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WP What the President of the Schaefer Manufacturing Company, the Largtsst Manufactory of Cocaine, Strychnine and Other Deleterious Alkaloids, Says : I BB i z:rr~irr-. r-y-r --r MB 3K83 This is to certify that I, Dr. Louis Schaefer^ President of the ; analysis of the obtained sample, using the best knowledge of not a trace of Cocaine, which has very pronounced char* Sh - MTT Alkaloid Works,, Maywood, IST J,, manufacturers of j my long experience in chemistry of alkaloids to isolate thej ac:-eristics, could be detected wTeine, Cocaine and Strychnine and other Alkaloids, have, ? a??a]?ids of the sample. I found the sample contained a small ! ^ne a?ove experiments prove, to me conclusively that the m request from the Coca-Cola Company,, bought a sample j percen?age of Csfftme, which is the alkaloid of the Cocoanut j Co?a-?ok T % Coca-Cola Company, does not ?o? Coca-Cola liquid in the open market for the purpose of j which ak) ^ ?n qua?tities ? ?ea leaves ?7ld co{fee. beuns j contain S, trace of Cocaine: analyzing the same with the view of ascertaining whether the j 0utside the Caf?ine ? could not isolate any other alkaloids ? ! (Signed) . BR. L. SCHAEFER, syrup contains Cocaine or other deleterious alkaloids. j especially directed my effife? to the detection: of Cocaine. For! Acknowledged before me this eleven-th day of March,. I On March 7th, 1901 Invent to the drug store of J. Miihau^^ . j made ated fractioi)al extractions of the total ^v?: 19W. Son 183 Broadway. INew York City, and ordered a pint oil T . . .. . [ 1X . T origil Coca-Cola syrup. I obtained a bottle, which the drug-1 ^abids obtained.from the syrup. I narrowed the tra?ons (Mgned) ALBERT PRENKEu, gist as erted was taken from the original cask. I winch should contain all the Cocoaia&e of tne samp??, if there j Notary Public, I ; nade during the 8th, 9th and 10th ot March a thorough ] was any present,, repeatedly down, to lind that in each case-that \ No. 68. Kings Co, New York. tronga/ij-iuK w?KiK--rv.ro:w.rM.VBUi^^ ? ;: ii?tem aili) jad?to WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IO, I9?6. The Ju?iiier Watchman was founded 1850 -?.i. I the True Southron in 1S66. T 'vfaicltv-.ato and Southron now bas the coi hmed reola tioii and izL?aence of both ifciee aid pape: s, and is manifestly the be - ?^Ycniilng metfrom in Sumter. Theodore Price has renewed h fight on cotton prices and in anticipa lion of the Cotton Growers' Associa lion r/.c-eting in . New Orleans has is -sued a broadside consisting of cotto Jes and specious arguments t ; create the impression that there i pow e. surplus of cotton in sight and Recrease in consumption, owing: t high prices, a foregone .eonclusior 3dr. Prices'' bearish tactics may hav ?some effect on the sp?culative market Tbut the cotton growers have the sit lotion well in hand. They own th? ^surplus cotton, if there is a surplus M men authorities equally as reliabb as Mr. Price dispute, and they are it ^position to reduce this year's crop t< jj^jeh an extent that there will be ? ^fi??t. The price of cotton really nrake? :" .:le difference t^the manufac? turer ir. ;he long run, fof they inereas* of the xn&sufactr?.re<i pro ?iently IQ cover the addec ;tton and leave them a big: gia The South can better a-f ; ?y high prices for cotipe ^oods th stn to sell the raw cotton at jgjfervation prices in order that the bal? ance of t he world may be cheaply S&td. Mr, Price's advice to cotton grow J s is gratuitous, if not altogether geiflsh, . .d his object is very probably own the price of^potton so manufacturers may make even greater profits on the contracts they- have sold ahead on v the basis of J2 ip ?0 cent cotton,, * * * . >artanburg correspondent of v and Courier makes the fol jfowing - iservation: "The election of a cb ? ;ostice is attracting some at rjion vp this way amongst the law ? intelligent laymen. Several r;awy- skilled in the law, with, clear Jioznpn honsion and with ab?lty to write their decisions in concise and : : st /. .able l?nguage, have been mentored in a quiet way in connec? tion with the office." There are, no doubt, at least, "several lawyers, skill . :. : law" in South Carolina who ir; --xii respects qualified and pet feci?y .. ailing to write concise decis the Supreme Court. If Chief ^pe is to retire or be retired, .11 be more lawyers than the ?dei ' term "several" implies after feia ; - i, and their names will he ->!'.