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CD account of.jhe wonderful sale which Coca-Cola has
throughout the country, milch has been said concerning thi? de?
lightful beverage, regarding its properties, healthful and other?
wise. Some ardent temperance people have even gone so far
ss to cla:m that this soda fountain beverage contained alcohol.
These comments in some localities were of such a nature that a
lew of the city health beards, and in one or two instances, the
State board, and even some newspapers have taken it up. It is
gratifying to I now that this gre?t Southern drink has been able
?c snow a clean bill of health wherever it has been investi?
gated.
Recently the..New Orleans Picayun? had Coca-Cola analyzed
after learning the result of these analyses, they published a
two-column article endorsing the.healthful properties of this fa
znom soda fountain drink. Dr. J. C. Minis, a distinguished
.chemist of New. Orleans, submitted to the board of health of
that city the following report which was published by The l haus'ive analysis in which he stated .
Picayune : "There is absolutely nothing in Coca-Cola any more injurious
"This is to certify that ? have purchased in the open marl-et j than is found in ordinary tea or coffee."
a quantity1 of Coca-Cola ?y rup and submitted same to analysis,; Dr. Mc and less, 8tate Chemist for Georgia, in making his
Airer a careful examination 1 find that it fails to show the pres- i analysis wrote rs follows :
ence of alcohol, cocaine or other injurious alkaloid?. :tl have purchased in the open market a sample of Coca-Cola
;'This syrup contains the.alkaloid caffeine in the proportion j syrup and subjected same to chemical analysis ? find therein
of one and sixty-four hundredths (1.64 Grs.) O. ?rains per fluid ? no traca of j he alkaloid cocaine, for which ? made special
ounce. ?search, and nothing of a nature any inore injurious than would
"Caffeine is the alkaloid found in tea, coffee, etc , and the ? be derived from drinking an ordinary cup of tea or cornie,
quantity present in one bottle of Coca-Cola is less than that I "Yours truly, John M McCa?dless."
contained in a cup of strong coffee. I ?uch distinguished chemists as Dr. Louis Schaefer, of New
(Signed) "J C. M1M8. : York, and Dr. W. L. Giff of philadelphia, have analyzed Coca
"Chemist Boarri of Health, Cola and reported most favorably on the healthful properties of
"City of New Orleans" I Coca-Cola. Fn view cf the unequalified endorsements of Coca?
in addition to this Dr. A. L. Metz, of the Tulane University ?Cola there can be no question as to irs delightful and refreshing
and a chemist of national reputation, submitted quite an ex-jp-operties as claimed by the manufacturers.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3!, 1906.
The Sumter Watchman was founded
1?50 and the Tnt? Sotaron in 1866. 2
&7ztehmaM, and Southron now bas the co
bined circulation and influence of both
feo;old papers, and is manifestly the tx
aarertising medium in Sumter.
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The fact that the average value
farra lands in Surnte^ county is on
C--.?9 an acre-on the tax books
?roof that there is room for improv
iment in the matter of returning pro
~rty for taxai;on.
* * *
The acquittai of Norman Hapgo(
the charge ot criminal libel was
amph of decency. Every word th;
Tyro ie and published in Colliei
cekiy respecting Town Topics ar
.he men who conduct that scanda
tnopgericg sheet was proven to be tn
at the . .rial and while his stricture
were as severe as it was possible 1
make them, the jury set the mark <
;ts approval upon them by its verdie
* * *
XC/aut?mobilists would! show a ret
nable amount of cor:side-ration fe
. e rights of other users of the put
.-; roads and due forbearance fe
eir prejim;ces. the feeling- again;
'Automobiles would s?-ja pass v.wa:
T?e automobile has come to stay an
?S. l>oth mules and autos must travc
oil th? public highways friction shoul
i>? -avoided wherever possible
* * *
]The balance of South Carolina ha
believed for some time that there i
csep water on Charleston bar and ii
?he harbor, but Charlestonians mus
be? desperately hard to convince, jucg
teg from the vast amount of testimo
?S? on that point that the Charlestoi
pupers find it necessary to pile up da:
-al-ter day. If they can not be con
vlnced any other way the doubter
should be provided with a sounding
lixie each and taken on an excursioi
around the harbor.
* * *
The additional powers given th<
3D2spensaiy Investigating Committee
hy. the Legislature will result in furth
<?x revelations of graft and corruption
have no doubt. It is a pity th<
committee did not have full powe:
from, the outset of the investigation
for in that case the investigation coule
ii'-ve been made more thorough anc
.searching than it is possible to be now
The grafters have had too much no?
tice and time in which to destroy in
.criminating records and to otherwise
/ver their tracks.
