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?XRE CHIEFS EV COUNCIL. Recommend Tax on Insurance Com panics to Provide for Families o? Deceased Firemen. Columbia.. October 25.-Every fire department of importance in South Carolina was represented at the meet? ing of the fire chiefs today in the ni ty council chamber. The chief subject of' discussion was the bill which it is proposed to present in the State Legis? lature at the next session, which will provide for a payment of two per cent, of all premiums taken by fire insur? ance companies doing business in South Carolina Tbe money tims ob? tained, as it is obtained now in every State in the country except four, will be used for a permanent fund, provid? ing benefit tor sick and disabled fire? men, and for the widows and children of those who die in the service. The officers of the Association are : Louis Beb ret:. Charleston, president: M. Greenwald, of Spartanburg. vice president; F. G. Austell, of Union, vice president ; R. S. Hood, of Sum? ter, secretary ; T. O. S.- Dibble, of Orangebure, treasurer: J. A. Miiikin, of Columbia, statistician. It was voted to send President Beh? rens and Secretary Hood to Roanoke to the National Association of Fiie msn meeting there next year. It was vot?d to hold the uext meet in at Georgetown next May, thoach in? vitations were received from Geors towu, Anderson. Sumter and Beaufort. Oklahoma ana Statehood. \. According to mythology, Minerva had no . childhood, but sprang full armed, a vigorous yoang woman, from the bead of Jupiter. Oklahoma , is the Minerva of the States. With ber.iaere was no period of slow settle? ment. Ou tbe day that ber borders were opened to the settler she sprang i full-?edged, a vigorous young com? monwealth, into the.Union. And on * the day that Congress admits her to Statehood she will take rank with the foremost of the Western States. Her population of a million and three hundred thousand.-which is the combined population of Oklahoma and Indian. Territory, according to the annual report of Governor Ferguson for the year ending June 30,. 1904, it is probably somewhat more than that cow-will place ber in advance of at least twenty-one cf her sister States, several cf them among "tbe original thirteen. Not counting Texas, only two States west of the Missouri will be her equal in number of people Kansas and California. In old New England, three. States,-New Hamp? shire, Vermont, and Rhode IsIandT -could be Combined and still not con tain as great a population as this new commonwealth in the West wiil have on the first day of its Statehood. ; Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the while system when entering it through, the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi? cians, as the damage t;hey will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer? cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Kali's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chenoy & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. The seven commerial, industrial and agricultural associations cf Cuba have unanimously passed resolutions asking a new and permanent commercial treaty with the United States. They are opposed to the Anglo Cuban com? mercial treatv through fear of retalia? tion by tbe United States. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. ?Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless imitations have similar sounding I names. Beware of them. The gen- j uine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a j yellow package. Ask for it and re- j ufse anv substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. Du- j i ant's Pha-^Tiiacv. CirajEPWE?. Some Sumter People Have Learned How to Get Kid of * Both. Back?ene aud kidney ache are twin brothers. You can't separate them. . And you can't get rid cf the backache until yon cure the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and stiong, th* rest of tw*- -ysteni is pretty sure to be in' vigoron* health Doan's K'dnfy Pills make streng, healthy ki rev*. E.McC?oud.fanner, residing ou the out? skirts of sumter says: "Both my wife and I used Donn's Kidnev Pills procured at Dr. A.. J. China's drug store, and obtained a lot of benefit from them. I thought it must bo- the climate which did not agree with us or the water, for we never had the backache until we moved here some four years a-.ro from Pennsylvania, but we certainly have had it since. The secretions from the kidneys were Irregular and much too frequent in action, especially at night when our resi was much disturbed. Since we used Doan's Kidney Pills neither of us has had the backache and the action of the kidneys became natura! and normal and our rest is not disturbed at night. Doan's Kidney Pills are t he best rem? edy that ever came into my house." Ker sale by all dealers. Prier 50 cents. Foster-iKlburn <<>.. Buffalo. N. V*., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other. 