Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sweets to the Sweet ? Park&Tilford's! ===== CANDIES ======== S I^ar^e ICftt just received (1 to 5 Pound B Box**) The ACME OF QUALITY in * Dtlaty Packages for Christmas Gifts. H Fine Kxtracts of BfJtt Makes, in small and ^* medium size boxes. All prices. ? _ m DeLorme's Pharmacy. J SUM TER, SOUTH CAROLINA. * 1 M Prices Reduced Until Jan. 1st. I'nti January Iff IN offer to the trade at reduced prices: Stalk Cutters, Buggies, Harness, Seed Drills, And One and Two Horse Plows. Call and see our fcoods and get our pi ices before you buy. The S. M. Pierson Co. 1 The Bank of Sumter, Sumter, S, C. Capital and Profits, $140,000.00 YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE. Your Satisfaction ; Our Pleasure Your Need; Ours to Supply UTl m I Over Capital $50,000 THE PEOPLE'S BANK, S^KSJ "Time and Tide Wait for no Man." Hut the Farmers' Hank & Trust Company is always waiting n.v i t h the ^oods. Having the largest capital stick of any hank in the county, am! lily increasing surplus, its prepared i?> take can oi you and wants your account. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. LIME. CEMENT. f?EWmrffl | PIPl i 11 Proin Rh? flosf, Bbln Htuff^Braui. Iiay, VJIdlll. Mixed-Cow aid Chicken Feed, Hones, Mules. B?SSi"' ":u-! SjS^^Si N? unlit Too luiruo Or Too Snmll. ^^yff Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUM I 1 U. SOLI II CAROLINA Funny SjtS#iSS> -Us. ha!" mud ths )'?\l?il Mil nn he sispjHsi hi) H'*i|usint iiK*s <?u las bat k ?I*ni trtflil to h*'** y u I hav?? on*- of tbe funniest Morle* <>n r?-? oril. uiu] rov srs J'i I hi time " "1 d <u't core for it." win tho inrnl.-l rrplj. "You *????, Hu r,. u often i\ pa* thettr ?hl* PSSSj r<? humor I bat? Ju*t been out Will My a ? bJtSOt, und bS showed inn tatas .f itsj fnnntesi BtO> flee I eter m? If | hada'1 Sat! i ay too; for them l*?l h:i\?- lunched 'aiyndf ?111J " Hi? Little Comeha'.k. \H\nm llfVoftJtSp, ncHtltiv; herself he tweeu two much e tin roam >d penatofa, ssclsltu?. ' A rom? h?'tv.i'??u i u o thorn*!" ~Nsj. rundum." retorts sjsj Irnte old ITSOt lernst?: "?nr. rather. * rnftavts* mi wich"- ui?. Tho Right Flavor. Ths osaa bsd bsiongsd to un old sea captain, snd their new ownsr was uu this i<> bach lbs animals round in ? narrow stre.-t dssjpltS ill efforts with VSSPS Rpd "V tfond. The old usptali gppsarsd on ths Mian, MI lord ?ground, an jftf1 Im railed, ih 'i. selxtog the ox goad, bs raised lbs old boat ?teersr'i cry, t MStaii i IIr Phs hogs hulks slowly backed si ths familiar call "Lur boafi nil!" 'Ihe re isn ?WSJOd side ways, turned to tho right, und the thin^ wsi dons Ruuress Magaatne, Bsfcffw In not lu mi tndsafor to du i great th.ur. hut in r? *i?? *?*t? m 1 pndsaV' *rs to do grsatsf I blags Htnrjf 3sn# EOIST? PROJECT REJECTED. WAR DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS ON WATER ROUTE PROM OR? ANGEBURG TO CHARLES? TON, h> kdvocntes Have Opportunit) Io Make Another Showing m to its Advantage, i harleston, i ?????. 13.?A halt has been oalled In the proposed project of Improving the waterways between Charleston and Edisto with a canal connecting the Edisto and the Ashley river by the board of engineers of the war department, although Capt i at, Adams, corps of engineers, u. s. a., in charge of the river and har? bor work in South Carolina, had re ommended the work. In ruling against the project, the board of engineers allowed the op? portunity to the parties advocating the project to petition the board for a further hearing! submitting such argument as smay be deemed desirable or pertinent and it will be for the business people of this section to say now what they are going to do. The plan of organization of a company with $10,000 worth of stock held in Charleston, and the same amount in Orangeburg consequently falls through unless the advocates of the project secure .a hearing and the board reverses its action. The position of the board of en? gineers is that the cost of the pro? posed improvements Is greater than Is justified by the commercial advan? tages