* c *
Senator Larimer may ' think he
corked a smart trick on the othe:
towns of the State when he railroaded
\r.rough the Senate the bill to make ar
?^propiration for a public building
tor Anderson, without giving othei
towns an opportunity to be heard or
<.> present their claims for the public
buildings asked for, but such sir.ui-;
tricks are always followed by a pen?
alty. The senator from Belton may
be a candidate to succeed himself, and
?? he does, he will find that some o?
the voters of South Carolina do not
^predate such smoothness in a sen?
ior. Li?.iimer\s name is mud down
is way. and he should make a note
that for future reference.
* ?> *
The Se has adopted a ri-solution
questin;; th State Board of Educa?
tion to make as few changes as possi
% e in the text books used in the pub
i schools. when the adoption is made
als summer. On its face the proposi?
tion isa good one, but where there are
. x>ks on the list that are unsatisfac
ry and that should not have b -en
? iopted in the first instance*, it is thc
1 tty of the State board to throw them
ri. There are books now on the
ate hst that fall under this classi
ation, and they displaced books that
ire far superior in every respect,
ould these unsatisfactory books be
:alned merely to avoid a change in
i State list?
THE CREIGHTOX CASE.
Continues to Be a Live Issue in State
Mehodism.
The case of Rev. C. W. Creighton
of Greenwood, against ^hom charges
were preferred at the last Methodist
conference heid in this city in De
vember, says t he Spartanburg Jour?
nal, continues to he 'a live issue
in South Carolina Methodism. The
case, it wil be remembered, was not
: finally disposed of, the matter being
j left in the hands of the presiding elder
of his district.
The Southern Christian Advocate
publishes the following anent the
Creighton affair which will be read
with interest by many Methodists. ?
There is probably in all the world
no body of men more sympathetic
than the preachers of the South Caro?
lina conference. They are Jealous for
each other's reputation and ever ready
to palliate and forgive. It is with pa?
thetic sadness that sometimes they
; are forced to take action against >a
i
j brother. So has it been in the case
j of our brother, Rev. C. *W. Creighton.
J He is a strong thinker and forceful
! writer and speaker but has a pen?
chant for creating discord and
j aileetion withereoever he goes. The
: conference bore with him, the presid
ling -elders tried hin; again and again,
uiiiix it is said that op account cf his
unacceptability no presiding elder
was willing to have him in his dis?
trict. Then it was that Bishop Dun?
can, from a heart of kindness suggest?
ed to him to transfer to California,
supposedly hoping that with new en?
vironments and' conditions he might
profit by the past and measure up to
his possibilities. This Mr. Creighton
declined, and the bishop would not
force him. He was then sent to
Cokesbury circuit, a fine work, but
paying only about two-thirds what he
had been getting. This decrease in
salary Mr. Creighton resented, and
since then the vials of his wrath have
been poured on those he thought
to have crossed his path. The
question ? has pertinently been
asked, would he have thus act
ed had he continued to be sent to
work paying $900 and upward? Had
he been made a presiding elder at a
salary of $2,000 would his paper be?
in existence, and would his bitter ai
tacks upon the presiding eldership
have been made?
In view of the charges pending
against Mr. Creighton, we deem ii un?
wise to go into a history of his past
three years' attacks upon the officers
and policy of the church. At the j
last conference he was charged im
moralrty, alleging slander and lying
and a committee of three preachers,
consisting of M. L. Carlisle, R. \Y. j
Earber and T. C. 0"Dell, was appoint- j
ed to investigate the charge. Tue
duty of this committee was to hear j
the evidence against him, and d?te? ?
mine whether or not a triai was nee- i
essary. When in such cases a trial j
is necessary it is the duty of the j
committee to formulate a bill of |
charges. To us it seems unfortunate, j
afier proceedinsrs for a trial wore ta- j
ksn, that Mr. Creighton should have I
carried it into his paper, endeavoring j
thereby to prejudice the case. But ?
since conference he has been more !
bitter than before. I
Mr. Creighton says the ten presid- j
ing elders preferred charges against 1
him. and he charges them with con?
spiracy in so doing. He :;:!KS about
a secret ballot and endeavors to play
to the sympathies of the people as a
greatly wronged man. What are the
real facts in the eas. ? Mr. Creighton
in his paper, accuse'! these presiding
elders of "graft." ?d' lying, and various
other heinous offenses, and yet when
their names were called in confer?
ence under the question, "are all
preachers blameless in their life and
official administration?" he opened not
his mou;h. thereby giving by his si?
lence sanction to the passage of their
character. As an honest man it was
his duty, if half he charged were-true,
tcuTise at his seat and object to the
! passage of their character. But h
! remained silent.
THOMAS DIXON Di XEW YORK.
Ile Speaks Freely to the Negroes and
Tells Them What He Thinks is Good
for Them.
New York, January 28.-The Rev.
Thomas Dixon spoke today at the
Church of Epiphany on the subject,
"What Can we do with the Negro?"'
