Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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justice! uuewn dead. Km I ('miic Suddenly From Stroke of A|H>plexy. Washington, March 28.?David Jo slah Brewer, associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Tutted States, died tonight at 10:30 o'clock as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. His death followed in a minute or two ne fore he could 1 to his bed. Mrs. Brewer was with him when the end Justice Brewer was 73 years old. The end came altogether unexpect? edly. Although he had not been feel? ing well for the past few days, the as? sociate Justice was up and out to? day, apparently In the best of health and spirits. He was In equally gfJOd ?plrlts at dinner and spent the even? ing In reading. Shortly after 10 o'clock he retired to his room, and within a few min? utes. Mrs. Brewer heard a heavy fall and went to Investigate the cause. She found her husband prone upon the floor of the bath room. He did not regain consciousness and died be? fore a physician, hastily summoned, could reach the house. Justice Brewer came to the Su preme Court from the Federal court in Kansas. He was the second oldest member of the court. Justice Harlan only being his senior. He was regard? ed as the most Democratic of all the members of the court, most affable, approachable and accommodating. He was the one man on the bench who had proof copies of his opinions pre? pared for the newspaper and this he ?did consistently. He was a member of the old Field family, being a nephew of the late Associate Justice Stephen E. J. Field sind CyTus W. Field. Justice Brewer's death raises a se? rious question as to the action of the ?court regarding the Standard Oil and "lean Tobacco Company suits, it Is not Improbable that the will have to be retried, since ? now remain but seven Justices ss upon them, Justice Moody not g participated in the trials by a of Illness. RMATION HAS BEEN SUP? PLIED. lice In This Paper Brings What Was Desired. t week a letter was published Nelson Mann, of Randolph, . asking for Information con tg the wife of Lieut. Wlllard A. y, who was a Miss Colburn. communication brought a reply Dr. 8. D. Doar, of McClellan which gives the desired lnfor \. It Is In part as follows: Mr. Osteen: iw an Inquiry In the paper Mrs. Huasey, the wife of Lieut. ? f. new her well before her mar and also Lieut. Hussey. Mrs. Anna Hussey, nee Colburn n childbirth In Charleston in l think was burled In St. Paul's t yard in the Matthews vault, >ly. 8he was the daughter of P. Colburn. Their plantation, in." Is about three miles from They spent the summers narleaton. She was a grand ter of old Mr. V\ illlam Mat who was a man of wealth. If eslre more Information I can dy supply It. Very truly yours. S. D. Doar. in MEET IN SVMTKR. e Muinnl Will Hold Annual lectio* Here Next Month. fnbla, March 29.?The South a State Association of Sewanee will meet In BjMnter In May. llor Hall will deliver the ora t, Swlnton Whaley, of Edlsto and Rev. W. W. Memmlnger, ita. but until recently of Char especttvely, president and sec f the association. A dozen or atend fr?>m Columbia. dnes that aid nature are al ?st successful. Chamberlain's emedy acts on this plan It he cough, relieves the lungs e secretions and aids nature Ing the system to a healthy . Sold by W. W. Slbert. M?r h 27.?John Smalls, a ployed on the construction ie N. and S. C. railroad, was Instantly killed by another f the gang last night. The done In a shanty car, and a used was a shotgun. The of shot entered the left netrated the hart. Smalls ? from Charleston. The i e gambling, It Is said. ie out of every ten cases ?m Is simply rheumatism ? es due to cold or damp. M heumatlsm, neither of ? ? any Internal treatment. Al eeded to afford relief Is th Ication of Chamberlain's Li Ive It a trial. You are cei pleased with the quick rel affords. Sold by W. W. Bit / grows apace.?Chip rroi The Hundred-Point Man. The other day I wrote to a banker friend, inquiring as to the responsi? bility of a certain person. The an? swer came back thus. "He Is a Hun? dred-Point man in everything and anything he undertakes.'' 