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WtOtKSDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 190(1. ,te for both ,uu. (;m, Nwi
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Carolina Hardware Co.?Look'
Booth-Harby Live Stock Co.
PKKSONAL.
(apt. Frank Welch Dead.
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I Mr*. V. R. Scarborough of Blshop
Fllle le In the city visiting relativen
ad friends.
Mr* William C. Wise has returned
(home after upending a while In Or
angebitrg aad Bowman.
Mr. CUremont Moeee Is at home
irem Furman University, on a few
daye vlelt to Ms mother. Mrs. An
drena Moeee.
Htlss ^etty Aycock. of Wedgefleld,
apeot rrt-lay In the city as theh guest
Of Mite Theo Qreeg.
Mlea R>ea Brogdon has returned to
the city from Laurlnburg, N. C.
J Mlea Ladle Ieeman. of Manning. Is
vuutlng lira. Ferd Levl.
Bldrldge. of Camden, la visit
Cda Tobln.
LeRee Fate went to Fletcher.
N. C. Friday.
I MUssee Leila Evans. Ada and Alma
Bradley of 8t. Joseph's Academy are
visiting (heir parents at Rembert.
Mlaeee Anna Jennings. Tlllle Morris
aad 2*ell Plowden are visiting the
Mlease Bradley* at Rembert.
Mteeee Irene Horn and Lilly Lane
of Jit. Joeaph'e Academy are visiting
their parents at Carterevllle.
Mr. W. D. McLeod of Oswego was
hi the city on business Saturday.
Mr. Peter Jonee of the' Brogdon
kaeotlon who waa quite sick recently
^Kas eatfcrely recovered his wanted
good health and waa In the city on
Beturday.
Mies Beeele Hunter, of Pendleton,
tg visiting Mies Grace B?ndle, on
Washington street.
Mr. J. M. Reave*, of Rembert. was
ta the city Saturday.
Dr. Oeorge McBlteen. of Detroit.
Mich., formerly of Shlloh. this coun?
ty* la In the city on business.
Mr. J. L. Olllts, of Plsgah. was In
town Saturday on biialneee.
Mr. aV M. McCMI. Prealdent of the
Bank of Mayeevllle. waa In the city
an business Monday.
Mtas AugueU Bethea left on Satur?
day for aa extended visit to friends
and retattvee at Latta. 8. C. and
Launb?rton, N. C.
Mr. B. W. Dabba. of Good will, was
In the city Monday.
Mr. I^eon M. Oreen spent Sunday
at hotae with his parents. Mr.
und Courier.
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?enntor Clifton and Represents
tlegf Fraser, Dick and Stubbs are at
home during the recess of the Legis?
lature.
Miss Ruth Harrington, of Wedge
field, is visiting Mrs. H. G, Osteen.
Misses Liszle Dlnkins and Helen
Broughton spent Monday in Colum
Broughton spent the day In Colum?
bia
Mr. Lern Kin<? is spending a few
days with his mother In Wilmington.
Miss Jennie Owen has returned
from a visit to Blshopville.
Miss Kate Hamby, of Florence,
spent Monday In the city with friends.
Mr. C. A. Bruner has returned to
the city from an extended business
trip throughout North Carolina.
Messrs. M. R. Ryttenberg and Da?
vid Kahn, of New York, are visiting
Mr. Abe Ryttenberg.
Judge John S. Wilson, of Manning,
was in the city Monday.
Mr. J. A. Boykin, of Boykins, was
here Saturday.
Mr. Harry Dlxon returned to Blsh?
opville Saturday evening after spend?
ing several days In the city.
Rev. J. P. Marlon and Mr. W. S.
Jones returned from Birmingham on
Saturday, where they attended the
Presbyterian Laymen's Convention.
Mr. Carl Mason Is spending a few
daye with friends In Manning.
Mr. Charlie Butler, of Orangeburg,
Is visiting In the city.
Mr. Thoe. O. Sanders. Jr., of Ha
good, spent Saturday In the city.
Capt Frank Welch, for 2G years con?
ductor on the Atlantic Coast Line,
died Sunday afternoon at 3.20. For
18 months or more he has been Inca?
pacitated for his duties on the road
pud has bten Confined to his home.
A visit WSJ made to the Johns Hop?
kins hospital In search of reiief, but
all efforts jwere unavailing, and the
Captain returned to Sumter, where he
patiently awaited death. He was M
years old.
While at work he had won many
friends all over this section of the
State and ranked among the most
popular conductors in the employ of
the A. C. L. To the last he was pa?
tient and uncomplaining, and declar?
ed with almost his last breath that he
had peace of mind founded upon his
faith in the Savior.
LIEVT.-GOV. SLOAN'S CONDITION.
