The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 16, 1907, Image 7
JLX AWAKENED CONSCIENCE.
Ck)vernor of South Dakota Recom?
mends Return of Money Collected
From North Carolina on Carpet
ha r Bonds.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 9.-The return to
:Norta Carolina of $22,416 collected on
bonds issued by that State during- the
?carpetbag regime by South Dakota,
which collected money by suit, is ad?
vocated by retiring Gov. S. H. Elrod.
.He declares that South Dakota has no
moral right to the money and has re?
commended the legislature to make
an appropriation returning the money
to North Carolina.
h PATE OF MARSHAL NEY.
i
A Subterranean Chapter in History,
the Closing Pages of Which Lead
to North Carolina.
In the Gardens of the Luxembourg,
^Paris. stands s. stately monument an?
nouncing to the world that it is erect
.ed upon the spot where Marshal Ney,
upon December 7, 1S15, was shot for
treason. And so history has handed
the story down to us. But history is
a jade. Wendell Phillips said that
one-half ot history is false and the
.other half largely conjecture. We are
continually unlearning things which
nave for centuries been on the shelves
of history as absolute verities. Mar?
shall Ney was not shot The monu?
ment does not cover his remains, nor
do they rest in any soil of France. A
great cry of horror went up from all
the country when the announcement
was made that the idol of the people
had been selected as a victim by the
wretched government, and "tried, con
.demned, sentenced, shot, with un?
seemly haste-all done with an ex
?l pedition that seemed to savor of
?fear that the great marshal might
still overturn , the Bourbon throne
and place the Little Corporal at the
Tiead of the nation. Frenchmen would
-almost as soon stand to be themselves
-shot as to take part in the execution
?tf -of the vindictive sentence. The deep
1? ?sympathy of officers and men was on
the alert to save their hero, whose
only fault was that he had followed
the star of destiny which had led
them all to glory for the past twenty
??ft years. .
Ney, the hero of Hohenlinden, Jena
and Madgeburg, of Borodino and Mos
kowa and Friedland, of L?tzen and
Wagram, and who led the last grand
gPj^Jpge of the Old Guard of Waterloo,
where he had six horses kilted unaer j
h.} ox-to be shot like a dog! Perish the j
? thought! And so it was brought about j
jpt that when the squad marched out and ;
presented their guns to the prisoner's
. breast, those guns contained only
blank cartridges.. Ney fell and was
duly coffined, but there was no scratch
?upon him.
The public could not in the very
nature of things be undeceived as to
the marshal's death, and he was
quietly shipped to Charleston, South
Carolina. Europe could be no refuge
for him His commanding military
figure was familiar to all the crown?
ed .heads and they trembled at the
thought of him Between the far
reaching spies of France and the
condition of the relations between the
TJnited States and the French, it was
not deemed prudent for him to make
nimself known even in America.
Napoleon himself has been a little
LA jealous of the superb marshal's glory,
- and he evidenced it in trifling things;
as, for instance, once in the library
when the emperor wished a book
from a shelf, a little above his head,
the marshal, standing oy, said, "Let
-roe reach it sire, I am higher than
b- you," smiling; whereupon Napoleon
*? answered, frowning very solemnly,
""You are taller, marshal."
Ney was but a young man at the
fall of the empire, born in the same
year as Bonaparte, 1769, and his act?
ive mind found occupation in the
Carolinas by teaching school and
P drilling young minds. But what
dreams he must have had! He lived
to be over 70, and was buried by the
name of "M. Dey;" and" there are
those yet among the inhabitants of
the Palmetto State who were boys
In the early forties and remember the
tall, grim military schoolmaster.
Harper's Weekly.
OTTRAGE IN VIRGINIA.
O^iminal Assault on Young Lady in
Amherst County.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10.-Miss
Gladys Sheldon, who was the victim
cf a horJrble assault in Amherst
county, Monday afternoon, will be
taken to Lynchburg today to indenti
fy her assailant. There is no doubt
the right man is in custody. Precau?
tion will be taken to prevent lynch?
ing after his identification is fully es?
tablished.
CASTOR IA
JOT Infests and Children.
The Kind You Hais Always Bought
Signature of
FIREMEN'S FUND IN EFFEGT.
NTNETEEN CITIES COMPLY WITH
PROVISIONS OF THE ACT.
Comptroller General Jones Makes it
Clear to Insurance Companies Tha i
the Law Will Be Carried Out-Be
.. lieved the Companies Will Comply
I Without Protest.
j Columbia, Jan. 6.-The Firemen's
Pension Fund act has gone into ef?
fect and 19 cities of the State have
complied with the provisions of the
act. These cities have made the re?
quired returns as to the number of
members in their fire department and
the value of their equipment, as fol?
lows:
Anderson 3S members, $3,500.