35 COTTON GUESSING. An Estimate of the Size of This Year's Cotton Crop. A local cotton man who is somewhat gi ven,to statistics made an estimate a few days ago on the forthcoming g in eera' report, fie took the precau? tion to write his estimate down for comparison with the censos bnrean re? port when it should be issued. His estimate was as follows: "Basing the ginners' report in Sumter county as an average of tbe entire' cotton belt? the report should show the total number of bales ginned to Oct. 18th, 4.878,062.? ? The census report issuea Wednesday gave the following figures 4,940,78. The local cotton statistician now makes tbe following guess at the total cotton crop. Taking Sumter county as .the aver? age, he calculates that, on the same basis as the census bureau report, Sumter county had ginned 52 2 per cent of the ".rop up to Oct. 18, and for the entire cotton belt 51.4- On this basis the total crop of 1905 will be 9,612,311. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. (terns of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading;. Tbe Sea island cotton planters' asso? ciation bas applied to Commissioner of Immigration Watson fer laborers to work their farms. The Farmers Cotton Warehouse of Laurens has been reorganized. Mrs. C. C. McMillan, of Cope, Oraugeburg county was burned to death Tuesday. Bamberg has voted to issue $15,060 in bonds to build an electric light plant. -.. Dr. Oscar Nelson of Wcodc?iSF, N. J., has arrived at Clemson college and assumed his duties ss assistant veter? inarian. Will blueshirt bas been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in tbe penetentiary. J. F. ^5dc?4iister, a merchant of Williamstouv.~bas been bound over to the U. S. Od#rt for sending a don to a debtor on a postal card. He use? strong tannage,* but not threatening or defamatory. A bnsiue?s man may send a financial stammen on a postal card without- violating the law but he must say nothing that would injure the credit or standing of the debtor. TO TUNNEL THE CAUCASUS. . Czar Considers a Great Engineering Feat. A St. Petersburg dispatche to The Chicago Record-Herald says: The first project laid beore the Czar after the close of the war was a giganttie scheme for bdildiug a tunnel through the Caucasus, under the present military Georgian road running from Vladivo? stok to Tifiis. This will be the big? gest thing of its kiud ever attempted and the costliest. The total length of the tunnel will be thirty-two mih-s. one section of fourteen, another cf eighteen miles. The mountain will be entered just in sight of the peak of Kazbek, to which, according to lend, Prometheus was chained. "Within sight of Tifiis the lines crosses the River Rion, the an? cient Pbasis, up which Jason and the Argonauts sailed in quest of the Gold? en Fleece. Prince Khiifcoff, Russian minister of ways and communications, is v%armly advocating the project which is re? garded as certain, the assent of the crown alreadv being given. The tunnel will cost -$50,000,000. Tbe stiategic ad? vantages of the ??ne are enormous, for by it, it will be possible to move troops from St. Petersburg to the Persian frontier in seven days. - ? Prince Khilkoff bas opened negotia? tions with a group of Swiss banks for financiering the work Cherokee Tin Prospects. j Capt. S. S. Ross bus transferred his tin mine at Gaffney to a company who ; will operate it"under the management of Professor Hidden, distineushed as a ! mineralogist. Near ois former resi? dence about two mdes from Gaffney, Captan Ross has found another tin depost on the surface which is quite promising. L. U. Campbell, who is an expert in mining bas secured a tin mine near Kings's Iviountain and he proposes to develop it at once, lt is probable that paying vet ns will be j reached before che midcilr of next j summer. Sluggish Liver a Foe to Ambition. *You cannot accomplish very much if your liver is inactive as you feel dull, your eyes are heavy and slight exertion exhausts you. Orino Laxa? tive Fruit Syrup stimulates the liver and bowels and makes you feel bright and active. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and very pleasant to take. Orino is more effective than pills or ordinary cathartics. Refuse substi? tutes. Durant's Pharmacy. The London Spectator echoes the in? dignation with which Poe's exclusion from the so-called Hail ot Fame was greeted in this country. In tho current issue, the Spectator says : "The pre? ference of Whittier to Poe's is remark? able if literary genios is to le taken as a test of merit, and it >eem< to indi? cate that character is regarded as an indispensible passport to the Hall of Fame, which in thar case would more ! truly bc styled the hall of Worthies." Son Lost Mother. ?"Consumption runs in our family, and through it 1 lost my mother.