On the platform with Mr. Dixon were
several negro clergymen and fully b.
fourth of the audience were tiegroes.
"I speak not as a Southerner, but as
a typical American," said Mr. Dixon.
**I speak with no ill feeling. I simply
desire to do the negro justice, to help
solve his terrible problem and point
out to you the solution which I be?
lieve to be the best. I think that in
fifty years the 9,000,000 of negroes
on this Continent could be brought in?
to some distinct country, where they
could have law, literature, life and a
flag of their own." Mr. Dixon spoke of
the attacks of negroes on white wo?
men and continued: "You never hear
of a white man assaulting negroes.
! Why? Because assault implies resist?
ance, and no colored woman knows
i what virtu5 heans."*'
! >OJRDEBEI> 5 GI: HER MONEY.
I
Horrible Tate of Mrs. O. G. Mangruin,
of Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn., January 28.-The
body of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, which ,
was found in the Ohio river at Cairo. ;
Ills., on .'hursday and positively iden- j
?tified at Cairo today by O. G. Man
I grum and Mrs. Florence Trousdale, of :
I Birmingham, Ala., husband and siste. ?
j of the dead woman, was brought here
tonight. Mrs. Mangrum's relatives be- '
? lieves she was chloroformed an4 rob
bed and the body thrown into the riv- j
er to hide the crime. Detectives at i
I work on the case, it is said, have a j
clue substantiating the theory of mar- ]
der. Mrs. Mangrum left on the night
of December 14, saying she was going
to St. Louis to visit relatives. She car?
ried with her some $1,500 or $1,800
in money and had on her person jew
erly valued at $2,000. After she reach?
ed the union station here all traces
of her were lost.
GKEEXE-GAYNOR CASE.
Probably no Farther Interruption by
a Juror's Illness. j
Savannah, January 28.-Tommorrw j
the trial of Green and Gaynor will :
enter upon its fourth week, with tho :
prosecution having made but slight '
progress in the introduction of its ev- ;
idence. A stage has been reached,
however, where a more rapid presen- :
talion of evidence may be expected,
considerable anxiety has been mani?
fested by those connected with the ;
etase relative to the condition of the ;
juror who has been ill for two or
th.ree days. Much . relief was ex?
perienced today upon information
that the juror is better. It is thought !
he will be able to go c?n with the case
tomorrow and that there will be no in?
terruption on his account.
Tho Carolina Hardware Co. was or?
ganized Wednesday by the election of
the following directors: C. F. Lowe.
W. W. McConnell and W. D. Bewley.
The officers are: President and Treas?
urer. C. F. Low; secretary, W. W. Mc?
Connell. This company lakes over
the business of the Bewley Hardware
Company by purchase from Mr. W. D. ;
Bewley. Mr. Lowe, the president of j
the company, has bet a engaged active- !
... I
Jy "? tne hardware business for twen- i
ty years. He was connected with the I
Heath-Lee Hardware Company, of ?
Monroe. X. c., for years, and for some
time prior to his removal to this city I
a few weeks ago. was with th<- Odell!
Hardware <.??.. 0f Greensboro, X. C.. !
one of the largest wholesale hardware
firms doing in business in North Caro
lina. Messrs. Mcconnel and Bewley, j
the other members <?f the company, j
are too well known herc to need any
introduction.
THREE PROGRESSIVE TOWiNS.
Xotes About the Meeting o?* the South
Carolina Commercial and Industrial
Convention.
j President W. D. Morgan, of the
j South Carolina Industrial and Com
j mercial Association, said at the meet?
ing in Columbia Tuesiay: "I cer?
tainly like the 'Sumter spirit' shown
today. I like the way Sumte-r does
things. Sumter has not only sent a
large delegation from her Chamber
of Commerce and city council, but
she has sent a delegation which con?
tains men who can and do talk about
Sumter in an intelligent and business
like manner, showing by their business
statistics the growth and prosperity
of Sumter, and thereby setting an ex?
ample for other towns in the way of
advertising. If the whole State, and
every Chamber of Commerce in this
State, could but become imbued with
the 'Sumter spirit' the South Carolina
Irfaustrial and Commercial Associa?
tion, and the entire State of South
Carolina would be in a more pros?
perous condition.. I say hurrah for
Sumter!"
