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i?t tf?laic u m auJO Swaifrrtt m .. - K?tes<ss1 sa Um fctuolkW ?4 Sumter, 8. < .. mm tilMl| ( Um Mmtter. rMON4L Mr. *nd Mr?. Claude Mason, of Otbaon. N. CM are visiting relativst hsra. Mlsa Annie ?tubbs, of Georgetown, la epeadlng th? holidays with Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Stubbs. Mr. D. Larar Bissel, of Charleston, is visiting Mrs. LaFar on Chestnut Mr. Wyndham Manning is at home from the Patted State? Military Aca teany. Weet Point, for a aeek's stay. Mr and M*-*. VlvUn Mo?e*, of Kw. 4 the holidays with tfn*. AltamoTit >..?sea aSr of Columbia agaat Cb.^tmss Hay i>| the city. Mr and Mr*. N.III O'Dolfhell left Sato' ' n Florida, when ^Hk- ib ? ! i Jaye. Mt Xlni -eturned from th it to purchase a e? ' mules for th?> rKlt?K- l? ; I ck Co. Shaw spent attending the annlng Pres r, of Oreen v.he. \n visiting at rapt. and Mrs, K 8. .trat?!?'?. Mr R. f Salem, was 0aniu*t Carter ?f Richmond, Va.. Is i-? 11 ?? w days stay. Mr. ! W iltimore. who spent b 'tmus with his parents, Mr. v< - left Tuesday ys Chandltg. '?re id friends at i M. c. M.ifj m%T moth. r. r Mulllns. VI rs. Charles G. M of Bishop nesday. spending the >f Mayesvllle Weil - i , , hsU Mill, i ei landina, h *h? o f?vW- day? ley h -v. POSTAL Ur.l K IT SMALLF.ll. ONE COMPANY GIYEfl MOO,000. Stetson Prints Christmas Gifts to tyOOO Fniployos. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.?The annual distribution of Christmas presents smonff the employes of the John B. Stetson Hat Company took place to? day. The total value of the presents of money, stock, watchps and chains, turkeys and articles of wearing ap? parel which were given to the force of 6,300 persons at the plant Is esti? mated at $300,000. To each apprentice boy was given either a $5, $10 or $20 goldplece , a gold watch and chain and stock in the John ft. 8tetson Building and Loan Association. The Tiring Line. I >n January loth at the Academy Of Music amusement lovers will be *,'i\< n the first opportunity of seeing a dramatised version of any of Mr. Robert W. Chambers celebrated nov? els, when "The Firinsr Line" will be presented. All who have read Mr. Chambers' books, which include "The Fighting1 Chance." "The Younger 8et" and "The Danger Mark" will look forward with considerable in? terest to a stage portrayal of the c haracters such as no author but Mr. Chambers can create. BACK GITE* OVT. Plenty of Stimter Readers Have This Experience. You tax the kidneys?overwork them?? They c.tn't keep up the continual ?train. The back gives out?It aches rind pains; L'rinary troubles set In. Don't wait longer?take Doai. s Kid? ney PlUa Sumter people tell you how they act. 8. C. Brown. 110 Calhoun St.. Sum? ter. 8. C, says: "I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills and they did me more good than all the other remedies 1 had pre? viously, tried. I suffered severely from a lame back and some days was not able to work. I hurt me to stoop or lift. I could not rest well and no position I ?m*uni*u was comfortable. In the morning upon arising, my baea s^ lame that I could nardly get it. The kidney secretions also eon. ed Berlinern and wer* tod fro GKRONIMO IN ACTION. The Indian ChU'f's Story of How II? Whipped thfl Mexicans. About noon wo began to hear thei ?peaking my name with curses. I the afternoon the general came < the Held, and the lighting becan more furious. 1 gave orders to r warriors to try to kill all the Me. can officers. About 3 o'clock the g< tral called all the officers together the rigJit side of the field. The pi; where they assembled was not v? far from the main stream, and a tie ditch ran out close to where officers stood. Cautiously I craw out this ditch, very close to where council was being held. The general was an old wan The wind was blowing in my di tlon, so that I could hear all he .