THE REAL ISSUE.
\ Continued From Page Two.
three thousand, and further thai the
two colleges are located immediately
adjacent to the northern suburban
' residential section of the white peo?
ple, .who constantly* and continuously
traverse the same streets, avenues,
etc.
I have been a member of the Or
?angeburg oolice force between nine
and ten years. Very truly yours,
W. L. Douglass.
Orangeburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1307.
Mr. Jas. R. Ligon, Sumter, S. C.
My Dear Sir: Tour communication
t hand and contents carefully noted.
In reply to your inquiries beg to say,
I have been first what was known as
trial; justice, but now magistrate of
the district embracing the city of Or
angeburg and two negro colleges,
whose students will number about
twenty-onexhundred, for about twen?
ty years.
I mean to say I have been magis?
trate of this district for about twen?
ty years. My residence is between
Claflin Park1 and the State College. I
don't believe there are any two bet?
ter behaved bodies of students, white
or colored, anywhere, north or south.
In my long term of office I cannot
recall an instance where I had to
have arrested a student from either
of these colleges.
Meei them when you will on the
streets or on their respective campus
and you will find them polite and or?
derly.
I don't believe' there are any
schools \\here the officers have stu?
dents under any better control.
Drs. Dunion of Claflin and Millet
of the State College, who live on
their respective campuses, deserve a
great deal of praise for the was* they
have under control ad these students.
You will find all the teachers of
both schools models in good behavior.
I believe that is why the student body
is so well behaved. Yours respectful?
ly, C. P. Brunson,
Magistrate First District,
Orangeburg, S. C.
Orangeburg, a C., Aug. 12, 1907.
Mr. Jas. R. Ligon, Sumter, S.,C.
Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiry
about the negro colleges here, I would
say that, in the discharge of my du?
ties as County Superintendent of Ed?
ucation, I come. in contact ^frequent- ;
ly with the professors and students j
both of Claflin and the State Colored!
College, and it gives me pleasure to
be able to testify that I have
. always found them humble, polite
and exemplary in their conduct. I be?
lieve, too, that their influence upon
the other negroes of the commuity is
beneficial. It is hardly necessary to
add that the financial benefit these
colleges to the city is considerable.
Yours very truly
Stiles R, Mellichamp,
Supt. Education, O. C.
Orangeburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1907.
Mr. Jas. R. Ligon. Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sir: I have my office down
near the Court House square. I live
bey*ond the Southern Railway. I
leave the office at about 3 o'clock p.
. m. I have occasion to meet the stu?
dents and professors from the color?
ed colleges, often. They treat me
with the 'utmost politeness. They are
always courteous and polite. I see
no difference in their treatment of me
whenever I meet them on the streets.
Yours truly, 'sa, F. Izlar.
P. S.-If their treatment to me is
different to that of others I am nor
aware of it.
Orangeburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1907.
Mr. Jas. R. Ligon, Sumter. S. C.
I>ear >ir: Your inquiry relative t
the conduct of the students and pro?
fessors of tho two negro colleges lo?
cated has been received.
.As I live immediately adjacent to
the Colleges, my property (residential)
touching the property of both col?
leges; and as I have been living there
for nine or ten years. I feel that I am !
in a position to speak intelligently on '
this matter- Tho conduct of the stu- ;
dents and professors above referred]
to is one of fine example for the bal-j
ance of the negroes of our community j
to emulate, and I will further add j
that a- neighbors, their proxmiitv and !
presence is. far more desirable thai, j
that of lets of folks, which at first j
blush might seem more preferable, j
This ts remarkable; also, in view of i
th? fact that the combined attendance, j
professors, ?e tc., of the schools num- j
hers between 2,500 and 3,000 people.
Yours truly.
Geo. V. Zeig!er. !
Oraageburg, S. C.. Aug. 12. 1907. ]
Mr. Ja*. 11. Ligon, Sumter. S. C.
My Dear ?ir: Replying to your in- j
qui ry regarding the conduct of the I
student body of th" colored colleges j
in our city, will say that I come in j
personal contact with many of them ?
and find them as a rule very desirable ,
citizens.