At th** conclusion of ??Tr. J. L, AI- !
nut's speech Tuesday; Mr. Ti V- :
Thackstom of the Land and Indus- j
trial Department of the Southern Kali
way, sa;d: "'The kind of information (
wmch the ?Sumter Chamber UL Com- i
merce gets up in its advertising pam?
phlets about Sumter and Sumter
county, some of which has just been
spoken by Mr. Alnut, is the most sen?
sible and the most complete statisti?
cal information that has been gotten
out yet by almost any commercial or?
ganization." Said he: "Sumter, in
her method of advertising has left the i
old and beaten track, and has dis?
carded the old time methods of ad?
vertising by write-ups, which are full
of biograhpical sketches of prominent
men, pictures of private residences,
historical matter about distinguished
men and women, and column after
column about whose ancestors came
over in the Mayflower, etc., stuff which
does not interest the manufacturer,
capitalist, farmer, mechanic and which
is never readf But Sumter has pen
pictures of her manufacturing enter?
prises, her commercial business, her
magnificent railroad facilities, and
schedules and rates, total freight and
passenger business, her total business
in all ?ines of trade, her banking busi?
ness, cotton receipts, real estate values,
school;:, agricultural possiblities, such j
as products of the feld, about her
trucking business, thc yield per acre,
cost of production, and the market
prices, climate, health, waler supplies, j
and thc opportunities which Sumter j
and Sumter county offer in the agri- j
cultural, commercial and manufactur- j
ing lines, and other information in!
plain, concis . form, which is read and
which gives thc home-seeker Infor- j
mailor: which he wants."
At the annual banquet of the Co- ?
lumbla Chamber of Commerce Tues?
day it was noticeable that most of j
tho speakers In refering tb Hie lead-j
in:; and prosperous cities and towns i
Cf South Carolina, said: "such as Co- j
lumbla. Sumter and Georgetown; etc." j
Other plac< s were, ot' course, men- i
tioned, but "Columbia, Sumter and \
Georgetown" seemed to ive on ?he
minds ci the speakers. Well, perhaps, j
h was due te thc fact that Sumter sent j
a la:-?,- delegation, which had a Jo:, to j
tell about the prosperous "?lame Cock
City." and perhaps that speech of Maj*- j
or Dick aad Mr. Alain's address, about
t'a.- value of commercial and industrial j
organization, and what ll lias done for ?
Sumter, and perhaps ex-Mayor Mor- i
gan of Georgetown, who has built up j
the City on the Sampit, was such a j
representative "Georgetownian," and j
last, but not least, perhaps the progress
of Columbia., which can be seen on ?ill
sides combined with the hospitality
of ile- Columbia Chamber of Com-j
merce. was the reason that most 'd' the j
distinguished speakers' thoughts ran !
<""-n-,l ?.fV.lnrnh?M SnmliT and '
Georgetown." But seriously speaking, j
after all there is nothing like sending
representative business men and orrie- j
ia?s off to tell about your city. "Co- j
lumbia, Sumter and Georgetown" pull
well together.
Like crystals fair of mourning dew,
Your complexion now can be,
If you will take this good advice,
And drink Rocky Mountain Tea.
-China's Drug Store.
The case of Henry Cureton, colored,
whose trial in the Recorder's court
several days ago for selling liquor re?
sulted in a mistrial, was to have been
heard again Friday, but he failed to
appear. His bond of $25 was declar?
ed forfeited. The cause of Henry's
non-appearance was his departure for
parts unknown. He was discovered
selling liquor again on Sunday and
skipped to escape arrest.
There's a cure for old age, an ex?
cellent and thorough one. There is
nothing sensational about it. It is the
best the doctors can find under exist?
ing circumstances. Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea, 35 cents, Tea or Tab- i
lets. China's Drug Store.
And Garden Seeds
In All Varieties.
Special prices on Onion
Sets in quanlilies Will sell
barrel less than market price.
Ten cents per quart for!
single quart.
SIBERT'S Oil STU,
No 8 SOUTH ?IAIX ST.
MASSAGE.?.
Is es pee ally advised by physicians
for hhenmatiam and Nervous troubles
of all kinds-particularly in )oug
standicg and diihcult case . Treat ?
merit given by
MRS. H. W. SEALL
Instructor in Sumter Training School
for Nurses, 10 Broad Street, Sumter,
S.C. Phon-344. 1-24-lir*
HOLLISTER'S
Rocky, fio???taii? Tea Nuggets ?
A 3osy Medioire for Easy People.
Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. |
A sncciflc for Constipation, Indigestion, live j
and Ki-iupy Troubles. '??:i:pies. Eczema, Impure j
Blood, Bad Breath. SInsxris'h Bow-els, Head^ci.^ ?
and Backache. Ti's Ro?ry Mountain Tea ic tab?
let form, :35 cents a bore Genuine made by ;
Ho?LisxE? TfRvo Co JIP A N'Y, Madison, Tv is.
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. L. G. Corbett.
I am again ready to fill your
orders for early and late varie?
ties of Cabbage Plants. They
are grown in open air, near salt
water, and will stand hard cold
without injury.
Prices $150 per 1,000 ;
larger the lots, smaller the
price per 1 000. Special in?
ducements to dealers.
W. P. CARE;
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