*' writes E. B. Reid, of Harmony. Me "For the past five years, however, on tho slightest sign ol cough or cold, I have taken Dr. King's New Discov- j erv for consumption, which has saved : me from serious lung trouble." His j mother's death was a sad loss for Mr. Reid, but ho lcarnedd that lung trou? ble must not be neglected, and how to cure it. Quickest relief and cure for coughs and colds. Price 50c. and $1. Guaranteed at all druggists. Trial bottle free. 1 THE CLANSMAN." A Comment by the Rev. Dr. Eisas Upon the Performance as Given at the Academy of Music Charleston. To the Editor of The New? and Courier : I am not a South Carolinian by birth, but have lived lons enongh in South Car Jina to be imbued with something of the sentiment of a South Carolinian. My acquaintance, too, with the history of ?South Carolina is neither small nor is it unsysmpathetic. I am phlegmatic in temperament and not easily roused by matters of purely historical interest. Nor do I care to rush iuto print with my own opin? ion on current events. Occasions, however, do arise when those who Lave opinions should express ttew. Such au occ8siou is the performance of "The Clansman," that will linger as an unpleasant after taste for many days to come. With the historical accuracy of m the play I am not- concerned, and * the capacity of the actors is not within ray province. The play itself, how? ever, it seems to me, deserves the weightiest word of protest. Were it produced in the North, which cannot or will not understand the attitude of the South on the negro problem, it would be bad encsgb, bat its produc? tion in the Soutn at; this time is nothing less than a calamity and its author a public enemy, who ought to be promptly proscribed. As I stood, watched and listened I asked myself: What good can come of the presentation of such a play as this? To th se who lived through the pitiable times or the late sixties and the early seventies, the horrible pic? ture of last night was merely opening old wounds and rubbing them with salt-in sooth, a brutal and revolting performance. To those too young to have witnessed tho.;e scenes the effect could only have been demoralizing. Living in the S?rth, I have natural? ly given some thought to th*1 negro problem. This problem is literally going to solve itself. He must be bilnd to the mest patent facts who does not see that the white man in the South is,-a? be has ever'been, the negro's best friend.. The unpar? alleled progress of the negro in the South, - his .vast accumulation of wealth, tb? enterprises J^e success- 1 fully conducts and the mnuy useful occupations in which be is engaged is proof enouerh that the white man bas done ais.full duty to his former slave. The negro is yet. however, in a real sense, tbe white man's burden, but if he continues on the lines laid down by those who bave studied him at first hand, and who know him best, making himself competent industrially and economically, then alone will he develop the highest possibilities of which he is capable. Not in polilical equality, as Dixon teaches, lies bis present hope-for the negro cannot be allowed to he,a factor in the politics of t.he' South today-and the best minds of bis own race see this clearly enough. Were it possible to alienate the sympathies of the white man from rbe negro, however, such a play as "Tbe Clansman"' would he marvel iouslv effective, for snob an appeal to race passion and race prejudice has rarely been made upon tbe boards. Compared with "The Clansman," 'UncleTom's Cabin" pales into i' sig nificance. One may really regret that the das s of the dramatic censor are over. What is tbp play intended tn teach? Dixon proclaims biros-If a man with a message tc the people of the South. To whom is his message directed? Is it to the negro? Surely aoi", for there were none in the audience as far as I could see. In truth, it seemed to me that tbe Flay might most appropriately have been presented before an audi? ence of "negroes only"-the message, then, might nave bad some meaning. Is it to the white man if so, what is his message? Is it that the white race is going to rule in the South and that the negro ^an never hope for social equality? Is this tbe marvellous message of Dixon? Do we need him for that? Dixon thinks that we are asleep ; it is surely he who is dreaming. Or does he perhaps want to show tb* depth of degradation to which it is possible for beiugs in human jform to sink, as illstrated by the coffduct of the North after tbe war? If so, be bas done bis revolting, werk well. But Dixon would scarcely acknowl? edge this, in view of tbe fact that his play is to be presented in the North after the feeling of the South has bepn sounded. An advocate of law and order, I am free to confess that when 1 witnessed the sc* nt; of trie election day cn the stage, saw the horrible possibilit?s so graphically depicted possible fortunately, however, only in the frenzied mind of a Dixon-I could not bul feel that any mea*ur*-s were justifiable in the South, in spin cf a hundred amendim; ts of the Con sti tution. Sitting through thc dreary perform? ance the impression was irresistibly born*: upon me, tbat this Dixon is nothing but a cheap dramatic fiend, who has seized the opportunity of prostituting the little crude talent he possesses ter the sake of winning gains quite incommensurate with his deserts, and who before many moons have passed, will be consigned to the limbo of everlasting infamy where he bslongs. Bai.lett A. Elzas The September production of gold at thc Rand is officially annouced at 4H?,48? fine ounces against 4^S,;"3bl fine ounces in .August and 419,005 in July. Value of tue above esrimate, reckon? ing ono fine ounce at $21.25, is $8,850. 