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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16
Prosperity and Failures

We heard great deal of the pros
perity of the country during the past
year Some of us heard more of it
than we saw The political speakers
aad Mckinley spellbinders bad a
great deal to Say about it, and the re.
publican newspapers assured the
public they had seen nothing like it
before We like to see people pros
porous, and the next thing to being
prosperous is believing you ale
But Don's Commercial Agency is 8
very cold FLOODED concern when it
comes to figures, and it's record Of
failures during the year 1900 seems
to jar our ideas of a1l.pervasive pros
perity with substantial jolt. Here
is what Dun's Review has to say:
While it is not yet possible 10 print
accurate figures Of failures, during
the full year 1900, preliminary
statement may be made that will
approximate the final result. Detail
ed returns for all but the last few
days of the year have been compiled,
and adding a propo'tionate amount
for the time still to elapse, it appears
that commercial failures will number
about 10, $50, with liabilities of $751;.
100000 Oftbis number 2,300w ere
in manufacturing for $49,750,000.
1900 io trading for $50, 100000, and
$50 brokers'. transporters. etc not
properly belonging 10 either of the
other classes, for $27, ,25O,0O0 Be-
sides these strictly commercial de
faults there were sixty financial con
Germs with liabilities of $34. 100000,
swelling the total to 1o.6o9 in uum
Der and $17O,0O0,000 in amount
Tbi. shows large increase over the
preceding year. when all failures
numbered 1898 and liabilities were
Sl23. .l32,679 Augusta Chronicle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16
HANNA'S HAUL,

The enormity of Mr. Hanua's pro
posed ship subsidy grab is clearly set
forth in some figures from the New
York World For S9,000,000 year.
the amount proposed to be paid in
subsidies to already prosperous
steamship lines under the pretense
that it will promote the foreign
commerce of the United States," the
government could borrow $3.50 900,
600 at the present rate Of interest on
it's bouds With $3.50, 100000 the
government, could build a feet OF
steamships that would more than
double the tonnage of our oceangolug
merchant marine and turn them over,
free of cost. to private steamship
companies for operation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16
A FIRE IN DARLINGTON

Darlington. J.o S.-Dean's ware
house and wholesale grocesy Was burned
to the ground tonight. When the
alarm VAS sounded it was seen At once
that the building could not be saved.
It j. Gear the Coast Line depot. The
adjacent .obaooo wsre houses we're saved
by splendid work by white sod colorsd
people. fireman and volunteers. O@'
ing to the inasumable ma'er1als 1t s''
was difficult to stsnd near the building;
bat there Was Dever any lack Of volao.
seers to take the places Of those vao bad
been overheated Owing to the
work OF the 6remen the fire was
coo6oed to tbs original building The
stock was Insured for about $4,000,
but there was no insurance on the
building
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16
PROGRESS OF
WAR in AFRICA.
The INVASION IS Threatening.
Kitchener Holds Rail-
roads.

London. Jan IL. 4 SO a. u-Is is
undere.ood that Lord Kitchener now
holds security all the railroads lines in
South Africa, having recovered posses
sion of Delgoa Bay Line, which had
been cut Jan I.
According to the Pretoria eorrespon-
deos Of The Daily Mail, Lord Ki'cheser
is now organizing force of 10000
irregular borse, which will occupy some
weeds When this force is ready be
will resume offensive operations.
Mesnwbile the Invasion of Cape
Colony looks more threatening.
The defenses Of Cape Town, including
two Al osval guns, are Do~ oon.
pleted, aud the recruiting of volunteers
is active throughout the colony. Ac.
cordiog 10 dispatches to The Daily
Express. the admiral Of CT the Cape feet
is prepared 10 an emergency to land
uavai brigade OF 1900 mcn With six
hoschkiss guns
A murraysburg telegam this morn
ing says the Du,ch there received the
British troops sullenly aed is reported
that there are rumors that the colonial
rebels of ;he ueighborhood are join
Jog the invaders.
The Pretoria correspondent of the
Morning Post. wires that member of
the Burgber peace committee. whom be
interviewed. frankly confessed that
thsTe was 90 hope of many Bargbers
sayrendering.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

July Il
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

A negro Who vas arrested al Roue.
Ga, on suspicion of assault, but having
been taken before the woman assaulted,
vas not identified. and as there was no
evidence on which to hold him. the
Judge discharged him. A. mob, how
ever, lynched him. OF course the real
criminal will 60 free. This IS q leg!ti-
mate consequence Of mob law, and
eyery enc who advocates OF defends
it is lending his influence to such re.
sults-Chessef LanterB.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