Some Improvement Noted, but Hos?
pital Authorities Have Fears as to
Ills Utiltlmate Recovery.
Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 22.?Col.
Sloan's condition is slightly improved
tonight, but he is still very low. He
is so weak that, despite the slight im?
provement in his condition, there is
still grave doubt about his recovery,
say the hospital authorities.
South Sumter Street Kicks.
Marriage at Plnewoori.
Plnewood, Feb. 20.?There was a
pretty home wedding Wedneeday at
high noon at the residence of Dr. and
Mrs. J. B. Richardeon. when their
daughter, Miss Mary Thompson, was
given In marriage to Mr. Vanderhost
Gutgnard Nelson.
The marriage was a very quiet one.
Only the Immediate relatives and a
few cloae friends were preeent.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. H. Barnwell. Many hand?
some presents were received.
The happy couple left In the after?
noon for Stateburg, their future
home.
The many friends of the contract
Ing parties wish them a happy jour
ney through life.
Mr. J. F. Glenn, local representa
tlve of Sprunt & Sons, bought 500
balee of cotton last I'Tlday from the
The property owners of South Sum?
ter street have had their Jealousy
aroused by the action of City Council
In Claying South Washington street
before giving their street some very
much needed repairs. If the writer
Is not seriously mistaken in the infor?
mation given him, there is on record
in the clerk and treasurer's office, at
present, a resolution, to put Sumter
street in a favorable condition as
soon as the Southern Railway com?
pleted Its branch into this city. Prac?
tically all of the cotton after being
bought by local purchasers Is hauled
down this street to be weighed, all
of the public draymen and wholesale
and retail jobbing firms do 95 per
cent of their hauling on this thor?
oughfare. It can be truthfully said
that Sumter street, between West
Liberty and the Atlantic Coast Line
tracks. Is the worst imposed on street
inside the corporate limits. A dust
bed In dry weather, a mud hole when
It rains. A. Kicker.
The statement was made to the
writer Monday that there have been
eight murders In Clarendon county
since the dispensary was voted out,
all, or a majority, of them attributa?
ble to liquor, which Is the worst
record for the same period In
Sumter Banking A Mercantile Co.,
and nearly 300 from Levl Bros. In j the history of the county. The aboll
two days he bought 816 bales. The tlon of the dispensary does not seem
Oreen. who Is a member of the staff ! price paid was 9.33, middling basts, to have improved conditions.
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OME one said, "Put a good Hat on a Man's head, a good pair of Shoes on
his feet, and it doesn't make any difference about the balance of his dress."
Be this as it may, a Man's Hat is the most conspicuous feature of
bis entire outfit. . j II
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Hats for Men of all ages.
We fit faces, as well as heads, with Hats. We're experts at it.
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Dr. Cheyne on TuVtvulosK
Quite a number of ministers, phy?
sicians, trustees and teachers from
all parts of the county gathered In
the traded school auditorium last
Wednesday morning to hear Dr. Wal?
ler Cheyne of Sumter, lecture on tu
berculosls, and these together with
teachers and older pupils of the
graded school, filled the hall to its
capacity.
Dr. Miles Walker, president of tin
York County Medical association,
called the gathering to order and pre?
sided, Rev. E. E. niUesple, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Yorkvllle, offered the opening and
closing prayers, and Dr. E. W. Pressiy
of Clover, in a short but appropriate
talk introduced the speaker.
Dr. Cheyne has a good lecture, very
practical, thoroughly prepared and
well within the comprehension of the
intelligent laity; but was at some
disadvantage for the rerson that
much of it is illustrated by means of
stereopticon views, which could not
be shown because of too much light
in the building.
Much of what the doctor said was
in confirmation of the very clear talk
made by Dr. Pressiy some weeks ago
and reproduced in the Enquirer
shortly afterward. He took care to
emphasize how tuberculosis must be
dealt with rather more in the pre?
vention than in the cure, and that
the strongest hope held out for the
eventual eradication of the disease is
the widespread dissemination of the
knowledge that Is being acquired on
the subject.
He made it clear that filth is the
principal source of tuberculosis, that
the bacilli or germs originate and are
incubated there and attack any de?
bilitated condition they may find in
the human system.
He undertook to Impress upon hi*
hearers that while much could be
done to prevent and stamp out tuber?
culosis in its incipiency, but very lit?
tle could be done after the disease
had once gotten hold. Physic, he said,
was of practically no value, and peo?
ple who resorted to it were up against
a vain hope. There was much virtue
in plenty of fresh, pure air; but even
that more often than otherwise proved
a vain hope.
To successfully push the fight
against tuberculosis, he said, it is
necessary to enlist the help of indi?
viduals, of medical societies, of mu?
nicipal, county and State govern?
ments, and In fact every Influence and
power possible. But If the intelli?
gence of the country will bestir itself,
enter Into the fight, with determined
zeal and keep at It, the great
white plague may be finally extermi?
nated.
