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What the President of the Schaefer Manufacturing Company, the Largest Manufactory of Cocaine, Strychnine and Other Deleterious Alkaloids, f V miljiii?i.MrttiMMMMWkwiiMiaiiiyMfw in'iii ii nuil III nm i MB3HB MM This is to certify that I, Dr. Louis Schaefer^ President of the j analysis of the obtained sample, using the best knowledge of? not a trace of Cocaine, which has very pronounced char Sh^ ^r Alkaloid Works,, Maywood, N. J.,.', manufacturers of j my long experience in chemistry of alkaloids to isolate the ? ac! eristics, could be detected Ca?eine, Cocaine and Strychnine and other Alkaloids, have, j alkaloids of the sample. I found the sample contained a small The :ibove experiments prove, to me conclusively that the request from the Coca-Cola Company, bought a sample | percen?age of Caffeine, which is the alkaloid of the Cocoanut,. Coca'C(>k ^ruP? as so d; ^ the Coca-Cola Company, ?oes not m Coca-Cola liquid in the open market tor the purpose of .j which also exists in quantities in tea leaves and coffee- beuna. Icontairi * traee of Gocain* ^aiyzm* the same with the view of ascertaining whether the j 0utside the Caffeine | could not isolate any other alkaloids I ! (Signed) . DR. L. SCHAEFER, svrup contins Cocaine or other deleterious alkaloids. ! especially directed my eff,h* to the detection: of Cocaine. For] Acknowledged before me this eleventh day of Ai arch,. Un March 7th, 1904, I?ent to the drug store of J. Mi^|tt? pose j made re Deated fractio??l extractions of the total ^ 1904. Sor. 188 Broadway. .New York City, and ordered a pint o?;./,.,,'' , _ - , , . [ ?Tnnnm. -n^rnnrn ferina) CoCH-Coia syrup. I obtained a bottle, which the drug-jalka?0lds obtained, from the syrup. I narrowed the irions (Mgned) ALBERT FRENKEL, as erted was taken from the original'cask. j which should contain all the Oocoaiase of the sample, if there j Notary Public, I ;oade during the 8th, 9th and lOih of March a thorough j was any present,, repeatedly down, to find that in each case that I No. 68. Kings Co, New York. I W?SNES&AY, JANUARY 10, 1906. The Jiwiier Watchman was founded in 2 55 ; s- i the 2V??<? Southron in 1866. The cm <n?<? Soufkron now has the cbm ?i?ecv rcuiation and influence of both of ihe old pape; s, and is manifestly the best *dv6rti?.iag medium in Sumter. H&" Theodore Price has renewed his z on cotton prices and in anticipa? ron of the Cotton Growers' Associa ?n n\meting in.New Orleans has is- ? ? . : . broadside consisting- of cotton j statistics and specious arguments to creare the impression that there is . a :- Arp!us of cotton in sight and a ease in Consumption, owing to high prices, a foregone'conclusion. .Mr. Priced'bearish tactics may have ' seme effect on the speculative market, but the cotton growers have the sit? uation well in hand. They own the surplus cotton, if there is a surplus, wu. ca authorities equally as reliable .as Mr. Price dispute, and they are in a position to reduce this year's crop to ,??ch an extent that there will be a HfeScit- The price of cotton really make? .'c:le difference t? the manufac? turer In che iong run, fojf they increase o? the . manufactured pro-j -V . iirHt?y to cover the added-j ; itton and leave them a big . The South can "better af ' t. ?y high pricer for cotton goods :h:?n to sell the raw cotton at ??rva?icn prices in order that the ba!-' ance of the world may be cheaply ?lsd. :?: . Price's advice to fcotton ; gratuitous, if not altogether geifish, c-.i his object is very probably; io M.. ;own the price of^jotton sol th ii the manufacturers may make even ter profits on the contracts;' ihey' hiv': sold ahead on ,the basis of to Z ?- . ent cotton. * * * ?The ? :>artanburg correspondent of the \ and Courier makes the fol- , ; ' ijitservation: "The election of z ct . . ustice is attracting some at fe&iio" p this way amongst the law intellisent laymen. Several SaVwycrs, skilled in the law, with clear :^or::;. . ;nsion and with ability ta write their decisions in concise and - : . able language, have been ZL>L~> or.