As q revenue raiser, the dispensary
ia beginning to approaok the Fl cures set
By its father. Ben Tillmau This re
suit has been achieved by the careful
business management of Com missioner
Cfum and Directors Williams, Evans
,od Dukes County and city treasur
les. a. we'll as the state treasury. have
have been greatly helped by the large
reyepoes from traffic which cannot
he stopped, bu. can be controlled -Coi'
umb bic Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

Rochester, N Y. Jan 8 S-Tweoty.
e;gb, bodies lie at the morgue and ~
others more or less seriously injured
lie at the different hospitals ln 'be c'ty
tooigbt as result of the terrible h0'0-
caust which occurred early this morn
ing at the Rochester Orphan asylum.
OF the dead. 26 wero children of both
sexes, ranging iu age from 2 to IA
years. while the remsining two we're
adults The FIRE. which was discovered
a, 10 sm and was doubtless caused
BY an explosion Of oatural gas in the
boiler room, adjoining the west wing OF
saa asylum, spread so rapidly that
nany Of the 109 inmates Of the inss'tu.
siop we're overcone by the flames aud
stookc alr,ost without warning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

The cost Of the war 10 the philippines
down to the present time would bave
paid for the Nicaragua Canal, or irri-
gated 90. 900, 900 acres of western land,
which would have supported a million
American fami|ies.-N 7. Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16
The War on the Beers.
Cycltss Csrps Outspeeds the
Boers in q Race For a
Mountain Pass.

London, Jao s.-The British casual
ties il the Gghsiog Jaausry S between
Col Ba5ins.on's forces and the Beers.
under Gen Be L.rey and Gen Sseeo-
kamp. at Naaavpoort, when the burgh-
ers we're forced to retire. were twelve
men killed sua thirty-three wounded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

Londop, Jao 10-aeo Kitchener
asoGs uews OF serious simultaneous
attack on tbs oigbs Of Jan 7, BY the
republicans 90 the British positions
besweea poio,s 60 uiiea apart, along
the iines Of the Pretoria sod Lorenzo
, Ma:qaes .aitsay The losses on both
sidee we're heavy According TO reports
the B,ees we're oeateo of after proloug-
ed fgasing
Following is the text Of the dispatch
from Gen Kitcbeoer
.Presossa, Wedneaday. Jau 8. 1901.
90 .se nigh: on Jan :. the Beers
made sina::aseous aud determined
a.saczs ap,a all our posts at Belfast.
Woade.fou,cia. Nooisgedacds and Wild
foo.ei,. Tot .ase fog prevailed aud
tskiog adv N sse of tae cover i; sHordcd
the 30 rs se-e aoie "a ,ree2 up close to
on, posi- ioa. A he4vy Gre eoosloued
until 8 40 q. a. wh:o ths Bo,rs we're
driven of. Oae off ser vas killed ADD
tarse va ID d, vale 20 nsn wore
killed aod SO you ,del Ths loss OF
the Beers '~.s bea'y, 81 dead being
countet
A .oa7oy rasiag supplies to Gordon s
briyad.. aae.a of Krugetadorp. was
attacked CT Ho3er's oom uando yeste.-
dag (?2esdsy) The Boefs were driveo
of ie4y.ag II dead on the field. Oor
casusir,es we're four sligb:iy wounded .
Five ,aoasand Boers supposed to
be :rekking wsss from Vrybarg," says
the Cape To~o correspondent Of The
Daily Mali, care DOW making their
way into the heart Of Cape Colooy
The supposltioa ls thai they bave
captured several small garrisons on the
way"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-16

VIM l.. Trenholm, comptroller;of
the currency under Cleveland, ls
dead.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

t.inly one that appeals to all. The
b ,ndman whose liberty was Sc
cured by a true philanthropist
never had one-half the gratitude
that all men have for the glorious
emancipation offered through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Third.
Infinite mercy, conditioned upon
the atonement through Christ
calls with clearion voice, "Son,
give me thy heart" The wages
of sin is death, immediate death,
we're it not that the wounds Of
Jesus plead,
Forgive him, o forgive they cry,
Nor let that ransomed sinner die
II is true today as it has ever
been, of the sinner, sthe soul that
sinneth shall die" Probation ia
secured to all because 1--WE have
an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous The
longsuffering of God the Father
ought to awaken man to q realiza-
ton of his immediate duty to
yield his heart to God. Fourth.
As maker, redeemer and preserver
God vindicates His right to ask
for our hearts. But what appeals
to me most is not question of
right, but a question of impera-
tive need. Tie heart of man is
not only inclined to the bad, but
often by practice is stained and
corrupted by sin. The heart is
impure and therefore needs cleans
ing. God wants the heart in or
der to fit man "for the life that
now is and for that which is to
come" HIS promise through
Christ is to "take away the stony
heart out of your flesh and to give
you a heart of flesh. Blessed
are the pure in heart for they
shall see God" As the spirit OF
God pleads with you, yield your
heart and life to Him who says,
son, daughter, give me thy heart.
Oh, that the world might taste and see
The riches Of his grace;
The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
Janet Tamisiea.
Teacher.
Smith of Iowa.


