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A Negro College. A a meeting of the Negro Baptist State convention held in Aiken. S. C., on last week it was unanimously de cided by the convention that the col lege to be built by the Baptists of South Carolina would -be built in the city of Sumter. There were three propositions be fore the convention. Rev. Richard Carroll proposed to give the conven tion SO acres of land and $2,500 as an inducement to go to Union, but af ter investigation we found this prop erty was reverted property and we thought it best not to accept the Rev. Carroll's property. The proposition by Rev. M. P. Hall, president of Friendship Insti tute, of Rock Hill. S. C., was not ac cepted, but Dr. Hall was truly' ready to go to Sumter. Miss Schofield, principal of the Schofield Industrial Institute, Aiken, S. C., offers us 100 acres of land just four miles from the city of Aiken. A committee was appointed to inspect this land as a location. The commit tee reported not favorable to Miss Schofield's proposition. Rev. D. J. Jenkins proposed co ghe 50 acres of land at Ladson, but the committee thought that the health facilities would not do. The preposition offered by the Bap tists of the Wateree Association of 12 acres of land in the western part of the city of Sumter was received on the ground that the white people and colored g?t along better than any city in the State. The writer got up a .petition a few months ago and car ried it to the white pecple of Sumter and all signed it. This was one of the greatest forts we had to fight behind. There will be an educational mass meting held in Sumter on the 22d of May, at v.'hich time the trustees of the Wateree Association will convey this property to the trustees of the Bap tist State Convention. "We left Aiken with the hope of raising enough mon ey to pay for the property. (Signed) A. J. Johnson, Pastor Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Trustee of Negro Baptist College. -The Defender. Relief From Rheumatic Pains. *"I suffered with rheumatism for over two years," says Mr. Rolland Curry, a patrolman, of Key West, Fla. "Sometimes it settled in my knees and lamed me so I could hard ly walk, at other times it would be in my feet and hands so I was inca pacitated for duty. One night when I was in s v re pain and lame from it my wife went to the drug store here and came back with a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain balm. I was rub bed with it and found the pain had nearly gone during the night. I kept on uisng it for a little more than two weeks and found that it drove the rheumatism away. I have not had any trouble from that disease for over three months." For sale by De Lorme's Pnarmacy. Appointments by the President. Washington, May 9.-President Roosevelt has announced the ap pointment of Oliver D. Street to be United States district attorney for the district of Northern Alabama, and of William F. Willoughby, of the Dis trict of Columbia, to be secretary to Porto Rico. More News From the New England States. *If any one has any doubt as to the virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they need only to refer to Mr. Alvin H. Stimpson. of Williamantic, Conn., who, after almost losing hope of re covery, on account of the failure of so many remedies, finally tried Fo ley's Kidney Cure, which he says was "just the thing" for him, as four bot tles cure" him completely. He is now entirely well and fi se from all the su ermg incident to acute kidney trouble. Sibert's Drug Store. i When the northbound train'stop ped at the crossing near the Cheraw oil mill en Wednesday night. Mr. Jesse Pi:.man, a veteran 60 years of age, who was return'ng from the re union in Columbia tneit ,a tragic death. Mr. Pittma. thinking it was the Cheraw station, started to leave the train and as the cars moved off he stepped or fell off on his head, crushing in his skull and killing him instantly. He lived near Ruby in Chesterfield county. . *Ca'.l at my store, please, for a free sample of Dr. Shoop's '"Health j Coffee." If real coffee disturbs your j stomach, your heart or kidneys, then j try this clever coffee i initiation. While 1 Dr. Shoop has very closely matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, yet he has not even a sin gle grain of real coffee in it. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee Initiation is made from pure toasted grains or ce reals, with malt, nuts. etc. You will surely like Health Coffee. Sold by Levy & Moses. ^?uu UQL AKE !X"li IvCTSK. London. May 10.