* and 1 understood most of it. is about what he told them: " cers, yonder in those ditches are red devil Oeronimo and his \ band. This must be their last Ride on them from both sidt the ditches. Kill men, women children. Take no prisoners; Indians are what we want. D spare your own men; ? xtermina band at any cost. I will pot wounded to shoot ail desert en back to your companies and adv Just as the command to g ward was given I took delibera at the general, and he fell, instant the ground around n riddled with bullets, but I w touched. The Apaches had From all along the ditches an fierce warery of my peopb columns wavered an instant ai swept on. They did not retr. til our fire had destroyed th ranks. After this their light! < not so fierce, yet they contii rally and readvanee until dar also continued to speak my with threats and curses. The before the firing had ceased ; Indians had crawled out of th< es and set fire to the long grass behind the Mexican Ourlng the confusion that f we escaped to the mountains. "Geronimo's Story of Ills Life M. Barrett 'l he man In the upper Mr sleep all th^ sounder for the cnoMt ledge that he has si ieast something for the porter.- -C Science Monitor. / i iEN LEPER DEAD. f V. Kirk Dies ut Hei- Alken Home. Dec. 27.?After being under jo for more than two years, hlcn time she had not been to leave her residence, Miss Kirk died tonight at six She contracted cold several ) and this is believed to have tor death. No statement was onight by her physic ns, Drs. ?oft and T. C. Stone, funeral arrangements have ade. Miss Kirk has no im > relatives in Aiken. And, as ith was unexpected, they were ;ifled until after her death, death of Miss Kirk marks the a m??st remarkable case. It is at she contracted leprosy some rs ago in Brazil, to which y she was a missionary of the 'terian church. When she re l home she was treated by famous leprosy specialists, in g Dr. Hutchinson af London, vas pronounced cured by that rity and returned to America, said she was making a second to London when intercepted by intlne officers. That was some ?ars ago. e fact that BftiSfl Kirk ever suf from leprosy was closely ded from the public. More than years ago it became rumor -d the lady had leprosy. The <>x nent was astounding, and the rd of health immediately ordered Investigation. The local physi is were divided, some asserting she been cured, others that she still ered from the malady. Dieting* led physicians from all parts of country examined the lady, but . too, were divided. the board of health were ^at she was a menace to > bey immediately took i hot to the pest house, "*h an injunc * carrying _~ Sumter, S. Capital and Profits, SPECI A load of Eighteen Mulct And arrive ;il>out December Jfith. We a week in December and the first wee and make room for another load wl. to see the cash, but those offering 1 count as the cash bayer. Now Is tl We are still selling our Hutfjr prices. The S. M In ..i "> 4* - ? :.et them off ba d ? ..; .'rv iMta Wm I a* m will re re . tat a 'ii* ?son i^o. ur Best alesman NEWBERRY LAD KILLF The value?represented in high grade quality, is self-evident in our stocks of FINE FURNITURE Quality in design?in finish?qual? ity that means the best recommen? dation for our offerings as every buy ?r is bound to find satisfaction with purchase, large or small. t? best bargains?it'll pay you to shop b^re. Ifekj ?i I n "^HOS. FURNITURE ?a^ < ?MPANT. Dies Front Self Inflicted Wound Parlor Rifle. Columbia, Dec. 29.?Charles the 15-yc Lake, of . suits of . llicted on parlor ril ing all th . nd Hare ?When and your through re. take g dose of C ? < bathe your feet in hot water going to bed, and j-ou are almo tain to ward off a severe col sale by all dealers. Tom Dixon says novels have a back seat. Tom's novels nev occupy the "amen corner" exc Macon News. Saved From Awful Deatl How an appalling calamity family was prevented Is told McDonald, of Fayettville. N. D. No. 1 "My sister ha B "?he wa thir? and pase, and had n and ?attn -d to grow wealth ?uien failed, ti ry w?a.-. tri? her, ih c \