349, p.s compared with S9,1''*,4S0 in A?onar. s?r.d SC,C32,53ti in September a year ago. Prior to the Boer war the high record of Rand productions was 88,604,000, in August, 1S90. Xo Case of Pneumonia on Record. i *We ?lo not know of a single in? stance where a cough or cold resulted in pnemonia oj- consumption when Foley's Honey and Tar had been ? i taken. It cures coughs and colds per- ? j fectly, so do not take chances with ? sonic unknown preparation which may contain opiates, which caus<.n- I istipation. a condition that retards re" covery from ;i cold. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any substi? tute offered. Durant's Pharmacy. Insurance Grafting. A writer in Collier's Weekly com? piled some interesting figures show ing the salaries paid che officials of the Dig insurance companies, together with the salaries paid the leading gov? ernment off?cails. Some startling -comparisons are shown. For instance, Richard A. McCnrdy, president of the Mutoal Life, gets a salary of $150 OOO a year. His son R. H. McCnrdy, the general manager of the company drew last year in salary and commissions $121,800. The two McCurdys together got $271,800. The governors of the fifty-one states and territories draw salaries amount? ing in the aggregate to only $240,000. John A. McCall, presiednt of the New York Life, gets a salary of 8100, 000 a year. Paul Morton, the new president of the Equitable, gets 880, 000 a year. His predecessor, Alexan? der, got S100.0C0. The president of the United States, the vice president, the members of the supreme court and the chiet justice, all combned, draw in salaries the sum of $243,000 a year. The president of the United States gets $50,000 a year ; the chief justice of tha supreme court SIS,000; the vice president $8,000; the senators and congressmen 85.000 each. Collier's Weekly sarcastically ob? serves that this shows "how much greater men it must take to run an in? surance company than to run the Unit? ed States." Why Oil Kills Mosquitoes. "Mosquito larvae, or wrigglers, as they are termed, require water for tneir development. A heavy shower leaves standing water, which when the air is full of moisture, evaporates slowiy. Then, too, the heat favors the growth of the micro-organisms on which the larvae fe?d, wrigglers found in the swater forty-eight hours after their formation will have plenty of food, and adult mosquitoes will ap? pear six to eight days after the eggs are laid.. Clear weather, with quick evaporation, interferes with the devel? opment of the wigglers, so that a sea? son with plenty cf rain, but with sun? shiny, drying weather intervening, is not'good mosquito weather.' "Inasmuch as a generation of mos? quitoes appear to torment man within ten days, at the longest, after the eggs are laid ; as a batch laid by a female mosquito contains from two hundred to"four hundred eggs; as from each egg may issue a larva or wriggler which in six days will be an adult mosquito on the ~ing, it is to the destruction of the larvae that at? tention should be directed. The larva is a slender organism, white or gray in color, comprising eight, segments. The last cf these parts is in the form of a tube, through which the wriggler breathes. Although its habitat is the water, it must com? to the surface to I breathe, therefore i's natural position is bead down and tail, or respiratory tub*3, up. Now, if oil is spread on the surface of a pool inhabited by mos quito larvae, the wriggler* are denied access to the air which they must have. i Therefore, they drown just as any other air-breathing animal would drown under similar circumstances." -Country Calendar. Increase in Coffee Consumption. The per capita consumption of coffee in the United States, according to figures collected by the D-partmet-t of Commerce and Labor, is 10.79 pound a year. Holland is the only country that exceeds this amount, the per capita there being 14.^9. In tea drinking, Great Eritain leads with 6.OH pounds per capita, the United States showing but 1.30. "Roughly speaking." says tho report of the department on this subject, "between two-fifths and one-half cf the market? ed coffee of the world is taken by the United States. Another fact worth mentioning is that the rate of con? sumption of coffee and tea. wherever they have become part cf the popular diet, tends to increase continaally. Taking only those countries the statis? tics of which show considerable con? sumption of coffee, such as the United States. Germany, United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, France and Aus? tria-Hungary, we find that the com? bined consumption in these countries has increased almost 60 per cent, in tne past ten years, as compared with ! an increase of population of about 30 per cent. In the United States the total consumption bas almost doubled io quantity, while