-Dispatches from Irkutsk. Siberia, say that city was severely shaken by an earthquake this morning, but no details are given. *A little Kodol taken occasionally, especially after eating, will relieve your stomach, belching and heart burn. J. B. Jones. Newport. Tenn., writes: "I am sure three one dollar bottles of your Kodol positively cured me of dyspepsia, and I can recom mend it as that was three years ago and I haven't been bothered since with it." Kodol is guaranteed to give relief. Sold by all druggists. DROWNED IX THE SURF. Cadet Jackson, a Winnsboro Boy, Loses His Life at the Isle o Palms. Charleston, May 9.-Cadet W. J. Jackson, fourth classman South Car olina Military Academy, was drowned this afternoon at the annual picnic at the Isle of Palms. With him were Cadets Sims of Barnwell and Ruby of Habana. About 4 0 cadets were in the water at the time. Jackson was bathing- at a good distance from the shore, but apparently in a safe posi tion. A heavy wave lifted the three boys to a greater depth, however, and they lost their footing. Sims and Ruby recovered their hold and tried to save their college mate, narrowly escaping drowning in the attempt. Jackson finally disappeared from view and a moment afterwards one of the cadets seized him by the shoulder under the water, but weakened by his efforts, he was unable to pull Jackson up and the cadet's body was lost. Mr. Wingate and others went to the assistance of Cadets Sims and Ruby and endeavored to save the cadet, but the young man was out too far and the rescuers were hindered in their work by the depth of water and the necessity of constantly looking to their own safety. A boat was gotten and search made along the beach for the body, but it was ineffectual. Efforts to recover the body will be continued. Superintendent Coward detailed a squad of six cadets to patrol the beach for several hours and another squad was assigned" tonight to the same duty. Every effort will be made to find the body. The drowning oc curred just after dinner, about 4 o'clock. The accident is a particular ly sad tragedy. Jackson was the only son of a widow. Mrs. M. A. Jackson, of Winnsboro. He was a bright boy and gave every promise of attaining success in life. My Best Friend. ?Alexander Benton, who lives - on Rural Route 1, Fort Edward, X. T., says: "Dr. King's Xew Discovery is my best earthly friend. It cured me of asthma six years ago. It has also performed a wonderful cure of incip ient consumption for my son's wife. The first bottle ended the teirible cough, and this accomplished, the other symptoms left one by one, un til she was perfectly well. Dr. King's j Xew Discovery's power over coughs and colds is simply marvelous." Xo i other remedy has ever equaled it. J Fully guaranteed by Sibert's Drug j Store. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. Killed by Lightning. Pinewood, May 9.-Edwin Wells/ son of Nathan Wells, a respectable farmer, near here, was killed by lightning yesteraday. He was get ting crossties. When it commenced raining he got under an oak tree. A pine tree was struck Tl feet away, and it is supposed the shock killed him. as there was no marks on his body. ?Piles get quick und certain relief from Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Please note it is made alone for piles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Large nickel-carped glass jars 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. Fine Truck. Mr. D. J. Auld, who is planting ! truck' for the local market, has bc^n I remarkably successful this season and has a crop of cabbage, beets, on j ions and other early vegetaables that would not suffer in a comparison with i ! similar vegetables grown anywhere. ! His cabbage and beets are p rticu &r I ly fine, as proved by specimens on the market today. *DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve does not merely heal on the sur face; it penetrates the pores and promptly relieves pain, caused by boils, burns, scalds, cuts and skin dis eases. It is especially good for piles. Beware of imitations. Sold by all druggists. _ ? STRIKE GROWS GI_EATER. Teamsters Will Probably Join Long shoremen and Shipping Will Bc Tied Up. Xew Y.uk, May !"