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Is one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. jjf^-evivify the torpid LIVER and restore its raturai action. A healthy LIVER means pure blood-m. Pore blood means health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute. All Druggists. oney to Loan On Cotton. Four per cent inter? est, compounded quar? terly on savings de ?j^partment. IF. SUMTER SA? BANK. G. A. LEMMON, President. L C. STRAUSS, Vice-president. GEO. L. RICEER, Cashier. ^100,000.00 Capitol. TIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav ? ing approved the increase of the Capital -ft of this Rank to $100,000.00, depositors now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders1 Individual Lia? bility, - - - \00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - ? - 25,000 00 otal Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NAT?0NLA BANK 11% CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this Interest allowed on deposite to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS* ?r A. J. CHINA, President. T NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, a A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. BICKER. R. L. ET MUNDS, Cashier. E. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. lu MoC?)iuoa, D. J. Winn, Jr. _Oliver L. Yates._ ^ TA'o promptly obtain ?. S. and I^igT^ ?jfcfc ijsecd model, s?e?ch or photo ci invention loi ^ free report oa patentability. ?or free book, f < Opposite ?. S. Patent Office y J^^^^^^f?^ DES?CKS ^rfvf^* CeFyRIQKrS ?c. Anvone sending r. Kfcetch and ?ftrfcrlnt?ori may qaic?r?r ascertain ov? opinion ire? v.M?t!ior ai' i?7eni.ir.u is v.robnbiypjaeritable. Curr.run:i;.r:> ttocs5tricil''<k<?nrt'l<-nt??L Handbook on Patents sent i roc OM'iSt agency for aecuri-v patents. Patents taki-n throajra Munn ? Co. receive y tpcda? nutiec, vif hoot cbar??e, in Ibe -Aband.?oTnc!v Sh?*r??Wl weekly. I>7rest cir jol?ici o? any ..U?C Journal. 'JVi:';s, $3 a yenr; iecr months, \l. Solu byail niiWt?ieaieTs PATENTS ? Promptly obtained or no fee. Write for our CONFIDENTIAL LETTER before SDX?yniS for patent : it is worth money. We obtsia PATENTS THAT PAY, ?nd help inventors to success. wi Seed model, photo or sketch, ar.d we send ?gIMMEDIATE FREE REPORT OW PAT t H ENTAS IL ?TY. 20 yeara'practice. Regis Pestered Patent Lawyers, write or come to f fins at 505-507, 7th St. WASHINGTON, 0. C. SHHH *+, BB. J. ?. H?YHSWOI DENTIST. IO02 N. Main Street, over Knight's Book Store. Hours 8 to 2.30 ; 3.30 to 6. Phone 210. ANOTHER RAILROAD. John Skelton Williams Takes Hold of the Carolina and Northern. Columbia, December 6.-The Sec? retary of State issued a charter today to the Raleigh and Charleston Rail? road Company, which has acquired the old Carolina and Northern, extend? ing forty mijes between Marion, S. C.. and Lumberton, N. C. The new con? cern is capitalized at $850,000. John Skelton Williams, of Richmond, Va., is president, Howard Si Graham, of Philadelphia, is vice president and ?. T. Williams, secretary and treasurer. The only Charleston member of the directorate is Lawyer W. C. Miller. A two year old child of Mr. Har? mon Thompson was run over and killed by a train on the Blue Ridge railroad near Anderson Thursday morning. In Mad Chase. * Millions rush in mad chase after health, from one extreme of faddism to another, when, if they would only eat good food and keep their bowels regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills, their troubles would all pass away. Prompt relief and quick cure fer liver and stomach trouble. 25c at all druggists; guaranteed. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss cr strength, nervous? ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all. due to indigestion. Kodol cures indigestion. This new discov? ery represents the natural juices of diges? tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy cures all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood, W, Va., says: " I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years. Kodol cured me and we are now usine it in milk forbaby.,' Kodol Digests What Yow Eat Bottles only. $1.00-Size holding 2lA times the trial she. which sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. C. DeWITT & OO.. CHICAGO. For Sale by all Druggists._ TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office in Court House building will be open for the collection of taxes, without pen? alty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusive, 1905. The levy is as follows: For State, 5 1-2 mills; for? county, 3 1-2 mills; Constitutional School, 3 mills; Polls, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. Z, 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2 mills. 50 cents capitation dog tax. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1906. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb? ruary, 1906. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, for 15 days in March, 1906. T. W. LEE, County Treasurer. October 5th, 1905. R. B. BELSER. R. D. EPPS. Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Phone 309. SUMTER. S. C. Harby Bldg MEYSHONEMAR Cures Golds; Prevents Pneumonia Land Surveying - I will give piompt attention to all calls i for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides ! draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages [ Titles, Probating, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S., j Oct 19-o Catcha?. S. C. DeLORflE'S I PHARMACY, 23 South Main St. * j Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p. j m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. ni. j Having consolidated my two stores, ? will be pleased to see ali my customers at the above j stand, where I am better pre- ! pared than ever to serve them, j Your prescriptions will be; called for and delivered. ? Phone 45. Full line of Drugs, Garden 1 Seed and Cigars. Your patronage solicited. Call bell for night work. .tops tl*e co^x?ix and Heals ltinge COLLEGE CONSOLIDATION. ; Superintendent of Education Makes Radical Suggestions. Columbia, December 5.