which would be afforded either now or in the future. Capt. Adams mailed today a cir? cular to a number of people interested in the project, acquainting them of the action of the board in not con? firming his recommendation for the proposed work. The circular sets forth the facts of the case, reasons of the board and Invitation of the board to those Interested In the pro? ject to take It up anew, If they so de? sire. a i*' b-r V * ? Just make a fe-w comparisons of our prices?our qualities, to realize that we prefer to convince you by "deeds" that our Fine Furiklturo cannot be bettered in quality?in price. We don't wait for others to set the pace?we lead ln giving most for the money. Why not do your shopping early and have the best choice? Witherspqon Bros. Furniture Co, THEY ARE VOTING IN VOTING CONTEST. VOTE FOR S OUR CHOICE. The following have been nom in ited: Miss Lula Cook Boykln 6s votes Mis-^ Grace Braddon 60 votes Miss Cathelene Bostlok 4 2 votes Miss Marie iMirant ?s vot s Miss Helen Broughton 20 votes Miss Ollie Delgar f>4 votes afisi I'm ma Mood 2S votes Miss Mae Lee 12 votes Miss Miriam Mcllette H votes W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. 6 S. Main St. Sumter, S. C. . . HUNT'S . . . LIGH1N8NG i?* the ?nie llllfoillng BClOtttlfe dressing >\Iii? >i Instant!) relieves and pci'iu.iiii'ill'\ ein e?, all hurts, etits, burns, bruises, sprains and WOnndi Of run Kind. Paill leaves at out e because tho air Is e\< Imled. ami llie oil eoVOrfng nets ns nrtlllelal skin. The quick eat, mates! healing oil Known? lit MS I.KdITMM. OIL. 25 cents and .Ml ceil Is bottles, All Druggists Always A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, fexas Bold By SI HERTS IHM STORE. A GOOD WORK. Sumter County Teachers Association Biasing the Way of Progress. Editor of The i >ei!y 11? m: Btateburg, Dec. 13.?l 'write to call the attention of the people of Sum- | ter county to the excellent work i \ the Bumter County Teachers associa? tion, now going forward, in ordeg that this work may excite general In- ! terest, approval and support. It is a great gain' for the county, when a labor, of the character just now u<. der taken by the association, la i earnestly entered upon by the educa? tors of the youth, who are soon to take their placet as the citizenship of the county, In all that this name em? braces and implies. Jn the lirst place a committee Is going around ] getting (and successfully) premiums and prises for the best home-made (hair .table, broom, singletree, axe handle, desk, beat kept poultry yard, dairy, etc. 1 y boys and girls of Sum ter county. While another branch o? the same committee is pushing the study of South Carolina literature to the front, ii, our school work, and have made a splendid start in do? ing this essential thing for the State's literary advancement, and premiums Will soon be gotten up for liest essays, readings, recitations, songs, etc.% from South Carolina literature. Nothing could be Wiser or better arranged than this plan of education. For we must have material wealth and home comforts and refinements of our ov/n making, as agencies in our growth toward an ever improv? ing humanity. Yet at the same time, it should be thoroughly understood, that these material things are but agencies, not objects?means, not ends. That fine corn and fine fur nil arc are to be sought and used for the purpose of growing fine men ai women and that the spiritual part of our nature is incomparably the best part and always to be held in view as the greatest object and concern In life's work. We must, therefore, not only strive to have home-made corn in our barns; but above, yes far abovi and beyond this, as the true and final olject of our exertions, home-ma books, pictures, musical instruments, etc. in our libraries and parlors. Now let trustees and patrons of th< schools of Sumter county demonstrate by word and act, to the teachers their apprecis ion of what Is now under? taken In the cause of education and nothing is more certain than an early and notable advance in "the life worth living," within