^d in a quiet way in connec? tion wi rh the office." There are, no don'.-. .. 1-sast, "severe) lawyers, skill th ; law" in South Carolina who are ?11 respects qualified and pei liing to write concise dec?s te. ? . the Supreme Court. If Chief Julie" L ope is to retire or be retired, li be more lawyers than the rr. . . term "several" implies after ; ?, and their names will be ?d quitely and otherwise be fji?or^ . election is over. We believe, ; hov/-: .. .. in special training for special j > also in promotion for merit, c we suggest that in the event v of th? retirement bf Chief Justice - Pope ) e the retirement voluntary or .-forcvr : one of the circuit judges be ?d. The experience gained by C service on the circuit bench is th< -est possible training for a Su ] court judge. Eesides there ls I: hot sc nuch risk as there is in select ; lng : iwyer who has not proven his ca] ' to fill a judicial position ac cepti .7. The bar of the State have )ortunity to form a fairly cor r imate of the ability of all the c.- judges and to be able to say ?? which one would make the best Chief JuSt?Of. The Sumter Item reproduces the ed ?aris? of The News and Courier advo ; eating legislation prohibiting the use ia Sou:h Carolina of other than safe? ty rr. i - hes, and this is a sign that The Item views the suggestion with favor. We wish that The Item and other South karolina papers would give this important matter the attention that undoubtedly merits. If laws pro? hib? :vr the manufacture, importa? tion, sale and use of matches that will ?g ; friction with other substances - .p-ro*<?v. V^-v xviii ?flVP tr? thd .State hundreds of thousands of dol ?lars each year, should not such Taws ; be speedily -qnacted?-News and Cou i rier. j The News and Courier is correct, j The Item does heartily endorse the j suggestion that the legislature enact a j law prohibiting the sale and use r-i jany save safety matches. Such a law j would, if enforced, prevent many fires j and would go a long way toward re I habilitating the reputation of the. Long 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 something rotten in Denmark.."* * *> * Congress is spending, so much: mon? ey on irrigation in the arid "West, on building roads inutile Philippines and on getting ready to. begin digging the Panama canal that there is none left 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 public money for m^?ic improvements. ? * * . ; The legislature exmvested on | Tuesdr.y and. will adjourn forty days j thereafter. We trust, the. combine! wisdom of. 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? ator Tillman the fullest and freest possible opportunity to. tell all h& kno.ws of "collusion*' and all other forms of graft in the State dispensary, when the proper time arrives. We bax-e every confidence in the honesty of purpose, thoroughness and good judgment cf this committee and if the 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 j 1 eager to dance to any/ music the com? mittee might furnish, will also be giv? en the chance to -?sil the pigeon wing the gin rickery and other fancy steps he may have learned since he ? abandoned the Y. 3C C. A. for the G. ! M. I. * * * Governor Heyward's annual message which was read in the General As? sembly is a comprehensive, but not Voluminous document. We pub Vsh it today in condensed form to ac? commodate it to to our available space* The extract^ 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 haye 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 Heyward'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 praiclical 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 ran be made a svstem for the j control of the liquor evil, it is to be i hoped that Governor Heyward's sane, conservativeand reasonable views will have their influence ont the members of the l?gislature. The message as a I a whole is worthy, of careful reading. The legislature can do^ no better than to adopt his recommendations. * * * j Cole L. Please; of Newberry, say.