-State Su? perintendent of Education Martin will in his forthcoming report to the gen? eral assembly have something to say on "Fossilism in Educational Work.'* j He takes occasion in this chapter to reiterate his advocacy of consolidation and that the State needs one great university. He says: "The trustees of schools and col? leges have an enromous task to keep the faculties fresh and vigorous, and prevent the work from running into ruts and becoming commonplace. There is no profession in which a man may drift so easily into the habit of mere perfuctory repetition as that of the teacher. He must work, he must study, he must travel. We should never object to granting a leave of ab? sence to an instructor or a professor who desires to visit colleges in other parts of the country or of the world, and compare his methods and his thoughts with the methods and thoughts of others. In fact, I think it would be a good thing if college trustees could spare the time to visit colleges in other States occasionally. All of this tends to keep the work up to the times, and thereby offers sources and instruction which are vig? orous and virile. I would not be mis? understood as conveying the impres? sion" that I think old age and fossilism are at all synonymous. Far from it. T know of at least two men in this State above four-score whose thought and work are always interesting and bright. I know of some young mea who have been doing the same work from year to year without much study, without much thought, and who, dur? ing that time, have not widened their horizon by seeing the work of mas? ters in their lines. Their last year's work is worse than the first, because at first the more novelty of the sub? ject gives interest. This interest is de? creased in an inverse ratio. This is a deadly fossilism, which is very ex? pensive to the pupils. When such fossilism prevails in an institution iv causes a pall upon the entire influence of such an institution. A great re? sponsibility here rests upon boards of trustees and all others, directly or in? directly, in authority. "It is common talk that such condi? tions exist in some of our institutions and that there are strong tendencies to develop the same conditions in others. It does seem that if interest? ing and progressive work were yept up at all times it woud not be neces? sary for a board of trustees to declare all the chairs in a college vacant, as the Citadel board did last summer, to take effect at the close of the present session. I have no doubt but that tho, legislature will, in the next few years, reorganize our system of higher edu? cation. It may take a considerable amount of talk in the newspapers, on the hustings, and in the legislative halls, but it must be done and it will be done. It occurs to me that now is the opportune- time. As I have already stated the financial obligations be? tween the Citadel board and the fac? ulty terminate at the close of t'.?is ses? sion. The superintendent of the Cita? del reports that the Citadel is old and that the doors and window facings are warped and cracked with age, tem? perature and climatic conditions. Some of the friends ^of the Cit? adel are urging the legislature to ap? propriate money to buy the police station. I believe that it would take at least $50,000 to buy that prison and put it and the Citadel building in first class condition for school work. There is no question about the fact that if the legislature of South Caro? lina persists in maintaining so many colleges the expenses will grow heav? ier and heavier. Consolidation means economy, and it leads to efficiency. South Carolina needs a modern uni? versity. The great State universities of recent days provide business courses and commercial courses, which require the same amount of 'study as the classical courses. They provide strong courses in pharmacy, law and medicine. The need of a first class law department is patent. If you want evidence of that fact get the catalogues of the State universi? ties in this part of the United States, and see how many South Carolina boys are enrolled in them, to say nothing of the great universities of the North and West. "Some time ago I accidentally met on the train two young men who were going to Virginia to study law. I asked them why. They said: 'We would gladly study law in South Carolina in order to keep in touch with South I Carolina people if the law courses at i the South Carolina c d'.ege compared favorably with the law courses where ; we are going.' "The legislature of Florida, at its last session, consolidated six colleges in order to form a State university. A '. very few years will show the wisdom . of that act. They will offer a variety ?and richness of curriculum whici. could not be offered in the smaller and weaker schools. They will unify their people. They will have an in? stitution which will compare with the great institutions of the countrj-. Hereafter their appropriations will be consolidated. They will maintain but one set of administrative officers, and the whole organization will con? duce to efficiency. Even in the mat? ter of athletics, which the college boy at least regards as ve: y important, the large institution has the advantage of the smaller. That was impressed on me during the Slate Fair. The A. and H. College of North Carolina se? lected a team from a student body of 600. South Carolina College selected a team from a student body of 300. The score was 29 to 0. That score shows the reason for athletic supre? macy, and the intellectual, literary and scientific