1 read the telegram, and then pin? ned It up over my desk, where I could see it. That night it sort of stuck in my memory. I dreamed of it. The next day I showed the message to a fellow I know pretty well, and said, "I'd rather have thr.l said of me than to be called a great this or that." Oliver Wendell Holmes has left op rec ord the statement that you could. not throw a stone on Boston Com- | mon without caroming on three poets, two essayists and a playwright. Hundred-Point men are not so plentiful. A Hundred-Point man Is one who Is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for Insult nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers, without be? ing "fresh;" who Is considerate to? ward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who Is cautious and yet cour? ageous. Hundred-Point men may vary much In ability, but this is always true?they are safe men to deal with, whether drivers of drays, motormen, clerks, cashiers, engineers or presi? dents of railroads. Paranoiacs are people who are suf? fering from fatty enlargement of the ego. They want the best seats In the synagogue; they dem nd bouquets, compliments, obeisance, and, In order to see what the papers will say next morning, they sometimes obligingly commit suicide. The paraoniac is the antithesis of the Hundred-Point man. The paran? oiac Imagines he is being wronged, and that some one has It In for him, and that the world Is down on him. He Is given to that which is strange, peculiar, uncertain, eccentric and er? ratic. The Hundred-Point man may not look Just like all other men, or dress like them, or talk like them, but what he does it true to his own nature. He is himself. He Is more Interested In doing his work than what other people will say about it. He Qoes not consider the gallery. He acts his thoughts and thinks lit? tle of the act. I never knew a Hundred-Point man who was not one brought up from | early youth to make himself useful , and to economize In the matter of time and money. Necessity is ballast. The paraonolacs, almost without exception. Is one who has been made exempt from work. He has been petted, waited upon, coddled, cared for, laughed at and chuckled to. The excellence of the old-fashioned l?lg family was that no child got an undue amount of attention. The antique Idea that the child must work for his parents until the day he was twenty-one was a deal better for the youth than to let him Ket it into his head that his parents must work for him. Nature Intended that we should all be poor?that we should earn our bread every day before we eat it. When you find the Hundred-Point man you will find one who lives like a person in moderate circumstances, no matter what his finances are. Kvery many who thinks he has the world by the tall, and Is about to snap Its demnitlon head off for the delectation of mankind, is unsafe, no matter how great his genius in the line of specialties. The Hundred-Point man looks af? ter just one individual, and that is the man under his own hat; he Is one win. does not spend money until he sanM It: who pays his way; who knows that nothing Is ever given for nothing; who keeps his digits off oth? er people's property. When he does not know what to say. he says nothing; and when he does not know what to do, does not do it. Wo should mark on moral qualities BOl merely mental attainments or protleleney, because In the race of life only moral qualities count. We should rate <>n judgment application ;md Intent. Mm. by habit and nature, who are untrue to ? trust, are dangerous just In proportion as they are clever. I would like to see a university de? voted to turning out safe men, instead ? ?f merely clever ones. How would It do for a college to give one decree and only one, to those who ere worthy?the degree of II, P.I Would it not be worth striving for, lo have i.liege prealdni say to you, over his own signature: MHe is a ilundred Point man in everything and anything be undertake*"?Ulbert II ubbard. Dtaoordant notes here and there in the opera situation. TRIPLE KILLING NEAR LAUKEXS Two Negro Men and NegTO Woman shot to Death. Laurena March 27.?A triple kill? ing, the commission of which em? braces some unusual circumstances, occurred in the vicinity of Parks Sta? tion, three miles east of the city, last night, when Toney Anderson was shot dead In the cabin home of Ida McCoy Nelson, the negress herself mortally wounded, dying a few hours later, and Alex Itay, living a mile distant, called to his door end shot through the heart, expiring almost instan? taneously. Anderson and the woman were kill? ed by Claude Ferguson, who was ac? companied by another negro, Jim Davis, on his death-dealing tour. Fer? guson was armed with a shot gun, Davis with a pistol, according to a statement made by the woman before She died, and that of her daughter, Rosa, an eye witness to the tragedy in their house. And for certain rea? sons, it is believed that Ray was kill? ed by the same murderers, though the coroner's jury today returned a verdict to the effect that he came to his death at the hands of parties un? known. Ferguson and Davis made good their escape, although every effort has been made since last night to ap? prehend them. A Great Drought. In the matter of ra'nfall the South Atlantic States are specially blessed by nature. The moisture laden cur? rents of air from the Atlantic are carried westward, and a great part of their precious freightage