-The leaders of the striking longshoremen, whose re fusa! to work has crippled the ship ping here ali the week, declared to day that the powerful teamsters un ion will join them, and before night every vessel in port will be tied up. If the teamsters qi;it it will mean the bigged strike in the history of the city in many years. If the teamsters join th<> strikers tivy will refuse to handle freight for the steamship lines in the disfavor of th .- longshoremen. Business is greatly hampered and the shipping' eompani'.-s claim the police are in sympathy with the strikers and are not giving them the right protec tion. .For a copi or cough take Kenne dy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It is bet ter than any other cough remedy, be cause its laxative principles assures a healthy, copious action of the bowels and at the same time it heals irrita tion of the throat, strengthens the bronchial tubes and allays inflamma tion of the mucous membrane.. Con tains Honey and Tar, pleasant to take. Children like it. Conforms to the National pure food and drug law. Sold.bv_ all druggists. J DISPENSARY OWES LICENSE. Claim Made Upon Commission for $33,000 by Internal Revenue De partment. Columbia, May S.-A new and entirely unexpected move in dispen I sary matters was made yesterday when Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman of the State dispensary commission, was served with papers by the United States internal revenue department, through the office of Maj. Micah Jen kins, in which the government makes claim to back license fees amounting to more than $33,000. The revenue department charges that under the old State dispensary system various county dispeinsers throughout the State sold beer in greater quantities than 4 7-S gallons, which, under the rules o fthe revenue department, would make them liable to the wholesale liquor dealers' li cense. Dr. Murray accepted summons in the case of a separate claim for $5.- j 427, the amount of revenue alleged to be due the United States goevrnment. in addition to what has previously been paid, for a period of 15 months past. Notice of claim for $2$,OOO in license fees for the time prior to the 15 months past was also given to the dispensary kCommission, but sum mons was/K$>? accepted. The li *$tle fee for a retail liquor dealer if *$25 per annum; for a whole sale li$upr dealer, $125 per annum. The retail dealer is limited to sales of 4 7-S gallons and less, and if a sale of. more than that amount in a single package should be made by a person holding only a retail dealer's license he would not only be subjected to the fee of $125 but an additional 50 per cent penalty for his refusal or neglect to pay the greater license in ad vance. ^ From former officials of the State dispensary it was learned yesterday that if the county dispensers sold beer in larger quantity than 4 7-8 gallons to one person, in a single package, it was unknown to them. The dispensary law not only state J specifically that no sale in excess of 4 7-S gallons would be permitted to one person in the same day, but pos itive instructions, according to Mr. M. H. Mobley, former clerk to ' the State board of directors, were fre quently given to local dispensers that under no circumstances must they make sales in excess of that amount. "At one time." said Mr. Mobley, "the question was presented to the board by some dispenser as to wheth er he would be permitted to sell a case of bottle whiskey to a party or club at a reduced price. The board authorized the sale of certain case goods to clubs and individuals, in full cases, for an advance of $1 above cost price. These cases, however, contained but three gallons. If dis pensers ever sold beer in larger quan tities than 4 7-S gallons to one pur chaser, in one package, at a time it is more than I ever knew, and I don't believe the board of directors, or any member of the board, knew of such transactions.*' Of course, if the State dispensary commission should be required to ante up $33.000, it would cut a big j slice into the funds of the institution, j and would, so to speak, be like throw h g so much money to the birds. If the county dispensers throughout the State violated the law, as con tended by the United States revenue officials, it certainly shows very Lax methods, but, inasmuch as the li- j censes ^s retail liquor dealer are is- ! sued to the individual dispenser, and not to the State, the question is raised ! that the dispensers and not the State are liable for any, excess license fees ! which may be due Uncle Sam. This ! is the position taken by Dr. Mar- ! rav and. Mr. Henderson of the com j j mission. Hon. W. F. Stevenson, 'attorney for the dispensary commission, was not in the city yesterday. He will arrive ! over the Seaboard Air Line this j morning and the matter will be re ferred to him and Attorney Generai *Let me mail you free, to prove J merit, samples bf my Dr. Shoop's j Restorative, and my book on either j Dyspepsie. The Heart, or The Kid- j noys. Address me. Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Troubles of the stomach, heart ! or kidneys, are merely symptoms of I a deeper ailment. Don't make the ; common error of treating symptoms only. Symptom treatment is treating the result of your ailment, and not the cause. Weak stomach nerves the inside nerves-means stomach weakness, always. And the heart and kidneys as well, have their controll ing or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have weak vital organs. Here is where Dr. | Sheep's Restorative has made its j fame. No other remedy even claims j to treat the "inside nerves." Also for I bloating, biliousness, bad breath or i complexion^ use Dr. Sheep's Restera rive; Write for my free book. Dr. j Shoop's Restorative sold by Sibert's \ Drug Stoe. j The State Retail Furniture Deal ers' association is holding its annual ! convention in Columbia. .For stomach troubles, biliousness and constipation try Chamberlain's ; Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many re- i markable cures have been effected by ! them. Price. 25c. Samples free. For ale by DeLorme's Pharmacy. WILL FILE $400,000 CLAIM Thc Dispensary Commission Probably ! Will Consider the Claim at Its Xext ; Me< ting. j Columbia, May 10.-The dispensary i commission held a long- session yes terday and there were many interest- , lng developments, but nothing" in particular which it is considered ad visable to give to the public just at this time. As usual lhere were sev eral attorneys and whiskev drummers ! sitting around, anxiously awaiting j some "good news" from the commis- i sion, but there will be no funds paid out at any time soon. The news that Superintendent of Education Martin is preparing to take steps to secure a pro rata share of the funds of the State dispensary for the public schools of the State on the claim that $400,000 is due the schools from the profits under the State dispensary system has worried the representatives of the whiskey houses no little. Attorney General Lyon yesterday replied to the letter of Mr. Martin, advising him to file his claim with the commsision if he considered that there was anything due the public schools of the State. This claim will probably be filed Saturday. Antici pating the claim there has been more or less discussion among the mem bers of the commission concerning it. It cannot be stated just what the at titude of the commission will be in regard to the matter, but, as has been stated before, more than one member of the commission is inclined to the opinion that this is a valid claim. The Clark purchase has not been paid for yet and the Peoria concern may have to wait a long time before it gets the money claimed. While Dudley, who made the sale of the $100,000 shipment to the board of di rectors in December swore that no re bates were paid to any member of the board, his testimony shows that some part of the shipment at least was not ma.de according to the strict letter of the law. The matter of the claim of the Uni ted States revenue department for $23,000 in back license fees, alleged to be due on account of dispensers selling beer in wholesale quantities, is in the hands of Mr. Stevenson. Good Words for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. ?People everywhere take pleasure in testifying to the good qualities of Chamberlain's Cough remedy. Mrs. Edward Phillips, of Barclay, Md., writes: "I wish to tell you that I can recommend Chamberlain's. Cough Remedy. My little girl, Catherine, who is two years old, has been tak ing this remeay whenever she has had a cold since she was two months old. About a month ago I contracted a dreaful cold myself, but I took Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and was soon as well as ever." This rem edy is for sale by DeLorme's Phar macy. C. P. Xeison, of Yorkville has com promised a suit against the Southern Railway and the Columbia electric railway for $8,000. Mr. Xeison was injured b y the collision of a Southern train and a street car. Home EndorsementT Hundreds of Sumter Citizens Can Tell You All About lt. Home endorsement, the public expression of Sumter people, should be evidence beyond dispute for every Sumter reader. Surely the experience of friends and neighbors, cheerfully given by them, will carry more weight than the utterances of strangers re siding in far-away places. Read the follow ings Geo. Ingrata, farmer, well-known in Sum ter, says: "I believe you have a mo>t valua ble medicine for backache. f<>r I never had anything do me so much good as Doan's Kid ney Piilswhich I procured at Dr. A. .T. China's Drag Store. My back has caused me a lot of suffering: [ didnot k_owthat.it wasmy kid neys but thought I bad malaria all through my bones fer they achedso. The aching ex tended all u and down my back clear into my shoulder, and down my legs..