Barnwell, 38 members, $4,190.
Charleston, 115 members, $53,
.925.
Darlington, 33 members, $15,100.
Georgetown, 35 members, $6,
752.
Greenville, 14 members, $7,541.
Greenwood, 40 members, $11,229.
Conway, - members, $1,000.
Camden, 16 members, $1,347.
Bishcpville, 16 members, $1,025.
Marion, 13 members, $1,900.
Newberry, 40 members, $2,414.
Orangeburg, 145 members, $7,950.
Columbia, 40 members, $56,420.
Spartanburg, 28 members, $6,388.
Sumter, 54 members, $7,100.
Union, 25 members, $2,285.
Rock Hill, - members, $3,500.
Law W?1 Be Enforced.
Comptroller General Jones has sent
out to all insurance companies a let
ter calling their attention to the law
and its provisions, and making it
plain that the act will be enfoced. His
letter is as follows:
Columbia, S. C., Jan. % 1907.
To the- Insurance Company:
I beg to inclose herewith a copy of an
Act, which passed the last session of
the General Assembly and approved
by his Excellency, the Governor,
dated May 9, 1906, commonly known
as "The Firemen's Pension Act."
By reference to its terms you will
see that you are required to make a
return within sixty days, after the
31st of December, 1906, of all busi?
ness done by you in certain incorpo?
rated towns and cities and pay an
amount of 2 per cent on such pre?
miums. I enclose you herein the
form of return, which has been pre?
pared by this office, in compliance
with the terms of the Act.
The cities end towns which have in?
corporated their fire departments, and
in which, therefore, you are liable to
pay the 2 per cent on your gross pre?
miums, are:
Anderson, Anderson County.
Beaufort, Beaufort County.
Charleston, Charleston County.
Darlington, Darlington County.
Florence, Florence County.
Georgetown, Georgetown County.
Greenville, Greenville County.
Greenwood, Greenwood County.
Conway, Horry County.
Camden, Kershaw County.
\ Bishopville, Lee County.
Marion, Marion County.
Newberry, Newberry County.
Orangeburg, Orangeburg County.
Columbia, Richland County.
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County.
Sumter, Sumter County.
Union, Union County.
Rock Hill, York County.
The money so collected, according
to the terms of the Act, is to be paid
over for the benefit of Firemen's Re?
lief Associations, and to be used as a
fund for the relief of any member of
the fire department of such city or
lown who may be injured or disabled,
and for the relief or the payment of
gratuities to the widow of those de?
pendant who may be killed; for the
payment of necessary funeral ex?
penses of every member of such fire
department, and for the purchase of
accident insurance upon the members
of such fire department: Provided,
that the board of trustees of such
cities having pension funds may also
use said money for pensions of super?
annuated and disabled firemen. Pro?
vided, also, that the fire department
of such city or town shall also be a
member of the State Firemen's Asso?
ciation of this State.
You will note in the Act that every
insurance company who shall make
default in payment of the amount so
levied, or in case of failure to pay
and satisfy and forfeiture, shall, for
each offense, forfeit $300 for the use
and benefit of such fire department of
such city or town, and in addition it is
made my duty, by the Act, to revoke
any certificate of authority or license
previously issued, and thereafter it
shall be unlawful for any such com?
pany to do further business until re?
instated by the Comptroller General.
I sincerely trust that a strict and
prompt compliance with the terms of
the Act will avoid the necessity of my
revoking your license and depriving
you from doing business in the State
of South Carolina.
Yours respectfully,
A. W. Jones, Comptroller eneral.
Attitude of the Companies.
It is not yet certain what the insur?
ance companies intend to do about the
tax, as they have 60 days from De?
cember 31 to file their returns. It
was at one time thought that the
Dm
companies might contest the validity
of the act, but it is sugested that, they
may comply with the law and raise
their rates in the towns mentioned,
thus passing the taxalong to the peo?
ple who insure.
LEE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Confederate Veterans to Hold Exer?
cises in .Celebration of Robert E.
Lee's Hundredth Birthday.
Headquarters South Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans.
Greenville, S. C., Jan. 7, 1907.
General Order No. 17.
As instructed by General Orders
No. 58 from General Stephen D. Lee,
the Major Generals of this depart?
ment are advised that it is the wish
of the general commanding that or?
ders be at once sent down to the
brigades to united in a special cele?
bration in honor of Gen. Robert E.