the per capita con- | sumption has increased nearly 27 per cent." Pea Fed Pork. "The cultivation of the lowly field pea in the San Louis valley is said to have solved the problem of profitable pork production in Colorado," de clans the Denver republican. "Jt is declarea that a drove of more than 450.000 hoys can be fattened .in that district, and it this prove* true it will add to the agt ieuiturai wealth of the state a sum exceeding 8h\0u0,000 annually. Already large shipments > >nto the valley have bten made from the northern part of the state and the Arkansas valley. The animals wiil be turned into the pea fields and will live practically wild until spring, j when they will be ready for market. ! Scarcely any attention will be re- ? j quired for them beyond seeing that they have sufficient .vater. ? "This introduction of the bog in dustry on such a large sale will stim- j ulate the raising of pork all over the j state. In conjunction with the field pea the sugar beet has been found to I be a wonderfully fattening food, be? sides making the flesh firm and put? ting the animal in first-cla?s shape for the market. Alfalfa also i9 discovered to be an exceptionally good food, but it is not all sufficient. "Tbe hog industry can .bo made a great, addition to Colorado's Wtalth if it is carefully and scientifically fol? lowed up. Under the prevailing sys? tem of railroad rates, the marketing of the animal is assured. Rates are so adjusted that the Colorado hog can enter into competition with its por? cine brother which has reveled in the ? orn of Nebraska and Iowa and other states to the east. It is declared that the flesh of the Colorado iiog is firmer j and that it makes the very finest kind of meat. "Hog raising will in no way inter? fere with the present agricultural acreage. It will nor injure the sugar- j beet industry, nor potatoes, nor gain. | On the contrary, it will tend to in- j creake the?.??, as the pig can he fed beet I pulp and tops nr-: Minali potatoes, ami will serve in cleaning up the fields." ? "Arbor Day Celebration." Friday, November 3rd, will be Arbor day. Hon. O B. Martin, State superin- : tendent of education, is trying to get all of the schools in the State to ob? serve the day properly by planting ; trees on the school grounds or in j 1 other public places. Nearly 300 of the teachers who attended the State Sum , mer school signed the following : "I hereby agree to become a mem? ber of the South Carolina Association for tue Improvement of Rural Schools, and also agree to do at least one thing for the material improvement ol at least one school during the coming year." In a letter to school teachers issued recently, Supt. Martin offers some suggestions and urges all teachers in the State to work for Arbor day. Articles of incorporation for the Pacific railroad have been filed in the State of Washington. The road, with a capitalization of $3,000,000, is projected from Seattle to Wallula. The Darlington- correspondent of the News and Courier states that the jug trade has already grown to large proportions since the dispensary stock was sold out. In Time of Peace. *In the first months of the Russia Japan war we had a striking example of the necessity for preparation andi the only early advantage of those,,, who, so to speak, "have shingled their roofs in dry weather." The virtue of preparation has made history andi given to us greatest men. The indivi? dual for any emergency. Are you. prepared to successfully combat the first cold you take? A cold can be cured much more quickly when, treat ed as soon as it had been contracted: and before it has become settled int; the system. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is famous for its cures of colds and it should be kept at hand ready for instant use. For sale by all Druggists. The conviction of ex-Congressman Murray, the former political leader of his race in this State and a land owner, upon the charge of forgery is a striking evidence of the capacity of the negro to imitate the wite man all along the line, in high crimes as well as petit offenses.-Winnsboro Herald. Pfodt?ces a Keen Appetite ? * and Will Make You Eat Anything SI. 00 everywhere Sample bottle free _ ^^mmmwm9^B-mmmMmmamU Checkers Medicine Company, Winston-SAlec, N. C. raman ?mM?ffl^Ti*TiinnTiidlli^ W. A. BOWMAN, Prest. CW. BOSBIHEB. Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Banking bile Company, uixitei*. S. G. ^^"^Capital Stock $50,000^a**&> Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ers and Fanners9 Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest; cash or time prices on all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers' Supplies, And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking t Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d dcor from the PostofiBce. Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY ! MORPHINE I CIGARETTE ALL DRVC AM) TOBACCO HABIT. j HABIT. ? HABIT. HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady st., (or !'.<>. 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