>: ?d quitely and otherwise be v election is over. We believe, how-; . in special training for special also in promotion for merit, 'ore we suggest that in the event Ch retirement of Chief Justice Pop.- : e the retirement voluntary or forced, one of the circuit judges bc pro:: ?ted. The experience gained oy years of service on the circuit bcncli .ost poi?:ole training for a Su? preme court judge. Eesides there Ls net nuch risk as there is in select? or:? : iwyer who has not proven hi* ' to fill a judicial position ac ; /. The bar of the State have bao jortunity to form a fairly cor rect imate of the ability of all the eircui: judges and to be able to say which one would make the best Chief Sj Jus*/ e . * * The >umter Item reproduces the ed * ftriai of The News and Courier ?dvo -t eating legislation prohibiting the use 4n Sou:h Carolina of other than safe? ty matches, and this is a sign that The .. Item . ;ews the suggestion with favor. We .-..<h that The Item and other South karolina papers would give this important matter the attention that ii undoubtedly merits. If laws pro? hibiting the manufacture, importa? tion, i e and use of matches that will friction with other substances --* V,n-v xviii ?fl VP tr? t Vi o ; State hundreds of thousands o? doi ! lars each year, should not such raws j be speedily 4pacied?-News and Cou i rier. j The News and Courier is correct. I The Item does heartily endorse the ! suggestion that the legislature enact a j law prohibiting the sale and use of [any save safety matches. Such a law j would, if enforced, prevent many fires j and would go a long way toward re j habilitating the reputation of the. Long i suffering rat. * * * The charges made by Mr. Means/ for many years clerk, of the Sinking Fund Commission, against Secretary of State Gantt, call for a. very search? ing investigation. As Tillman, was wont to remark in the stirring days of '90, "There seems, to.be some thing rotten in Denmark..'" * *? * Congress is spending, so much: mon? ey on irrigation in the arid West, on building roads intthe Philippines and on getting ready to. begin digging the Panama canal that there is none ieft for river and harbor improvements at ; home, or for public, buildings.. It is an old saying that charity should begin at home, and we believe that congress should apply the same rule, to- the ex? penditure of p?nbric money for m^v.r*. improvement. * * *' j The legislature esonyeasd ort \ Tuesday ami will adjourn; forty ways thereafter. We trust, the combine! wisdom o? the law makers will be equal to the practical solution of all of the important matters, that must come up for settlement at this session. <? * * / The dispensary investigating com? mittee will unquestionably afford Sen-- jj ator Tillman the fullest and freest!; possible opportunity to tell all n& knows of "collusion" and all other forms of graft in the State dispensary, when the proper time arrives. We have every confidence in the honesty i of purpose, -..horoughness and good j judgment cf this committee and if tho legislature will only back them up and give them the power to require witnesses to testify, the investigation will be a real investigation before they get through with it. Director John Bell Towill, who informed the com- ? mittee a few days ago. that he was eager to dance to any- music the com? mittee might furnish, will also be giv .en the chance to <jut the pigeon wing the gin rickery and other fancy ? steps he may have learned since he ? abandoned the Y. M. C. A. for the G. ! M. I. * * * Governor Heyward's annual message ? which was read in the General As- j sembly is a comprehensive, but j not voluminous document. We pub- j I Va it today in condensed form to ac- j commodate it to to our available space* j The extracts given cover thc most im? portant features of the message and contain the recommendations that are of most general interest. The part of the message referring to the dispen? sary system will undoubtedly arouse the antagonism of -those people and newspapers that have been clamoring for months past for the summary de? struction of the entire system root and branch by means of the Brice law or any other instrument that could be made available, and we are awaiting with interest the criticisms and com? ments that will follow. It goes with? out saying that The Daily Item has no adverse criticism to make on Gov? ernor Hey ward's views for the reason that they are in entire accord with the position we have maintained and the views we have expressed from time to time. We believe that the