the borders of the county bearing the world-wide fa? mous name of Sumter. John J. Dargan. Boston children are very previous and the boys become as sharp as men at early ages. Only '..ist week a boy broker of Boston went Into opera? tions that netted him a neat $">00, 000 and then without making any noise about it departed for parts un? known. CHARGES AfiAlKSI CONSUL FTOWSPAPKR PUUIJSHERS' COM? MITTEE SAYS CONSUL SUP? PRESSED DATA. Sends Letter to Tariff Board Protect? ing Against One-elded Accounts of Pulp Situation. X. w York, Dec. l'.i.?The paper committee of the American Newspa? per Publishers' association has rent a letter to the government tariff hoard ?tatlng that the United states consul at Qeubec in reporting upon the avail abb- pulp wood supply for American paper mills from private forests of Quebec, "has suppressed data that had been furnishd to the consul by the highest authority in that province and that the consul has misrepre? sented the situation." The consul's report said the recent prohibitions "will not have the effect Of reducing the quantity Of pulp Wood for export for some years to come and perhaps never," Implyig that the 1 present needs of the American mar? kets, 1,000,000 cords of pulp wc id per annum, could be obtained fr< 1 pri? vate forests. But, according to the oemmittee, the suppressed data from official sources showed that only 330, 000 cords J>er annum u.id. r presea. restrictions^ will be available for the American market The letter charges thai an area ? j igo,000 square miles of public forests [has been withdrawn as a source ol i supply and thai the private forests I now available measure approxi? ttely 7,fc00 square miles, or of the lota I fores! area. (?n beb i of i hose \\ ho* pay $60,000,000 i er an I mini for n< -' hi iii p iper, the com? miti< ?? "pro! its aaglnst one and colored r< !>< >rt t." The merger fUill continues to ' cupy the central place In the eyes o ii>. Ktate and to take up much spuc< in the papers of the State. Plans hnve been pill on fool t organise the South Curollna Torna! Exposition company for tin- purpos of holding a tomato exposition in thl 1 stab- nexl August VALIDATION CERTIFICATE PLAN MENACED WITH FAILURE BECAUSE ROADS DIS? REGARD IT. Ylieget! That Provisions or White sul? phur S|niiiii- Agreement Are Be? ing Violated. m i New York, Dec. K'.J?The valida tion certificate plan for safeguarding cotton bills of lading, w hic h was put Into effect at the beginnig of ths cot- j 1 n season ami was off er v. I to Kuio poan bankers as a substitute for the guaranties which were demanded by the banks on the other side, is menaced by the failure of some of the cotton carrying roads to adhere to the agreement. Some of the South? ern roads have formally withdrawn from the agreement and others are embarrassing the bankers by neglect? ing to observe the rules for the is? suance of validation certificates, v. hlch were agreed to by the railroads at the White Sulphur Springs con? vention in Jul> last. Railroads in tin- cotton growing States and bankers here and abroad hu\e been sent copies of resolutions which were adopts 1 at the recent meeting of the sub-committee on bills of lading of the American Hankers* association. The Southeastern lines which have withdrawn from the agreement are holding the Southwestern lines re aponslble for their defection on the ground that the failure of some of the Western lines to carry out the plan has forced the Kastern lines also t" disregard it. Unless the stand which has h ? n taken by the American Hankers' as a elation sub-committee results in all ihe railroads faithfully enforcing the agreement the whole dispute over the protection of cotton bills of lading is r. opened. In this event many bank era are turning to the proposed fc ? ral law regarding bills of lading in th" belief that much good will come from the passage of the act which President Taft recommended in hit recent message. Young Allen Macfarlane, son of t li ? Rev. Allen E. Micfarla-ie, while practicing on th i sw inging rings in the gymnasium . t the high