Lee on January 19th, 1907, that day
being the one hundredth anniversary
of the birthday of our late illustrous.
leader. . ^. : . ; ? " '
No suggestion is made as to the
form of memorial exercises to be held,
but it is desired and requested that
the hour for the celebration be 12
o'clock m. on Saturday, January 19,
and that the hymns "How firm a
foundation, ye saints of the Lord,"
and "For all the saints who from
their labors rest," be used.
By command of
Thos. Vv. Carwile,
Major General,
Commanding S. C. Division, U. C. V
J. M. Jordan, ;
Adjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff.
Christian Science and Alcoholism.
H. P. Silder -in New York Sun. - -
The myriads of those seeking re?
lief from the curse of alcoholism
need go no farther than to the near?
est Christian Science practitioner.
Faith is not even necessary, beyond
the amount required to ask the prac?
titioner for help.. It seems pitiful
that this fact should not be widely
known.
I am a member of an orthodox
church and have never joined the
ranks of the Christian Scientists, but
for several years I have known of
i wonderful cures made by these earn
: est people. There has never yet
to my knowledge, been a case of al?
coholism not permanetly cured
when the person has asked in the
proper spirit for help, and has at the
same time tried to assist the Sci?
entist by an ordinary amount of
^elf-control.
The desire to reform must be
there, and if then the subject will
put himself unreservedly 'in the
hands of the Scientist the appetite
will disappear. There will be a
moral regeneration, a physical bet?
terment, and life will put on a new
aspect. To those who say they have
no faith in it I will urge that no
faith is required beyond the amount
necessary to make one seek a prac?
titioner.
Mi WEAKENS THE KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done
Great Service for People Who
Work in Sumter.
Most Sumter people work every day in some
strained, unnatural position-bending con?
stantly over a desk-riding on jolting wagons
or cars-doing laborious housework; lifting,
reaching or pulling, or trying the back in a
hundred and one other ways. All these
strains tend to wear, weaken and injure the
kidneys until they tall behind in their work
of filtering the poisons from the blood.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys, put
new strength in bad backs.
John R. Brooks, plumber, liviiig at 1223 Tay?
lor street. Columbia. S. C..says: "Doan'sKid?
ney Pills did me a vast amoun' of good.
My back had been in a bad way
for a couple of years. I have
done some pretty hard work in my
time and I think I must have overtaxed my
back, although I did not know it at the time,
lt began to ache about two years ago. I
would come home at night after a hard day's
work feeling fairly well, get my supper and
sit around for a while and then my back
would begin to hurt. 1 would go to bed and
would try to rest, but could not find any po?
sition that would give me any relief and all
that night long the aching would keep up and
I arose in the morning more worn out than
when I went to oed. I have laid off from
work for days at a time and tried to rest and
doctor up my back. I could find nothing to
help until I got Doan's Kidney Pills, which I
had seen advertised. They have done me
more good than I can tell you. Since using
I them I rest well at night, get up in the morn
' ing feeling fresh and bright, and I have not
had a touch of backache since using Doan's
! Kidney Pills."
Plenty more proof like this from Sumter
people. Call at Dr. A. J. China's drug store
and ask what bis customers report.
For sale bv all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo N. Y., sole agents
for the United States. -
Remember the name-Doan's-and take no
other.. -i~
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A Bu9y Medioine for Basy People.
Brings Golden Eealih and Renewed Vigor.
A sDPciflc for Constipation, Indigestion, Lire
and Kidney Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impure
Blood, Bad. Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache
and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
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A Woman's Health
Is a heritage too sacred to be experimented with. For her peculiar and
d^&rte ai?hi?nts only medicines of known composition and which con
tain\h\ alcojjQj^arcotics, or other harmful or habit-forming drugs
should D^6mploy>?^ The one medicine which fulfills all these require?
ments is Prs Pierce's Favorite Presenptior-a remedy with a record of
pver forty yeai s of cures to recommend it ; a remedy, the makers of
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given away in the form of " trial bottles " to be experimented with, but
is sold at a fair price by all dealers in medicines*
Delicate,weak, nervous women should feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce-s
especially shun the use of alcoholic Favorite Prescription is ?he greatest
medicines which, from their stimula'- earthlv boon, being unequaled as an
ing and exhilerating effects may seem, appetizing cordial and restorative tonic,
for a time, to do good, but which from As a soothing and strengthening ner
the^inevitable^effects of the alcohol Jn vine "Favorite Prescription" is un?
shrinking up the red corpuscle*; of the equaled and is invaluable in allaying
blood are sure to do great and lasting and subduing nervous excitability, ir
harm in the long run. Besides-they ritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous
beget a craving for stimulants which is prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms,
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Only invigorating and nerve strength- nervous symptoms commonly attendant
ening effects can follow the use of this ; upon functional and organic disease of
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If a woman has bearing down, or
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men, or pelvis, backache, frequent
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especially the pelvic organs.