dis? pensary system is theoretically the best method yet devised for the regu? lation and control of the liquor traf? fic, and that the only reason that it has not been more satisfactory in praictical operation is because of the men who have been in charge of its administration. Honest men can be found to manage the business ,and in? stead of a machine for graft produc? tion it oan be made a s vs tem for the j control of the liquor evil, it is to be . I hoped that Governor- Hayward's sane, ? j conservative and. reasonable views will \ j have their influence oa the members j j of the legislature. The message as a j ? a whole is worthy of careful reading, i i ' The legislature can do no better than ; to adopt his recommendations. * * * Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, says ! he is a candidate for governor. He may j be the sort of man soma people want j for governor of. South. Carolina, but j he is not our ideal. Newberry has the j distinction pf furnishing a w sird as- ! sortment of office-seakers, two ot j whom, Blease^ and A. C". Jones; cannot be duplicated! in thear Ees3?edive pe? culiarities. Col. John. Bell Towsll: w?EB atoando:* the dispensary - for a?, goedr Job with the Armour: Packingg Company. He has at lasti. reached* yeaara of discre? tion. He would have- been: wiser to have kept ant of t?e; d?s?ensairy/ alto- - gether. SHOOTING IN. LASCASTEK. .Lascaster, Jan. ?:-J? Hasei Wither? spoon, i&e popular manager of the Lancaster Mercantile Company, of which Gol. Springs i* president, was ?ahgerefcs?j shot today hf Tf-i. E-. S. j Mc?pw, a pr?oticrog p&v?krias ->f Lac causer. The cifSiraity occurred in ; front of the compacts store and tbej particulars as learned by yonr corres-i j. pond^s&t are a*>cnt as? follows : i Mt. Witaes&poGn standing talk-;, ing to Mr. Samuel Roberts, a farmer j froia whom, he had jost bought some j cotton, wb^n Dr. McDow walked np.J and asked 3ir. W?iherspoon something?! about the company's refusal to semi j bim a lamp which he had ordered.. Mr. Witherspoon replied that Dr. McDow i had not treated them right about a. baby carriage, referring to a previous I rnattar. Dr. McDow strnck at Mr. j Witherspoon over the shoulder ot Mr. f Roberts,, who was standing- between. then-, knocking off Mr. Robertas hat. ? W. MJPB. Brown, a clerk in the store, ran tip and strnck Dr. McDow, knock- j ing kim down. As the 12octor arose be j began shooting with a revolver, which i he had drawn, firing three shots. Two ? of the bullets struck Mr. Witherspoon* ojie in the body, ente-ring the lungs, andi the other hitting him on the wrist. One bullet struck Mr. Brown on the finger. Mr. George Beath, manager of. the. Heath-Jones Company, and others ran up and stepped the shooting Mr. Heath placing himself in front of Mr. Witherspoon and begging Dr. McDow not to sheet bim again. Dr. McDow was arrested ana taken to jail by Sheriff Hunter and a policeman, the sheriff having first disarmed the'Doc? tor, who had two pistols. As soon as a conveyance conic be ob- '?? tained, Mr. Witherspoon was carried to his borne. In addition to local physicians, he is being attended by : Dr. Pryor, of Chester, and Drs. Fen- ! nell and Stevens, of Rock Hill, the ; latter having beer brought to Lancas- ' ter on a special train. Th's physicians regard Mr. Wither- ; spoon's condition as biting extremely : critical. They say thct there is some hopes for him, however, if pneumonia ? does not set in or an abscess term ? around the bullet, which, they think, i lodged in the lungs. The shooting has caused intense ex citemeot here. Mr. Witherspoon is one of tue most popular young men in Lan? caster, being a universal favorite, and ! the entire community anxiously awaits j tidings from bis bedside.- Ne wa and Cornier. I MONEE TO LOAN. On farming lands, long time, no commission charged. Borrower pays actual cost c . perfecting loan. For furthe- information address John 15. Palmer & Son, 1 3 6m Box 2S2, Columbia, S. C. Makes Kidney and Bladder Bight HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggs?s A Busy Medioine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constination, Indigestion. Live and Kidney Troubles Pimple, Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad Breath, Slue^ish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rookv Mountain Tea in tab? let form, 35 cents a box. (jpnuine made by HOLLISTER DRUG COMPANY, Madison, Win. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE for childrenf ?afrn, ?ur?. J?o opiato? 