*I do not think [ had & spot about me wi ere the pain did not strike and every onere in a while I had a dud gnawing kind of a pain across the small "f my back and then again sharpshoot ing pams all over. I used numerous rem edies and make-sbif ts but found nothing to do me any good. The kidney secretions be came dark and strong and looked like liver when left to stand and :rvt cpicl. They were too frequent tn action and disturbed my rest nights. The first night after I used Doan's Kidney Pills I told my wife I felt bet ter. I though! it mitrbt be imagination un til after using the pills a couple of days when I kne.w the pains were lessened and the se cretions from the kidneys soon ceased To r>i. - nov me as they formerly did. I have not bael a returr of the aching and pain since I used Doan's niJney Puls." For sale by all dealers.' Foster-Milburn Company. Bu falo. N. Y\. soie agents for thc United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no Other 43 To check early colds nr Grippe with Preventics means sure defeat for Pneumonia. To stop a cold with Preventics is safer tho.n to let it run and be j Obliged to cure it afterwards. To be sure. Pre- j ventics will cure even a deeply seated cold, but I taken early-at the sneeze stage-they break, or head off tho. .' early cold?. That'? surely better, j That's why they are called Preventics. . i Preventicsare little Candy Cold Cur-?. No Quin fae. no physic, nothin? sickening. Nice for the children-and thoroughly nie too. Ii you feel j chilly, if you sneeze.ifyou ache nil over, think of Preventics. Promptness may also save half your usual sickness. And don't forget your child. if ; there is feverishness, nightorday. Herein prob- j ably lies Preventics' greatest efficiency. Sold in ; 5c boxes for the pocket. al>o in '.'.r>c boxes of 4S | Preventics. Insist on your druggists giving you SI BERTS' DRUG STORE. m m I For Infant^and Sffifoen. glS yll| [The Kind You lave r^^^^PI Always lough! AV^efebiePreparauoi orAs- fl m siii lating iieToodandRegu a- 1 rn ting the Stomachs and Bowels of , m J^gg/HS t l6 M \ -- I Signature /Al) Qpmm^Iorptiine nor Mineral. 1 Ul # |\ |JJ Su^afOldllrS MnnJHTCHER \ lX\ ArJjt Seed * gk. Aa* lit Frpperrnint , > fl ll I fl P M^rj/W* /fere; / g pVT f SI 15 A perfect Remedy for Cons tipa- fl f \| lr W W U tion.SourStoiMch.Diarrtoea. fl 1 afc/ ^ WoniisjCorividsionsJeverish- fl U JU^ ST AP fl HQ ir* oess idLOSSOFSLEER fl \J* jf y| Ur ul Tac Simile Signature of ? If mi S m I TMVr>> itriffP ir THC CENTAUR COMPANY, NCW YORK CITY JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of AND Confederate Veteran EICHMOND, "V^ May SO th t o June 3d. * 9 Tickets on sale from points in Virginia, North and South Carolins, May 26th to Jnue 2nd inclusive and for trains scheduled to arriva Richmond be fore noon of June 3d. Final limit to l=ave Richmond returning not later than June 11th, with privilege of extension of final limit to July 6fb, by deposit cf ticket with special agent at Richmond and payment of fee of fifty cents. Return portions of tickets reading account above occa-io^i will be honored from Norfolk if desired, thus affording an opportunity of visiting the James town >xposition, r.J. TUE ATLANTIC COAST LIRE Through car and train service will provide the quickest and most comfortable mea:)S of reaching Richmond. Write for beautiful illustrated folder, containing Maps Lists Hotels, etc. W. J. OEA G, Pass. Traffic Mgr. WILS: T. 0. WHITE. Gen.: Pass. Agt* GTON. N. C. Adding New Accounts. E ARE CONSTANTLY adding new accounts., and our business is increasing at a very satis factory rate. We invite YOUR account. Our facilities are second to none, and we will take pleasure in according to you every accommoda tion within the limits of prudent banking. The First National Bank. 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