'My home joins the lands of both
colleges, and I do not find th ern at :
all objectionable as neighbors.
As a merchant, I can add their
trade is good and we find them di -
sirable customers.
Very truly yours,
W. L. Moseley.
Orangeburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1907.
Mr. Jas. R. Ligon, Sumter. S. C.
My Dear Sir: Your inquir?-, rela
: ;lve to the conduct of the professors
?and -i-udent body of the two colored
j colleges in this city, has been receiv
! ed. I have lived In this city for
more than 15 years and have always
found them polite, and my observa?
tion has been that they have always
conducted themselves orderly. I have
never heard, nor do I know of. any
complaint against them.
With kind regards.
Yours very truly,
A. W. Summers.
Attorney at Law.
That's pretty good reading matter,
isn't it? That show's whether they
are law abiding or not. Such expres?
sions as those of Messrs. Manning and
Boyle attributed to the condition ex?
isting at Orangeburg is the very first
time in the history of the writers Ufe
that he ever heard that education
contributed to lawlessness, and he is
thankful to find out, as above set
forth, that such is~ not the case, a1
though he knew it before.
I No, friends! It is not a question of
j the purity of the water -supply, for
that has been ? carefully looked after
and guarded, nor is it that negroes
are not wanted in that neighborhood,
j for - the number of negro residences
in that section, there erected by the
white people, many of whom live in
that section, stand as silent sentinels
evidencing the fact that they are not
objectionable, but invited, but the
"milk in the cocoanut" lies in the
fact that a real estate deal of some
magnitude has been "pulled off" in
the vicinity of Sumter, when the "self
appointed guardians" were not in?
vited to participate; if there is any
other re?son, honestly, I cannot see
it.
In closing, let me say that, in this
connection, I heard an expression fall
from the lips of one of the negroes
who is interested in this movement,
which conveys a fine setiment; he
said, in referring to some caustic let?
ters' that had been written: "What?
ever those gentlemen may say or do,
I, and my people, will not forget to
always be gentlemen.". May it ever
be so. Quite in contrast was this to
the manner in which I am told the
writer was spoken of by one of the
highly cultured gentlemen who
is loudly proclaiming the in?
iquity of the whole s deal. It
is said he described the writ?
er as a '"walking corpse." Per?
haps I am-I may be dead and don't
know it. but I honestly believe the
dirtiest "nigger" in Sumter wouldn't
speak that way of a yellow, mangy
cur. If he did' say it, that fellow
ought to take a post graduate course,
at the negro college, when it is built,
and learn some manners-learn at
least not to gloat over the misfor?
tunes of others.
Very truly yours, ,
Jas. R. Ligon.
RICHARD CARROLL'S VIEWS.
i The Well Known Negro Educator
Thinks it a Mistake io Arouse Feel?
ing Over Location of Negro Col?
lege-^-Advised Against Change of
Location Before Deal Was Closed.
Editor Daily Item:
I think, too, the colored Baptists
made a mistake in changing the loca?
tion of their school, and I spoke about
it to members (two of them) before
the deal was made. I told them that
the school should be located among
the colored people, where the colored
people owned their homes, or lived,
and not in a neighborhood settled
with white people.
Again, all taxpayers and good citi?
zens: colored and white, should ob?
ject to a school, being built too near
the city water works. I fear there is
some one trying to make some money
and the deal or exchange in places is
tc make some one or the city spend
some money. Under no circumstances
sh uld the school be built near the
waterworks, if the best citizens pro?
test. In fact, they will have to get
the good will of the people in Sum?
ter if the school is ever built, and
nothing should be done to make trou?
ble for either race. Surely the Bap?
tist educational board have seen
enough to "move back" to their origi?
nal grpnds.
? fear that unless a change is made
in the management the most of the
citizens now living in Sumter will be
dead before the college is built on
any place in Sumter. Putting lumber
on the ground does not mean mach
when the money to pay for it is bor?
rowed.
But the white people of Sumter
should encourage them and give
something in cash to get the school
located there. Unless they do it the
outlook is gloomy.
Richard Carroll.
Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 23. 1907.
MORE [XSIDE FACTS.
-:- I
Tho Real Cause of Richard Carroll's I
views on the Xcgro <"<ii!<*u<* Ques?
tion.
Editor Item: Please allow us space j
in vour valuablej columns to reply to j
Ein article appearing in your paper
of yesterday from Rev. Richard Car- j
roll, in resrards to the erection of our!
Inasmuch as the boar i was forced
to decline a proposition from Rev.
j Carroll to erect the college elsewhere,
and for which action he has always
seemed disgruntled, and, inasmuch as
he has never aided us in our under?
taking to the amount of a single pen?
ny, nor has interested himself in any
way whatsoever, we think you will
agree with us that Rev. Carroll is
. hardly in a position to render an un?
biased opinion; especially is this so
when, from his piece, he shows him?
self to be so densely ignorant of the
facts. His disloyalty to our cause,
however, is perhaps more easily un?
derstood when it is learned that we
declined his request to name our col?
lege after him.
It is the "Richard Carrolls" who
have been our greatest stumbling
blocks, and if he and his adherents
will simply allow us to attend to our
' own affairs, the courtesy will be ap
j preciated.
Thanking you for the privilege of
your columns, we are,
Very respectfully yours.
Paul Grantham, Chairman.
*OrInc Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold
under a positive guarantee to cure
constipation, sick headache, stomach
trouble, or any form of indigestion. If
it fails, the manufacturers refund
your , money. What more can any
one do. Sibert's Drug Store.
CIEYELAXD ABLE TO TRAVEL.
Ex-President Will Soon Go to His
Xew Hampshire Home.
Whetfield, X. H., Aug . 21.-Ex
President Grover Cleveland, who has
been ill during most of the summer at
his? home in Princeton, X. J., is ex?
pected at his summer home in Tam?
worth before the week . closes. He
has so far recovered, it is stated, that
he is now able to travel. Mrs. Cleve?
land and the children will be here
with him, and if Mr. Cleveland's
health permits, the whole family will
remain until late in the season.
* Mon Past Sixty in Danger.
More than half of mankind over
sixty years of age suffer from kidney
and bladder disorders, usually en?
largement cf prostate glands. This
is both painful and dangerous, and
Foley's Kidney Cure should be taken
at the first sign of danger, as it cor?
rects irregularities and has cured
many old men of this disease. Mr.
Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo.,
writes: f*1 suffered with enlarged
prostate gland and kidney trouble
for years and after taking two bottles
of. Foley's Kidney Cure I feel better
than I have for twenty years, al?
though I am now 91 years old." Si?
bert's Drag Store.
Mahon Wins at Greenville.
Greenville, Aug. 20.-In the second
primary today G. Heyward Mahon re?
ceived the nomination for mayor by
an overwhelming majority, defeating
Avery Patton nearly two to one.
*I will mall you free, to pr/>ve mer?
it, sample of my Dr. Shoop Restora?
tive, and my book on either dyspepsia,
the heart or the kidneys. Troubles of
the stomach, heart or kidneys are
merely symptoms of a deeper ailment.
Don't make the common error of
treating symptoms only. Symptom
treatment '.s treating ; the result of
your ailment, and not the cause.
Weak stomach nerves-the inside
nerves-mean stomach weakness, al?
ways, and the heart and kidneys as
well, have their controlling or inside
nerves. Weaken these nerves, and
you inevitably have weak vital or?
gans. Here is where Dr. Shoop's Res?
torative h? ? made its fame. No other
remedy e*r 4n claims to treat the "in?
side nerve Also for bloating, bil?
iousness, ^ad breath or complexion,
use Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Write
me today for sample ? and free book.
Dr. Shoop, Racine. Wis. The Restor?
ative is sold by Sibert's Drug Store.
NEW YORKERS SELLING AUTOS.
"Rich Mail's Panic" Disastrous to
Automobile Dealers.
New York, Aug 21.-More than 2.
000 Xew Yorkers, some of them rank?
ing as millionaires, says the World to?
day, have sold their automobiles
within the last few weeks. Almost as
I many more, it is estimated, by the
? trade, have cancelled orders for new
machines. These automobiles repre?
sent a total cost of over S15.O00.0?U.
