anxious now to establish his claim of being a big boy. His mother settled back in her seat, her face the battle-ground of emotion. But the boy spoke again: "Quit nudgin* me!" His mother whispered something in his ear that settled him. ' 11 ? i i Bee-Keeping Doctor and Lawyer. There is a doctor out in a Chicago suburb, who hates to see anything wasted. The suburb is'not thickly built up, and next to the doctor's house last summer was a luxuriant field of sweet clover. He watched it spending its sweetness on the desert* air until he could stand it no longer; then he bought ? hive of bees. At the end of the summer he had forty pounds of honey, twenty of which he has distributed among his friends, leaving twenty for the bee's winter supply. Besides being richer in honey, he has added a number of new inter? ests to his life. He heartily recom? mends bee keeping as an antidote for the hurry and worry and nervousness that is the unhappy lot of too many workers. A young lawyer in the same suburb began bee keeping several years ago. Then he bought an incubator and raised chickens. Finally he spread out to melons. His side lines .interested and amused him, but he never thought of taking it seriously until he caught a bad cold, which lingered and grew worse and worse. He consulted a doc? tor, who told him that he had had as much Chicago climate and confining office work as he could stand; he must live an outdoor life or none at all. Most professional men would have been at a loss what to do under such circum- , stances. This one bethought himself of his side line, bought a farm in Michi? gan, and is now keeping bees and raising chickens and melons on a large scale. The side line is the proper place for experiments. It is also sometimes the only thing to fall back upon. A Sensible Farmer. From the Chester Lantern. Mr. W. H. G. Castle, of Blackstock, runs the small cotton acreage system independent of cotton growers's con? ventions and resolutions, and if all pursued the same policy there would be no cotton to burn to keep up the price. On his own individual farm this, year he planted only four acres of Cotton, which made three bales, and one of th three acres failed of a stand until so late that it made but lit? tle. He is going to run another plow next year but will add only seven acres of cotton for it. He also made over 60 bushels of corn on an acre and a half. When he gathered the corn, he cross-harrowed the land with a disk harrow, cutting up and plow? ing the stalks and peavines into the ground. Mr. Castle's theory is that conventions and resolutions do not limit acreage but individuals can. Euffalo. X. Y.. Jau. 10-Four pump? ing ompanies are out of service as the result of the steamer Massasoi run ning against the intake of the Buffalo water system. Buffalo is almost with? out a water supply in the elevated sec? tion of the city and a water famine in the city Is on. If fire were to break j out "the result would doubtless be dis- j astrous. The disablement of the pumps deprives the city of SO.000.000 gallons water daily. i f?ttert' ASfORlA Tbe Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made nuder his per J?* sonal supervision since its infancy* i'Co?cA?A? Allow no one to deceive yon in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and** Just-as-good9* are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health ot* infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CAST0RIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil? Faze? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant? It contains neither Opium., Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is ito guarantee? It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness.. It eures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic? It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency* It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels? giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Hie Kind YOD Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC eSNTAUft COMPANY, TT KURRAY STREET, MEW TONK CITY. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGARETTE j AUL. DRUC AlfD TOBACCO HABIT. J HABIT. 1 HABIT. j HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C? 1329 Lady St, (or P.O. Box|75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicit?e AN OPPORTUNITY. We are now offering the magnificent plantation known as Shady Side, containing 750 acres, situated 3J 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. I WHITE & MCCALLUM, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, PHONE NO. 143. Mch9-ly STOTTS ??< S. C. OFFICE NO. 18 S. MAIN ST. The First of the Season. A choice |car? load of horses and mules just received and need sell? ing. Among them are some extra nice drivers, some good smoothe, full made work horses and a few nie? mules. All young and sound. I will appreciate^ look from you whether you are ready to tray or not. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. OUR SECOND Car horses and mules due - to arrive Friday Oct. 14th. Bought in St. Louis, at the World's Fair, conceded to be the largest horse and mule market in the U. S. If you want a good selection see this bunch before they are picked over. SPECIAL. Several choice drivers and family broke harness horses. . Ten (10) smooth young mules. ^ South Carolina Rust Proof see'd oats, the heaviest on the market, 65c per bushel.