Dr./Pierce's Favorite Perscription is
a scientific medicine, carefully devised
by an experienced and skillful physi^
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system. It is made of native American
medicinal roots and is perfectly harm?
less in its effects in any condition of the
female system. '
As a powerful invigorating tonic," Fa?
vorite Prescription" imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs
distinctly feminine in particular. For
over-worked, "worniout." run-down,"
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No woman suffering from any of the
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Dr. Pierce invites' all suffering women
to consult him by letter free of charge.
i All letters of consultation are held as
strictly private and sacredly confiden?
tial and all answers are returned in
plain, sealed envelopes. Address: Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Sur?
gical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con?
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. . Cure the cause and
you cure the disease. One "Pellet" is a
gentle laxative, and two a mild cathar?
tic. Druggists sell them, and nothing
is "just as good." They are the original
Little Liver Pills first put up by old
Dr. Pierce over 40 years ago. Much
imitated, but never equaled. They are
tiny, sugar-coated granules - easy to
take as candy.
Dr. Pierce's great thousand-page illas*
trated Commonsense Medical Adviser
will be sent free, paper-bound, for 2.L
one-cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 31
stamps. Address Dr. Pierce as above, j
A Check Book
is the only handy and proper way to
pay a bill or other indebtedness. The
cancelled check is
A VOUCHER ON THIS BANK
of the payment you make. Your
check book shows at a glance bow
your balance stands. Money in your
safe may be gone when you go to your
office tomorrow. Bank here and use
our checkbooks to pay your accounts.
t
#BANK OF SUMTER
SUMTES, S. O.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
i nv ? Mi MSI A
=is THE PEOPLE'S BASK -
Does a General Banking Business, allowing interest 4 per cent, per annnm,
compounded quarterly in its Savings Department. Centrally located and con?
servatively managed. We invite your patronage.
, C. G. ROWLAND, President. R. F. fl ?YNSWORTH, Vice President.
R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier.
Horses arid Mules
All sizes and prices for cash or approved paper.
Buggies, Wagons ? Harness
Agent for
DEERING
HARVESTING
MACHINERY
and Repair Parts in
abundance.
Disc Harrows, Disc j Agent for
Cultivators, Stalk
Cutters, Peg Tooth
Harrows, Binders,
Mowers, Rakes. &c.
JOHNSTON
HARVESTING
MACHINERY
and Repair Parts in
abundance.
S. M. PIERSON,
6, 8, and 9 South Harvin Street.
Eczema and Pile Cure.
FBFF Knowing what it was to suffer, I
I il LL will give Free of Charge, to any
afflicted a positive care for Eczema, Salt
Rheum, Erysipelas, Piles and Skin Dis?
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
Office of County Supervisor.
Sumter, S. C., Dec. 18, 1906.
The annual meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners for Sumter
County, S. C., will take place at thisr
office on Thursday, the, 10th day of
January, 1907. All persons holding
demands of any kind ' against tbi*
county, not previously presented, are
required by law to file same with the
Clerk of this Board on or before the
first day of January in order that
they may be examined and passed
upon by the Board at the annual
meeting. W. BL SEALE,
County Supervisor.
THOS. E. RICHARDSON,
Acting Clerk. 12-19-4t
Tax Notice.
The County Treasurer's office ia
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,
'1906.
The levy is as follows: For State, 5
mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con?
stitutional School, 3 mills; Polls,
$1.00. Also, School District^ No. 1.
Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3.
2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2
mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2
mills: Shiloh School District, 3 mills.
?r- i.?:its capatation dog tax.
A penalty'of 1 per cent added for
month January, 1907. Additional pen?
alty of 1 per cent for month Febru?
ary, 1907. Additional penalty of 5
per cent for 15 days in March, 1907.
T. W. LEE,
Oct. 5, 1906. County Treasurer.
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss of strength, nervous?
ness, headache, constipation, ivad breath?
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh,
of the stomach are all dus to indigestion.
Kedol cures indigestion. This new discov?
ery represents the natural juices of diges*
lion as they exist in a healthy stomach? .
com Dined with the greatest known tonic
anc* 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., saysr^
" I was troublai with sour stomach for twenty yean?
Kodol cored me and we are now usine it in milk
for baby."
Kodol Digests What Yon Eat.
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Garden Seed.
This is the gardening
season. We have aTfuU
supply ot the best test?
ed garden seeds. For
years
UNDRETH'S SEEDS
Have been recognized
as the best. Let us sup?
ply you.
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