is precip? itated upon the earth before the high? er altitudes of the Blue Ridge can be crossed. This givs to our section not only an abundant rainfall as regards quantity, but a rainfall also so well distributed as to time and place that droughts are unknown. Such little dry spells as we sometimes have and which in our happy ignorance we call droughts, are of such short duration as not to be considered as such In other countries and In other sections of our country, where meteorological conditions are less favorable, and the people know by sad experience what a real drought Is. Texas is at present experiencing a most severe drought. It has been on for many months. Not that there is an absolute absence of all rainfall, but because the rainfall has been so far short of the normal that the little which falls is not sufficient to satisfy the thirsty earth. All of last year this drought prevailed, and a short? age of three million bales in the cot? ton crop in part tells the calamitous story of the drought. The winter has passed without bringing sufficient rainfall to soak the earth, and the drought continues. The days and weeks pass without bringing the need? ed rain. The new cotton crop is be? ing planted with the certainty that, if the drought shall continue through this season as it did last year, the cot? ton crop of the southwest will be still shorter than it was last year. It begins to look as if that section of the cotton belt is to experience as great a drought as that of East Austra? lia, which lasted seven years. It be? gan In 1896 and continued until 1903. Australia is peculiarly subject to droughts, but that was the most se? vere one experienced since the first settlement of that country. In the province of Queensland, where sheep raising is the principal Industry, 13, 000,000 sheep perished for want of water and feed, two-thirdo of all the sheep in the country, and it has taken until now for the flocks to be again Increased to ante-drought propor? tions. It Is by considering how the people of some other countries suffer occa? sionally from drought that we can best appreciate our favorable condi? tion, in a country of abundant and fairly regular rains, a country of nev er falling springs and ever flowing rivers. ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are safe, sure and reliable, and have been praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by W. W. Sibert. He just didn't believe the House would treat Its Uncle Joe that way ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets InVarlably bring relief to wo? men suffering from chronic constipa? tion, headache, biliousness, dizziness ?allownsts of the skin and dyspepsia. Sold by W. W. Slbert. The Mills Place near Mayesvllle, fine dwelling, as Rood land as any, M horse farm open, a real bargain, price ??:<;? an SC re, terms easy, hot saw tlmbnr and WOOd ran be sold readily. Don't wait or you will iiiKs the real Heal Kstate Bargain now on the market. Possession Jan. 1st. Hnall payment down secures this ele? gant plant at ion. A I SO A Lot of City property, at asocrlflce for qnlck sale. J. J. MUTTON, JR. REAL BATATE 108 N MAIN ST. PHONE 395 WHAT THEY WILL GET. it Mayor-Elect Jennings Carrlea Out His Promise. The following card was handed the Item man a day or two ago with the statement that if Mayor-Elect Jen? nings c-arries out his promise to rid the town of Mind tigers this is what the tigers will get: The following appeared on a sign in the window of a blind tiger in this State: "What Each Man Gets:" From a bushel of corn the distiller gets four gallons of whiskey, which retails at.$16.00 The government gets. 4.40 The farmer who raises the corn gets.60 The railroad gets. 2.00 The manufacturer gets. 9.4 0 The tiger gets (fined $200) .. ..hell And the consumer gets.drunk Camden, March 27.?About 4 o'clock this morning fire destroyed the barn and stable of Col. W. D. Trantham, on Chestnut street, to? gether with their contents. Mr. W. D. Trantham, Jr., who is the mail carrier on Route 5, had two horses in the stable and one of .hem was burn? ed to death, the other being badly In? jured. The origin of the lire is un? known. The ioss is partially covered by Insurance. ?Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by W. W. Sibert. The conclusion will be universal that Bryan has abandoned the chase for a senatorial toga because his heart, despite numerous disappoint? ments, is set on a more glittering prize.?Evening Wisconsin. ACT QUICKLY. Delay Has Been Dangerous In Sumter. Do the right thing at the right time. Act quickly in the times of danger. Backache is kidney danger. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly. Cure all distressing, dangerous kid? ney ills. Plenty of evidence to prove this. Mrs. Charles Browning, 101 E. Ca? nal St., Sumter, S. C, says: "For some time my kidneys were disordered and the secretion from these organs became unnatural. I also suffered from dull, nagging back? aches and had distressing pains through my loins. My head ached constantly, I could not rest well and in the morning I felt tired and lan? guid. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills procured at China's Drug Store, I have been free from backache, am able to rest well and the kidney sec? retions are regular in passage. The headaches have ceased and I feel bet? ter in every way. I give Doan's Kid? ney Pills the credit for this improve? ment." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 20. Where They Got Done. Bryan's Equitable Methods. "Among the gambling stories that the late Pat Sheedy used to tell in his art ?hop," said a New York re? porter, "was one about a jackpot. "A beautiful young bride, the story ran, entered a corner grocery one morning and said: "Have you got any jackpots, Mr. Sands.' 'No, ma'am,' Sands answered, and he hid a smile behind his hand. I've got teapots and coffee pots, but jackpots I don't stock.' " 'Oh, dear!" said the bride. A frown wrinkled her smooth and beau? tiful brow. 'I'm so sorry! You see, Mr. Sands, my husband's mother used to cook for him, and nearly every night he talks in his sleep about a jackpot. So I thought I'd get one, for, since he mentions it so often, he must be used to it. Could you tell me, Mr. Sands, what they cook in jackpots?' " 'Greens, ma'am,' was the quick answer:"?Detroit Free Press. The rejection of the income tax amendment by the lower house of the Virginia legislature displeases The Commoner. That periodical says among other things: "Democrats gen? erally will keenly regret this action on the part of the Virginia legisla? ture. The income tax is 10 well es? tablished in popular favor and seems so equitable a method that it was hoped that Democratic legislatures would lose no time in ratifying the proposed amendment." The trouble in this matter is that all the Demo? crats are not so broad-minded as Mr. Bryan. Many Democrats oppose the income tax measure because it hap? pens to be a Republican administra? tion measure. Mr. Bryan supports it because it is an equitable method of raising revenue for the support of the government.?Knoxville Sentinel. Half-p.nd-Half. "I don't understand you, Linda. One day your're bright and jolly, and the next depressed and sad." "Well, I'm in half mourning, that's why."?Fliegende Blaetter. Also, when it comes to sightseeing in Khartoum, the educational advan tages are, of course, mutual.?Indian apolis News. Uncle Joe Cannon's theory that a majority is competent to have its own way does not lack demonstration.? Washington Star. Six hundred thousand feet of lum? ber were burned in Maryland the other day, which included about four fifths of the State's available supply. ?Richmond Times-Dispatch. If Caruso will take the entire band of Black Handers back to Italy with him, all will be forgiven. DEPOSIT With First iNational Bank THAT'S ALL, HORSES, MULES. BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS, BUILDING MATERIAL, Lime, Cement, Acme Wall Plaster, Shingles, Laths, Fire Brick, Clay, Stove Flue and Drain Pipe, Etc. Tr j ? All kinds, Horse, Cow, Hoe and Hay and Gram?Chicken Feed SEED OATS, WHEAT, RYE AND BARLEY. A car load or a single article. Come and see us, if unable to do so, write, or phone No. 10. BEST LIVERY IN SUMTER. toch Co., SUMTER, SC. We Want the Attention 0FX EVERY LOVER [OF HORSE-FLESH, EVERY PERSON INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, EVERY MAN WOMAN OR CHILD INTERESTED IN THE SANITA TION OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. We are the [direct representatives of Dr. Hess & Clark, -of Ashland, Ohio, manufacturers of the CELEBRATED STOCK FOOD, POULTRY PANACEA, INSTANT LOUSE KILLER, DR. HESS' DIP AND DISINFECTANT, HEALING POWDER, WORM POWDERS FOR STOCK AND HOGS, COUGH AND DISTEMPER CURE. This is the season for general cleaning up. Give the animal his regular food with some of Dr. Hess' Remedies and watch the result. It you are not satisfied, you have not made a bad purchase, for every package is guaranteed or Your Money Back. An Egg'per Day?Try to get this from your hens. The only discovery on the mar? ket today to stimulate laying is DR. HESS' PANACEA. Sanitation?Kill the Germ. You can do it with Dr. Hess' Dip and Disinfectant and Sprayer. A quart of this makes a half barrel of the finest disinfectant known to science, Paint your horse's hoof with Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy. Keeps off scratches, sand-gravel, makes the hoof grow soft and pliable, strengthens the frog. These remedies cost so little in comparison with the net result, that it is up to you. PHONE 85.