From Yorkvllle, Dr. Cheyne went
to Rock Hill where he repeated his
lecture Wednesday night with all of
his illustrated views, to the very great
interest and instruction of his audi?
ence.?Yorkvllle Enquirer.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
Score Perish When Steamer Presl?
dente Koca. Victim of the Flames.
Sinks Off South American Coast.
Rutnos Ayres, Feb. 20.?Tho Ar?
gentine steamer Presldente Boca,
from southern ports, according to re?
ports received here, has been wreck*
ed between Puerto De San Antonio
and Puerto Madrin on the east
eoust. The steamer caught lire. It
is reported also that the steamer
sank.
Press dispatches received here this
afternoon /?t?te that the llames spread
with great rapidity and that the
steamer was headed in to shoro as
rapidly as possible. A panic prevailed
and many li^es were lost, some of
the estimates reaching as high as
200. The Presldente Roca WAS on her
way north from Puerto Madrin to San
Antonio.
Later official messages, however,
report that the vessel sank, but that
only 20 lives were lost. Three hun?
dred and fifty passengers and mem?
bers of the crew were saved, accord?
ing to these advices.
The Presldente Roca belonged to
the Hamburg-South American line.
She was the largest steamer trading
regularly between Buenos Ayres and
the southern ports of the republic.
The steamer Presldente Roca WBS
a mail boat, 300 feet long. 41 feet
beam and was 2.S07 tons gross. She
was built in Middlesborouuh in 18'J6.
Mr. ii. J. Hsrby is having a con?
crete sidewalk put down in front ol
his bulldingi on West Liberty street.
\\ e can't have too much Of this I >rt
of Improvemi nt.
An advertisement In the twice s?
week Watchman and Southron ill
be read by more people in Bumter,
i.ce snd Clarendon counties than If
placed in any other newspsper. Think
it over, and get prices <ai a contract,
ii you wish to build up your business.
Mr. Taft is now assured that he has
been elected and Mr. Bryan that he
was defeated. It is equally certain
that In three weeks Mr. Roosevelt
will leave Office.?New York World.
'Baking
Powder
Absolutely Pure
The only baking powder
made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar.
Dun's Weekly Trade Review.
New York, Feb. 19.?R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor?
row will say:
"Improvement In the structure of
business is much more pronounced
than Improvement in the activity of
business. While financial and political
developments, both in Europe and the
United States are distinctly better, the
progress towards the eagerly expect?
ed revival of trade is slow, and espe?
cially In the iron, copper and coal
trade is disappointing. Cotton goods
are firm. Woolen goods are chiefly
active in the better grades of fancy
worsteds. Continued firmness of raw
material indicates little likelihood of
a revision of prices in cotton goods
and some lines even show a tendency
to advance, although trade generally
is quiet. There is no resumption in
the export demand, but the fact that
The Farmers Win a Victory.
The vote of two to one by which
the State senate passed the bill to re?
peal the agricultural lien law, already
passed by the house of representa?
tives by an overwhelming majority,
assures the ending of an unnatural
system which has been an obstacle to
progress in South Carolina for forty
fmmi p.
The law permitting farmers to give
liens on their crops for advances be?
fore or after they were planted, had
Its origin in the design to provide
negroes who were not land owners
with a basis of credit, and was first
enacted by a Republican Legislature
a few years after the close of the War
Between the States. The intention
was to divorce the negro as a laborer
from the white farmer, and to make
him independent, and in a sense that
object was accomplished. Thousands
China has already taken 50,800 bales | of negroes were enabled to lease
since the 1st of December as against ; ian(ja an(j to be "their own nasters/'
30.000 bales during the entire year of at ,ea8t ln reSpect of their labor. In
1908 materially strengthens this rareiy exceptional cases, however, did
branch of the market. the sy8tem mure to their real advent*
"The footwear market is decidely 1 age> for the 8ufflcient reason that the
dull, mall orders being infrequent and
the jobbing trade buying only to meet
immediate requirements."
The Tariff on Radium is a Tax on Hu?
manity and Science.
In view of the liberal steps taken ln
England to endow research In regard
to the healing and other properties of
radium, the fact that our present
tariff law obstructs the Importation
of radium, whether for healing or
study, merits attention. In a letter
to The Sun Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of
this city, notes the Increased use of
radium in medical practice, and de?
plores the "almost prohibitive tax"
this country imposes on the metal.