II remained tor western congress
man, Smith of Iowa, to jab a lot of Jag
ged holes into what the wasp-wasted
whippersnappers at Yves. Point love
to call their code of honor" BY di-
rect questions and honest effort to get
at the truth. MIR. Smith made one of
the senior cadets admit on the witness
stand that the so-called fights between
seniors and the lower class men were
not fights because it was carefully ar
ranged that the lower class man should
have no chance to win, and that if he
did happen to win he was compelled to
fight every upper class man in the ac-
ademy until one was found who could
pummel him into submission. Then
Mr.. Smith proceeded to tell the witness
some very plain truths. He told them
they were lot of cowardly brutes who
had no ides of honor, and in several
ways intimated that they were sorely
in need of some corrective, such as q
we'll oiled harness tug, hickory club,
or an ak.
The World-H Herald rather likes the
Congressman Smith method of cross
examining one who imagines that be-
cause he wears West Point uniform
he is fitted to train in the same class
with Napoleon, Washington, Sir Philip
Sidney and Frederick the Great. 1t is
the regular breezy western method of
stripping off the frills and getting
right down to business. And Smiths
wholesome western way of taking the
starch out of the egotistic young per-
sons will commend him to all western
ers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
Prominent Chicago Woman
Speaks.

Prof Roxa Tyler. of Chicago, Vice
President Illinois Woman's Alliance,
in speaking Of Chamberlain's cough
remedy, says: II suffered with Sc
we're cold this winter which threatened
to run into pneumonia. l tried differ
ent remedies but I seemed to grow
worse and the medicine upset my stom-
ach A friend advised me to try Cham
berlain's cough remedy and found 1t
was pleasant and relieved me at once.
am now entirely recovered, saved q
doctors bill, time and suffering, and
will never be without this splendid
medicine again. For sale by Elliott &
Harvey. j3l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
GODS INVITATION
To a Lost ard Ruined HUI.
mainly. a Plea for Sub
mission to Mans Right
full SOVEREIGN.

After prayer by Rev Adair of
the Christian church the pastor
preached from Prov %: 26. The
heart of man frequently asserts
the fact that he was born to ex-
ercise dominion, by rejecting the
commands of God. The text pre-
sents our Heavenly Father with
outstretched hands and pleading
voice. He is not commanding,
but entreatiug. 1t is the great
father heart yearning after his
hayward child. "Son, give me
thy heart" If God desired new
worlds, or suns, or beings, he
would speak them into being. But
when he would occupy the heart
of man he must ask, and receive q
welcome from him. God cannot
under the present plan, command
man to yield to His will. Man to
be man is posted in free moral
agency; to be otherwise he might
be something. but never a man.
Man holds the scepter of destiny
and Yields it upon conditions, ac-
cording to his own sweet will. By
what right does God solicit our
hearts? We answer BY many,
among them being. first, by right
of creation. "It is He that hath
made us" If man should dis
cover an iron mine and take there.
from the crude ore and smelt it
and make therefrom certain tool
or piece of machinery, it would be
his (barring the materially by
right of creation. God formed
man out of the dust of the ground
aud breathed into his nostrile,
and man became ssliving SOUL"
thereby becoming the absolute
creator of man, and yet 80 making
him that he could accept or reject
every entreaty of his maker. He
who has the highest claim, earn
estly seeks and, may 1 not say
pleads, for the only recognition
that man can honorably concede,
the control of the heart. Second.
When man had incurred the dis
pleasure of God by violating His
law, when death was the only pen
atty commensurate with his trans
gression, when the long night of
hopeless ruin was setting as a
mighty pail, then in that awful
hour, Christ the only begotten
son of the Father, 'saw us and
pitied us then" and ever since
that blessed hour the world can
sing,
'There is fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that food,
Lose all their gnilty stains"
4 He gave His life a ransom for
man.
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him ONE:
Sin had left crimson stain,
He washed it white a. snow.'
The right of redemption is GER
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