% j he is a candidate for governor. He may j be the sort of man some people want j for governor of. South. Carolina, but j he is not our ideal. Newberry has the I distinction pf furnishing a weird as- i sortment of office-seekers, two ot j whom, Bleaseiand A. C. Jones; cannot j be duplicated^ in thenr respective pe- ! culiarities. j Col. John. Bell TOJBHE W?EB abandon the dispensary . for : a? good job with the Armour Packingg Gam-piny. He has at lasti reached* yean? cvf discre? tion. He would has?: been wiser to have kept ant of ' tSe.- dLsgensary alto? gether. SHOOTING BSE LA^SC?STEK. Lascaster, Jan. 6:-J~ Hasei Wither? spoon, ?jfce popa-lar manager of fcbe Lancaster Mercantile Company, of whicb Gol. Springs is- president, was dangerously Bhot today cy Br. Ei S. j McDow, a pr?oticr?s^ p?y-ici?n of: Ln:i easier. The d????slty occurred in : front ?f the compasas >i?re ?KO tbe particulars a?~ learned hy yrvtr corred ' pendent arc afcout as? fallows: Mr. Wlthesspoou &?an?ic<* talk-; , ing to Mr. Samnei Roberts, a farmer ; from whom, he had jost bought some cotton, wh^n Dr. McDow walked up.! and asked !3Lr. Witherspoon something? about the company's refuel to send1 ! bim a lamp which he had ordered.. M?. I Witherspoon replied that Dr. M'eDow i had not fcreate? them right ah'?ut a ! baby carriage, referring to a previous I ?matter. Dr. MeDow struck at Mr. Witherspoon over the shoulder ot Mr. Roberts,, who W88 standing between, their, knocking off Mr. Roberta's hat. W. M>B. Brown, a clerk in the store, ran u-p and struck Dr. McDow, knock? ing kim down. As the E?octor arose be began shooting with a revolver, which [ he had drawn, fixing three shots. Two ; of the bullets struck Mr. Witherspoon* cae ii: the body, entering the lungs, anti the other hitting him O?" the wrist. One bullet struck Mr. Brown on the , finger. Mr. George Heath, manager of the Heath-Jones. Company, and others ran up and stopped the scooting,. Mr. Heath placing himself in front of Mr. Witherspoon ?nd besting Dr. McDow ? not to sheet him again. Dr. McDow I was arrested and 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 uouveyanco conld be ob- '?, j tained, Mr. Witherspoon was cariied j to his home. In addition to local i physicians, he is being attended by ! j Dr. Pryor, of Chester, and Drs. Fen- j ; nell and Stevens, of Rock Bill, the j ! latter having been brought to Lan?as ! ter on a special train, i The physicians regard Mr. Wither- j j spoon's condition ss hiring extremely ; j critical. They say that there is some j i hopes for him, however, if pneumonia j ' does not set in or an abscess ?orm j I around the bullet, which, they think, i : lodged in the lungs. I The shooting has caused intense ex i citemeot here. Mr. Witherspoon is one j j of the most popular young men in Lan- j j caster, being a universal favorite, and j j the eut're community anxiously awaits j j tidings from bis bedside.-Isews and j j Courier. | MONEY TO 3?OAN. On farming lands, long time, no commission -barged. Borrower pays actual cost c t perfecting loan. For furthe- information address John B. Palmer & Son, 1 3 6m Box 2S2, Columbia, S. C. Bakes Kidney and Bladder Bight HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constinafion, Indigestion. Live and Kidney Troubles, Pimples, Eczema, Impure I Blood, Bad Breath, Slue?ish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let form, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER DRUG COMPANY, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE IOllTSnom^?4R for children? tafo, ouro? J?a opiato? j < IiEPO?T OF COSBmON OF THE Farin? M mi Mi ft? OF SUMTER, S. G. j For Quarter ?n?i?g;.?8D, 3!, 190-5;. [ RESOURCES. Loa-as ac? Discounts, $? 34,78-7" ti [ Real Estate $75- -30- \ Furnia s aad Fixtures* 1,95*1 :*4 i Overdrafts- Secure ULCL Un secure?,. 8,41A>;3S . Cash OE?hanci-, Cash Jt3m* a.r?d in oibaa B&n?s, 77.8?1.4- 34 r $323J32?SFJ LIABILITIES, t Capitalino?