Such tax serves to heighten the al?
ready extraordinarily high price of ra?
dium, with the result that American
physicians are often deterred from us?
ing it. Dr; Kelly has thrice had occa?
sion, he says, to buy it, but he, in
common with other physiciar*. is
hampered by the high price of this
rare element?a price which is furth?
er enhanced by ouj* absurd tax. "This
tax." he adds, "is as distinctly a blood
tax as was the tax on quinine. Ra?
dium is not a luxury, but a necessity,
and carefully applied is capable of re?
lieving a number of serious surgica'
a'iments. This has been shown by
(he wide experience of Dr. Roberi
Nbbe. of Xew York, as well as la my
> \n experience, and, l rtpeat, tho un
for'nate attitude Of our countr.. in
placing an almost prohibitive ta\ I n
;ad1'IUI serves n a scilcus dete.'ien.
? n ii.i American ph.sie'an."
In the interest of th<\ extension of
knowledge, as well as of the eure o
persons suffering from "surreal ail
ments," the tax on radium should be
Wholly removed. There is no manu
facture Of radium In the United
Statee. The import is accordingly
?Ven from the standpatter's viewpoint
?useless. It but serves to promote
Ignorance of the properties of a prom?
ising remedial agent and to prevent
eures. American hospitals should en?
joy equal facilities with foreign hos
pitall for experimentation and prog
ress in the use of radium. There is
probably not a pound, even of the
salts of radium, available in the en
tire world. The metal exists in very
minute quantltes in ores which are
comparatively rare, and the proceM
of extracting it Is so tedious and ex
pensive that an ounce of it would
command a price beyond the means
of any but our rich multi-millionaries
The salts of radium are sold in small
fractions of a grain, and in such quan
titles are extremely costly and difficult
to get. Nature restricts their use suf
ti lently; no tariff tax is wanted to
restrict it further. It is Indeed the
hi ; ?= 11e of absurdity to find a tax cal
( ulated for gross substances sold by
the ton applied to an ethereal element
like radium. Bui Dr. Kelly, shows
that, beeidet being absurd, the tax on
radium is inhuman. ?Uggestlng a cal?
lous indifference to suffering.?Balti?
more Sun.
negro was as a rule unable to make
farming profitable without the white
man's direction and supervision, and.
the merchant, furnishing the advan?
ces, was compelled to exact tremen?
dous profits on goods sold and money
loaned. Contrived as It was to 1 ene
flt -the recently emancipated negroes,
the law soon became popular with m.
large class of white farmers and ope?
rated not only to hold non-landownera
in poverty, but accelerated the im?
provement of many white men own
rig lands who were unable to adapt
.hemselves to the changed condh.lona
?rought about by the war. The ays
?m has never been popular with tha
.majority of the thrifty, money-mak?
ing and successful farmers, and its
retention for at least two decades haa
been against their protest. This class
has rapidly increased in numbers and
influence during the last seven or
eight years, and at last the legisla?
ture has concluded that its demand
should no longer be ignored.
In our judgement the repeal will re?
sult in a new sitmulus to agriculture
in South Carolina. A year or two will
be required for adjustment, after
which there will be wonderment that
the system surviw..! for so long.
Changes in the lai elating to agri?
cultural operations arc viewed with
exceeding jealousy and are duficu't
to effect. When, following the r. or?
ation of the Democrats to power in
1876, a law was suggested requiring
pasture lands to be fenced in rather
than the cultivated fields, it excited
violent protest and indignation
throughout the State, but ther? was
a complete revulsion of opinion with?
in a few months after Its enactment.
Except in limited localities who"? by
special exceptions cattle are still al?
lowed to run at large, the people
would regard a return to the o!1 Su?
tern as preposterous. In the matter
of the lien law, it is highly probable
that the history of the "fence law"
opposition will repeat itself.
It should be said that the passage
of the repeal bill is largely due t?i
the Intelligent and persistent efforts
of Representative Johi G. Richard?,
of Kershaw County. Not only in lha
Legislature, but on the stump and
press he haa directed the fight and
the agricultural interests of the
State arc under large obligations to
him.?News and Courier.
Mr. Taft calls for team work In tlu
next Administration, and In all prob?
ability he win be the team ?Phtla
delphiS Tress.
Mr. Harrtman may bS laying hhj
plans so that he will have HO BSS for
the Panama Canal after it is opened.
?Milwaukee Sentinel.
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llope.
Deeire wedded to expectation.
The optimism of the soul.
The sun shining through a
row.
Warming today's hands at tomor?
row's lire.
A bud of promise that cheers,
though It may never hi ?oin.
Nature's antidote to worry.
Discounting pOSSiblS future joy in
order t<> have present strength.
The heart*! understudy to certain?
ty
The dawn of new inspiration.
The promise of new strength that
rises from the ashes of defeat.
The welcome to Mr. Taft at New
Orleans affords some measure at *.he
relief of the country on having him
back in safety.?New York Evening
Sun.
it makes a small man big to
on his dignity.
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