school at Branchville. landed on his hands resulting in the breaking of bo' arms just above the wrist. It is said that be was pushed by emosfmsoe that he was pushed by some of the boys, and that hs lost his hold. At the annual meeting the the South Carolina historical commission, Mr. H. A. M. Smith, of Charleston, was re-elected vice chairman. the law designating the secretary of State as chairman, and Mr. A. S. Sallsy, Jr., of Columbia, was con (Irmed as secretary, lie is regularly commissioned by the governor. Mr. fates Snowden, professor of history in the University of South Carolina, is the only membef of the original com? mittee remaining. The thre^ other popolntlvs members, besides Mr. Smith are: Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, President of Wofford College, Spar tanbt rg; the Hon. Jos. A. McCul lough, attorney. Greenville, and Mr. K. M. Kennedy, principal of the graded schools of Camden. At the election at Dillon held last week upon the question of issuing bondi to the amount of $10,0U0 to aid the North and South Carolina rail? road the proposed bond issue was de? feated by a vote of :14 to 01. Just what the outcome ot the matter will he remains to be seen. When the X. & S. C. proposed to extend Its lines to Dillon the town was asked to give a. right-of-way to Dillon from a point two miles this side of Clio, a right of-way through the town and two miles out of town and a depot sit-' 150 by 300 feet. Messrs. J. W. Dillon ft Son contlrbuted the depot free of cost and a committee was appointed to secure the right-of-way. The railroad was built and President Bonsai) says he spent $10,000 iu se? aring the right-of-way that was to l ? secured by the tow n. Now he de? mands his money and the election held Tuesday vas for the purpose of providing funds to reimburse Mr. Bonsall. AS the bond issue has been rejected there is no available fund with which to pay the claim <>f the railroad people and just ho a- the matter w ill be Bettled is a problem. Now get ready for snothcr Joke, gentlemen, nailing r la g<dng to l the federal oil lands iti California.? m irw Luk< ? ? Sentinel. MODI >TV INJURED; ASKS $2,500. Surprised By S Man While Having A Dress Pitted. Cincinnati, Dec 12.?Mrs. Minnie Fluer has sued for $2,GOO damages fr<?m fright that followed the sudden appearance of Thomas K. Stone, a wealthy lumberman in the rooms of a dr< ssmak?r, Where a dress was be in*? fitted on her. Mrs. Fluer was seantly attired and standing on a chair when the door was opened suddenly and a man stood with an unobstructed view of the complainant. ln an effort to avoid his gaze Mrs. Fluer fell ofC the chair and asserts she fractured five ribs, receiving internal injuries. Stone states that he called to col? lect rent. The Americans are finding it a hard matter to lend the Chinese gov? ernment the $50,000,000 which that government needs. Sumter needs to follow the example of Charleston and other larger cities and get out a slogan that will help the people here to keep outsiders in? terested in Sumter. The people of Sumter should feel happy that they do not live in the north or northwest everytime that they read in the papers about the big blizzar is and fierce snow storms which are passing over those places. An Unusual Gift saaansaaaaaansaasaasaaaessas ammara Nunnally's famous candies make the most delightful sort of gift. Evefyone vv h o eats candies appre? ciates them more* than any others be? cause they are so ir? resistibly good. caniies for ever a quar? ter century h:.vc been standard in tho $outh?? thehirfiecttertofDvritv. W. W. SIBEIIT. Electric Bitters Succeed when everything tlse fails, ln nervous prostration ana female weaknesses they aie the supremo remedy, as thousands have testified. 1 FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE Lit is the best medicine ever cvold over a druggisi's counter. aniBseBBwaaafsssssBBsssaaasBWBssBsnaBBi T Are You Loakmq to* a Positron? We can offer you good Paying Employment that you will enjoy and at home. 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