supremacy of a great State university, compared with a i. small college, may be indicated by a similar ratio. I am afraid that the legislature is disposed to commit too much to the management of the va? rious colleges without investigation. There is a tendency to shift responsi? bility. It is all right for trustees and facutly to take the management of a State institution, but the larger and j broader questions of educational pol? icy must rest with the law-making body. King of All Cough Medicines. *Mr. E. G. Case, a mail carrier of Canton Center, Conn., who has been in the TJ. S. service for about 16 years, says: "We have tried many cough medicines for croup, Jut Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy is king of all and one to be relied upon every time. We also find it the best remedy for coughs and colds, giving certain re? sults and leaving no bad after ef? fects. For sale by all druggists. City Schools. It is a matter of interest to know that iu October 1895 there was an enrollment in the white school of 296 pupPs: the same mer tb I9ft,5 there were in the white schools o?:0 pcp-'ls: an increase i ti ten jes rs of 373 pupils. For Cracked Hands ?Rough skin and cracked hands are not only cured by Dewitt's Witch Ha? zel Salve, but an occasional applica? tion will keep the skin soft and smooth. Best for eczema, cuts, burns, boils, etc. The genuine Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve affords immediate relief in all forms of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Sold by all druggists. The agreement to close the stor< s at 7 o'clock all nights except Satur? day and on Saturday at 10 o'clock, se.Hms to he rnwre honored by the breach thais the observance. The First Requisite of Beauty. *The first requisite of beauty is a clear complexion. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup clears a sallow blotched complexion, as it stimulates the liver and bowels, and the eyes become bright and clear. You owe it to your friends to take it if your complexion is bad. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is very pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Durant's Pharmacy. The postoffice receipts cf -iuroter are increasing more rapidly at present than ever before. The fiscal year ending next summer promises to be a record breaker for the Sumter Post office. Xo Opium in Chamberlain's Congi: Remedy. *There is not the least danger in giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to small children, as it contains no opium or other harmful drug. It has ?.n established reputation of more than 30 years as the most successful med? icine in use for colds, croup and Whooping cough. It always cures and is pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. Cough Remedy] The Children's Favorite -CURES Coughs, Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. Thin remedy is famous for its cures over a large part of the civilized woild. It can always be depended upon It contains no opium or other harmful drug and may be given as con,-dently to a baby as to an adult Price 25 -ts; Large Size, 50 cts. G. R. BARRINGER, DENTIST. OiTice over China's Drug Store. . - Phone 350. Office hours-S a m. to 1 p. m : 2 p. m. to 5 30 p. m. See our Mammoth line of Stoves and Ranges, High quality and right prices. P. S-All parties holding keys to money box come in and try them. Out eep the By buying one of our many styles of Beautiful Heaters. They are great fuel savers. Come and see our large stock of Cook Stoves and Ranges. We have the right prices. PARKER, SMITH, LEFEVER, FOX, 1 I Y I J GUNS. And a large assortment of other makes of Guns that should please the most fastidious.; hunts? man. Use our celebrated Paint : De ! voe, New Era and Hammer, and \ wear a continual smile of satis? faction, ware to. --TO All points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, via Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets for the public will be sold at one and one-third fares plus seventy-five cents for the round trip on December 22, 23, 24 25; 30 and 31, 1905 and January 1, 1906, final return limit January 4. Tickets for students and teachers will be on sale from De camber 17 to 24 inclusive, with final return limit January 8, 1906 upon presentation and surrender of certificate signed by superintendents, principals or presidents of the various colleges. H'or further information, call on your nearest ticket agent or write W. J. Craig, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. On account of Christmas Holidays, Southern Railway will sell tickets from all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio rivers and to St Louis, Mo., and intermediate points at rate of one and one third first class one way fares, plus twenty fiv" cents for the round trip (minimum rate 50] cents.) Tickets to be sold December 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th", 30tbt 31st, 1905 and January 1st 1906, with final limit January 4th^, 1906. Tickets for Teachers and students of schools and co'leges will be sold December 17th to 24th, 1905, with final limit Jan? uary 8th. 1906, upon presentation and surrender of certificates sig ed by superintendents, principals and presidents of the var? ious institutions of learning. For further information, apply to any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. Brooks Morgan, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. - TO THE^^ MERCHANT : If you haven't Red M factory~we will supply you dfre^ ^^^^^ TO ANY CHEWER of tobacco who will cut out and mail us this adveriisemf?rt.wc will mail him a card which will entitle him to one 5c cut of Red Meat Tobacco FREE at any store handling this brand. K*;:::':ictured Only by Liipfert-Scales Co., Wins * QJ^Sal? jj"^^-? -?maim--w.?.??? mwrnm ? ---w^-?.?????.-- .-l Omi. '