They are now worth $7.000,000.
"The 'rich man's panie' in Wall
street has made all the trouble."' an
automobile dealer is quoted assaying,
as he exhibited several letters and tel
grams cancelling orders for machines.
"Every denier in high priced ma?
chines. Americans or imported, has
stories to tell of orders cancelled by !
Xew Yorker.", who. until recently,
were generally supposed to be rich j
enough to afford any luxury. Some
of the stones are pathetic. The aver?
age rich Xew Yorker has an ? xpen
sive family, and his expenditures are j
on a largo scale. Any curtailment of
Income cuts off Ste luxuries because
li? Jives up to bis income. So the au- I
tomobile has h<>& sacrificed.
Km] >rsc(l by the County.
?"The n-?st popular remedy in Ot
seg<~> county, and the b< st friend of
my family, writes Wm. M. Diet*-, ed- .'
?tor and publisher of the Ots? go
Journal. Gilbertsville. X. Y.. is Dr.
King's Now Discovery*. R bas proved j
to be an infallible cnn- for coughs!
and colds, making shor t work of the' ?
worst'of them We always koop a
bottle in the house. I believe it to j
be the most valuable prescription |
known for Lung and Throat diseases.
Guaranteed to never disappoint the
taker, by Siberts l>n??r Store. Price
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
MURDERER ESCAPES JAIL.
He Was Aided by His Friends-Thou
! sand Dollar Reward for Anderson
Murderer.
? Anderson, Aug. 21.-J. Allen Emer
? son, who was convicted of the mur?
der of Thos. F. Drake at the Febru
ary term of court and sentenced to ,
life imprisonment, escaped last night j
from the county jail, where he had
been confined pending a hearing by ?
the supreme court on an appeal for j
a new trial, and he has not yet been !
i
captured. The escape had been care- ?
fully planned and the prisoner had
aid from outside. Some of his friends
had made a key which would unlock
the door to the ceil and after the ceil
was unlocked the escape was made
without difficulty
The sheriff has offered a reward of
Sf.00 for the capture of the escaped
prisoner and the sons of Drake have
offered a like amount. Solicitor Boggs
has wired the governor to increase
the amount.
Emerson is about 5 feet, 8 inches
tall, aged 38. and his '"right leg is
shorter than the left. He is a des?
perate fellow and it is thought that
if he is captured he will have to be
killed first;
The killing of Drake by Emerson
caused a big sensation in this coun?
ty, for both men were well known and
both stood well. The trial of Emer?
son was attended by large crowds ar.d
there was much excitement. Emer?
son killed Drake on the night of Aug.
ll at Drake's own1 home. Thef mur?
der was a shocking one, Emerson
having invaded Drake's home for an
illegal intercourse with his daughter.
He was discovered by Drake and
Emerson claimed that Drake was fix?
ing to shoot him when he fired and
killed him.
A strong effort is being made to
capture the escaped prisoner and an
effort will also be made to learn who
the allies are who made the key and
w ho assisted in the escape. The escape
cf Emerson has caused a small sen?
sation here.
Eczema.
?For the good of those suffering
with eczema or other such trouble,
I wish to say, my wife had something
of that kind and after usiiig the doc?
tor's remedies irr some time con?
cluded to try Chamberlain's Salve,
and it proved to be better than any?
thing she had tried. For sale by De
Lorme's Pharmacy.
Work on the new court house- in
Lee County will commence within the
next few days.
*"Wt nwer repent ot eating too
little." eva one of the ten rules of life
of Thomz j Jerfferson, president of
the United States, and the rule ap?
plies to every one without exception
during this hot weather, because it is
hard for food, even in small quanti?
ties, to be digested when the blood is
at high temperature. At this season
we should eat sparingly and properly.
We should also help the stomach as
much as possible by the use of a lit?
tle Kodol for indigestion and dyspep
sia. which will rest the stomach by
digesting the food itself. Sold by
All druggists.