** paid in i $60.000- 00 [ U?divic&d Frofit?, 7,20$ ?5 j Due to (Petaks and Baa&srs 7 .SSS. 23 I Indivi?rsai Deposits, su&geefc to.?Wks 24&?24 I& j $323.314 $7 ! I, IL ?? mur dB. .(&sli?^r ?f1 the abo,**e> \ n ameci Bank, do solemnly swear that the- ' above statement is trna- to the best ?tm; j knowledges and belief. B. L, H3>l?CNDSv Cas&or. Subscribed-and sworn to, before JQ?? fc?s the 2?d daj of Jan. 3M& GE? I*. Ric KEE,, iiotaxy Public, & ?5. Qarrect Attest:: C.?. BOWLANEH Prest. J? SCHWARTZ;. I BL J. BLA ND. JaD. 2. i Dbectors. I ft tl g's f"i fe x'* ?5 ff? 1 ?llfll?lfii 2 3 H ? 5 5 n S ? S f ? 3 -- Sot?fo failli iii Hill f ULli ?U I am aaain ready to fill your orders^ for early hite varie? ties of Cabbage Plants. They are grown ia open air, near ?salt water, and will ssand hard eold without injury. Prices $1 59 per 1 "000 ; larger the lots, smaller the price per 1 000. Speeial in? ducements to dealers. W. F. CASE, 22-20-2M MEGGE7TS, S. C. THE "BOSS'* COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST, STRONGEST. BEST THE 10 UR RAY GINNING SYSTEM Gins, Feeders, Condensers. Etc. GIBBES MACHINERY CO. Columbia* <S. C. ^^^^^^^^^ I THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER (improved) j The strongest, the simplest and most I economical of all Stump Pullers. Try it ! before you pay for it. Guaranteed to pull your stumps or no pay asked. Be sure you write us before'you buy else? where. Write for Free Booklet pivin^ terms and prices. ! THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER COMPANY, ?Johnston S. C. Mention this paper. 10-11-x WHISKEY, MORPHINE and oth? er DRUGS, and nervous diseases treated. Charges more reasonable than oth? er like institutions. $25.00 per week pays for treatment, remedies and board. Results absolutely the same. Address for particulars, THE CAROLINA SANITARIUM, Greenville, S. C. Or Dr T, G. Corbett. The fertilizer season is now upon us, and ev? ery progressive farmer is calculating his re? quirements- We have always advised small, acreage and liberal; fertilization^ as we believe it ther safest and most economic;policy to adopt,, andi particularly a, season like the one upon, which, we sire now entering, on account of the> seriousness of the; labor situation. OwingL to our extensive association with farmers, we: have? an excellent opportunity of judging, re? sults* and our observations have convinced u? that small acreage in cottoai, with, plenty of* grain, both well fertilized, yields best results. It. is unnecessary for us to take up space in advocacy of the superior brands of fertilizers we handle. They are the sam$. <as we have been selling for ten years, and as some of the largest and most progressive planter? hi this and adjoining counties are our patron^ that is sufficient A well pleased customer is t e best aavei tisement any business can. have. Already we have made some large contracts* and we observe a growing disposition to buy the higher class of goods, and we want our friends to know that the factory we represent* and for whom we are sole agents in the county, will make for us any grade of goods for which we have demand. There is no material change in the fertiliser situation as compared with a year ago, and considering the difference in the price of cotton, farmers have cause to rejoice. We have every reason to believe we will/Sell all of our old customers, but in making our contracts we provided for some new ones, and those who have never tried our fertilizers, will do well to inquire from their neighbors, how they were pleased with them, then sse us as to prices. Wishing all our friends a Prosperous New Year. Ou February 1st, Durant's Pharmacy will give away a hand? some Gold Watch worth $40.00, or its equivalent, to be se? lected 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 pumpkin :*nd count the seed the day the contest closes. With each five (5) cents purchase one guess is given. Ask for a "Pumpkin guess'* ticket, and record one guess for each 5 cents you spend. Durant's AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OTP TUTTI DAILY ITEM TXTTTT ST>ra