2ZFO&T OF C?:t??EX03i O? TUE Farmgrs' Bank w? Tryst ?y OF SUMTER, S. G. ? For Quarter Ending; Bee. 3!, !9??;. j SSSO?K?2S. Loans ans? Discounts, Real ?*rate Furnia ? anil Fixtures* Overdrafts- Secured ULOI Un secured r Ca^h ora has('r. Cash It3cc<! and in otbM San?s, LIABILITIES. Capita Li Sfoefe paid in i TJndivicJ?d Profit?*, Due to Itenks and Baa4?rs= IndividaE* Deposits, su&jeefc to-'Sieeks $234,7877 33 j 1,901 24 j <S.4Ii> 38 \ .8Q& 34 M $6o,ooo oaf . 7,20? 45 H 7.5.13.23 t 24S?324 I? Ll $323.371 $7 ! S I, Bw 1- Sol mur dB, .CSSBM?T of the above f . camed Bank, do solemnly swear that the- ; * above statement xs tresa- to tba best ?fr raj i 1 knowledge and belief. j B. L. HS>MUNDSy Caa&tec. ' <? Subeeribedand s warn to, before JQ?J t?as . the 2?d day of Jan. 33*58.. 1 GEO* lu BICKEIV Notary Public, & C Carrect Attest:: ? C.?. BOWL?.NU Pres*. j R.J. BLAND. ? Jan. 2. ' Directors. I ? am aaam ready to fill your orders*for early an/l Inte varie? ties ot: Cabbage Plants. They are grown in open air, near salt water, and will ssand hard cold without injury. Prices $1 per 1,000 ; larger the lots, smaller the price per 1 OOO. Speeial in? ducements to dealers. W. F. GASS, 12-20-2M ME6GETTS, S. C. i THE "BOSS" COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST, STRONGEST. BEST THE MURRAY GINNING SYSTEM Gins, Feeders, Condensers. Etc. I GIBBES MACHINERY CC Columbia, <S. C. 1 1 1 z THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLEE (Improved) Tho strongest, ibe simplest and most economical of all Stump Pullers. Try it before you pay for it. Guaranteed to pull your stumps or no pay asked. Be sure vou write us before you buy else? where. Write for Free Booklet giving terms and prices. \ THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER COMPANY, {Johnston S. C. Mention this paper. 10-11-x WBOSKEY, MORPHINE and oth? er DRUGS, and nervous diseases treated. Charges more reasonable than oth? er like institutions. $25.00 per week pays for treatment, remedies and board. Results absolutely the same. Address for particulars, THE CAROLINA SANITARIO!, Greenville, S. C. Or Dr T, O. Corbett. The- fertilizer season is now upon us, and ev dry progressive farmer is calculating his re? quirements. We have alway? advised small, acreage and liberal, fertilization* as we believe it the-safest and most economic; policy to adopt,, md? particularly at season liise the one upon, whick we are now entering, on account of the* seriousness of the? labor situation- Owing, to. >ur extensive association with farmers, we aavean excellent opportunity of judging; ret? raits* and our observations have convinced us ?hat small acreage in cottoaa, with plenty of jrain, both well fertilized, yields best results. Iiis unnecessary for us t? take up space in idvocacy of the superior brands of fertilizers ?ve handle. They are the sam$, <as we have leen selling for ten years, and as some of the argest and most progressive planter? in this md adjoining counties are our patron^ that is sufficient. A well pleased customer ist e best advertisement any business can have. Already we have made some large contracts* md we observe a growing disposition to buy Jae higher class of goods, and we want our xiends to know that the factory we represent* ind for whom we are sole agents in the county* mil make for us any grade of goods for which ?ve have demand. There is no material change n the fertiliser situation as compared with a fear ago, and considering the difference in the price of cotton, farmers have cause to rejoice. We have every reason to believe we will/Sell ill of our old customers, but in. making our contracts we provided for some nev/ ones, and ;hose who have never tried our fertilizers, will io well to inquire from their neighbors, how hey were plaasQd with them, then sse us ts to prices. Wishing all our Mends a Prosperous. New fear. On February 1st, Durant's Pharmacy will give away a hacd ome Gold Watch worth $40.00, or its equivalent, to be se ecteci at Folsom's Jewelry Store. The watch will be awarded to the person who guesses near? est the number of seed contained in the big pumpkin now on exhibition. A disinterested committee will be appointed to cut the mmpkin vrid count the seed the day the contest closes. With each five (5) cents purchase one guess is given. Ask br a 1 'Pumpkin guess" ticket, and record one guess for each > cents you spend. Durant's Pharmacy. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OTT TUTT! Ti A TT V TTT?T\T WTT T p.T?JT(-?TT