The barn of J. C. Stidham, a Saluda
county farmer was destroyed by fire
Evidence points to incendiarism.
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Better Than
Three Doctors.
* Three years ago we had three doc?
tor's wiv.h our little boy and every?
thing that they could do seemed in
vain. At last when all hope seemed
to be gone we began using Chamber?
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and in a few hours he began
to improve. Today he is as healthy a
child as parents could wish for."
Mrs B. J. Johnson, Linton, Miss. For
sale by DeLorme's Pharmacy.
DISPENSARY WINS EV BAMBERG.
Thc Returns arc Incomplete, but Pro?
hibition Forces Have Lost.
Bamberg,' Aug. 20.-Although two
boxer, have not yet been hoard from,
it is practically certain that the dis?
pensary forces won in th? election
held in this county today to decide
whether tue county should have
county dispensaries or prohibition.
Six of the eight boxes . have been
heard from, and the vote now si ands:
For the dispensary 27". against 216.
Tho vore polled was very small, less
than hair* the voting strength of the
county. The two boxes not yet heard
:'rc>::i wiri po'J fron-? 100 t" l-'-'i, and
will, it Ss thought, favor the dispen?
sary by slight majorities. The vote
at the various precincts already re?
ported follows: Bamberg, for 147.
against S^; Denmark, for r>2. against
?6; Govan, for 14. against 31; Olar.
for 35. against 13; Farrell's, for 10,
against 22: "Midway, for 12, against 6.
CASTOR IA
Tor Infants and Children.
The Kind You Haye Always Bought
Signature of (^^f^^^^^AC
Eczema and Pile Cure.
fpEt, Knowing what it was <> *tuTer, 1
[?LL will give Free of ; '.?. ? to ai j
effiicted a'positive cure fer Eczema; Sa1;
Rheum. Erysipelas, Pi] - and Skin Dis
eases. Instant relie*'. !>.. :'t naffer \ov%
er. Write F. VV; w ULT \ ;. J s " H I M anhat
tau Avenue, New York. Ere'. - . tamp.
10-3-ly
SUSPENDED BY HOKE SMITH.
One of Giorgia's Railroad Commis?
sioners Practically Ousted From
Office.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21.-Gov. Hoke
Smith tO(iay issued an order to take
immediate effect suspending Com?
missioner Jos. M. Brown, of the rail
.road commission, from office and ap?
pointing Hon. Guyton McLendon to
fill the vacancy on the commission.
Gov. Smith's order suspends Commis?
sioner Brown indefinitely and Mr.
McLendon will serve during the re?
mainder of his time.
The announcement of Commission?
er Brown's suspension, which practi?
cally amounts to a. dismissal from
office, will create a profound, sensa?
tion. It is probably the first time in
the history of this State that a gov?
ernor ever exercised his authority to
suspend an officer of the railroad com?
mission.
*Keep the pores open and the skin
clean when you have a cut. burn,
bruise or scratch. Dewitt's Carbol
ized Witch Hazel Salve penetrates the
pores and heals quickly. Sold by all
druggists.
MANSLAUGHTER IS THE CHARGE
Train Dispatchers. Engineers and
Conductor Held for Train Wreck.
Raleigh, X. C., Aug. 21.-Chief
Train Dispatcher B. P. Ketchum, of
the Southern railway and Train Dis?
patcher Victor Parvin were arrested
today on warrants charging man?
slaughter, the coroner's jury having
found them guilty of gross negligence
and carelessness in the matter of a
head-on collision of a freight and pas?
senger train near Auburn on Aug. 6,
when three men were killed.
They waived examination and were
bound over to September court,
Ketchum's bond being $1,00 0 and
Parvin's $700. Warrants have been
issued for Engineer W. W. Ripley
and Conductor C. M. Oakley of the
passenger train, who admitted having
forgotten their orders to meet the
freight train. The magistrate says he
is willing to grant bail to them in
$1,000 each when they appear be?
fore him. They are expected to ap?
pear tomorrow.
.Piles get quick and 'certain relief
from Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Its
action is positive and certain. Itching,
painful, protruding or blind piles dis?
appear like magic by its use. Large
nickel-capped glass jars 50 i cents.
Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.
HIDDEN DAXGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That
X'o Sumter Citizen Can Afford to
Ignore.
Dar.g?r Signal Xo. 1 comes 'rom
the kidney secretions. They will warn
you when the kidneys are sick. W??\
kidney-- excrete a clear, amber fluid?
Sick kidneys send out a thin,' palo
and foamy, or a thick, red, ill-smell*
ing urine, full of sediment and irreg*
ular of passage.
Danger Signal X'o. 2 comes from
the back. Back pains, dull ?nd heavy,
or sharp and acute, tell you of sick
kidneys and warn you of the approach
of dropsy, diabetes and Bright's dis?
ease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and cure them permanently.
J. L\ Hollis, residing at 221 Cheeves
street Florence. S. C., says: "Doan'a
Kidney Pills which I used for kid?
ney and bladder trouble have greatly
benefitted me. I was very badly hurt
on the railroad a number of years
ago, had my back sprained, and I
think my kidneys were badly hurt at
the same time. Mr. back got well
enough for me to get around, but be?
ing paralyzed from my hips down I
am unable to walk. 1 have suffered
greatly with backache during the past
eight or ten years. The seer * "ons
from the kidneys were in bad c^-di
tion. very dark colored, full of sedi?
ment and accompanied with burning
pain. I used numberless remedies,
but none of them did me any gooyd
until I read about Doan's ' Kidney
Pills and sent to a drug store for
them. They gave me relief. The kid?
ney secretions cleared up, the burn?
ing sensation left me and I do not suf?
fer from the terrible backaches, I
attribute these satisfactory results en?
tirely lb the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills. You are welcome to use my
name as an endorser of the claims
made for them."
. Plenty more proof like this from
Sumter*people. Call at A. J. China's,
drug store and ask what customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
X'ew York, sole agents for the United
States. !
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. Xo. 51,
Lsxathre Fruit Syrup
Cures stomach and liver
troubles and chronic con?
stipation by restoring the
natural action of the stom?
ach, liver and bowelSo
Refuse substitutes. Prlos SOOb
SIBERT'S DRUG STORE.
Paint Your House Now
---?
We have just receive? a solid car load of
Hammar Paint.
which we are offering as long as it lasts at the old price. Ow?
ing^to the increase-! cost of raw material all pure paint Manu?
facturers have been compelled to advance ther prices: and in
order to sell this celebrated brand of paint at the old price we
purchased a car of it, so that now Ls the time to save your mon?
ey and secure a lasting paint We also have always on hand a.
good stock of
Devoe and New Era Pain*,
ALL FULLY GUARANTEED. _ ?
Lime, Cement, Hair.S
The Mani Hardware Co.
j Everybody knows ^^^ES?^^ ing, inside or out
?about S.W.Fo Ifs -?^S?^^^^ side
success is in the p'^f|^^poT^
air. \8iyHB^ Si?ERW?M-W'LUMOS
it gains feme for P?U?T
itself with eveiy ?^pgg^|3 will do it better
? gallon that's spread f$?||??|^ and more econom
j cn a house. \ il jj / kally than any
Uniform good | \\ j / other, it will wear
j quality has given \ H j I longer, lock better ;
j it a popularity ; \\ W and cover mere
J greater than any \ | Jpf surface.
I ether paint on the. Y, -?S^.l-M &s a paint with ..
j market b?^Ur^Mt a reputation found
When you want ^^k-'^M ed cn merit. Ask
I to paint a build- illili^ UL^? \
S-l-tf
Carolina
Hardware Company
18 THE PEOPLS S^ANK ^^'
Does a Gene ral Banking Business, allowing interest 4 per cent, per annum
somponnded quarter!? in its Savings Department. Centrallv located and con>
?ervatively managed. We invite yos? patronage
C. G. ROWLAND, President. : R. F. BAYXSWORTH, Vice President
R. L. EDMUNDS, Casnii r.
RI'
F?A
Hakes X??neysfind Blatfdei'Bight VViij Surely S?0P thai COUQ?L