There is no pleasure in life if you
dread going to the table to eat and
can't rest at night on account of in
digestion. Henry Williams, of Boone
vile, Ind, says he suffered that way
for years, till he commenced the use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. and adds. 'Now
[ can eat anything like and all 1
want and sleep soundly every night. :"
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will digest
what you eat.
tt ELLIOTT s. HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

Persons who suffer from indigestion
can not expect to live long, because
they cannot eat the food required to
nourish the body and the products of
the undigested foods they do eat poi.
son the blood. 1t is important to cure
indigestion as soon as possible, and
the best method of doing this is to use
the preparation known as Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure 1t dlgests what you eat
and restores all the digestive organs to
perfect health.
i3l ELLIOTT s. HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
Lingering La Grippe Cough

G. Vacher, l57 Osgood ST., Chicago,
says: "My wife had very severe case
of la grippe, and 1t left her with very
bad cough. She tried bottle of Fol.
ey's Honey and Tar and it gave
immediate relief. A so cent bottle
cured her cough entirely" Price Csc
and SOC. j3l
GSOsborne.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

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IoAo !! AN o. uIo5 eau GA Mou
uu 'eoIoAIp U poluuM GUS lq5noul um
ana 'llods . ea!nb ao1 loQleSol poIllcm
oloM aAA 'ees noI 'suoIlulel IlBo luS!m
nos auQ.M asnc l.uIB IepuIg sM uB 'olu
IopuIY sA,, 'ulool5ep!Iq oQl papuodssl
.. 'eSpnr 'lleAA. 'pe@uIsI eleAA uool5opllq
pug opIIq aVl j! 'solInbel Mrl oQl
ST. 'peHsu o5pnf oluqold oul .IoJ paid
-dC suM osuooIl eUl uoqM 'po!Ilum
eIoM smuu otuBs qua 5ullueq sldnoo
= 1up leVlo ana 61unoo uIlguulI VI
'd!qsuoIluIsA Issnb
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

This season there is a large death
rate among children from Group and
lung troubles. Prompt action will save
the little ones from these terrible dis
eases. We know of nothing so Ger.
tain to give instant relief as One Min
ute Cough Cure. 1t can also be relied
upon in grippe and sll throat and lung
troubles of adults. Pleasant to take.
j3l ELLIOTT 81 HARVEY.
When shopping don't fail to call at
the Leader.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

When threatened by pneumonia or
any other lung trouble, prompt relief
is necessary, as it is dangerous to de-
lay. We would suggest that One
Minute Cough Cure be taken as soon
as indications of having taken cold
are noticed. 1t cures quickly and its
early use prevents consumption.
ELLIOTT & HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
The Mother,s Fayorita.

Chamberlains cough remedy is the
mothers favorite. It is pleasant and
safe for children to take and always
cures. II is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and is the best medicine made
for these diseases. There is not the
least danger in giving it to children for
1t contains no opium or other injurious
doug and may be given as confidently
to babe as to an adult. For sale by
Elliott & Harvey. j3l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
British subjects. We have lived
among people who left johannes
burg before the war started and

BRUSH SUBJECTS. We have lived
among people who left johannes
burg before the war started and
we have yet to find one to say
they were dissatisfied, but they
all say they never had done SO
we'll in all their lives, and nine
tenths Of these people want to see
the Beers win, and the other tenth
are too ignorant to know what
they do want, and their only vir-
tue is their loyalty to their Queen.
The American press and Gov
eminent seems awfully wrapped
up IN Great Britain. When Amer
lea was at war with Spain ninety
and nine Englishmen out of a
hundred would have been highly
pleased if America had come off
second best. The other one per-
haps had been to America and
therefore wanted us TO win. This
is how things stood in this part Of
the world. But now these same
people are p.tting the Ysnks on
the back aud saying we we're with
you in your trouble, don't forget
us in ours, and the Yanks believe.
Well, England, ireland, Scotland,
Australia, Canada, India, New
Zealand and Cape Colony have
all had a dig at these two little
Republics and now after years
hard fishting the war is not over
by any means Lord Roberts, Joe
Chamberlin and Sir Alfred Mill
ner should all be hung on one limb
If it was strong enough, and the
10000 British soldiers that are
in this country trying to crush tie
life out nt these liberty loving
people ord sred to leave this coun-
at once by the Powers that be. 1t
Is a great pity there are no more
Lafayettes LETT. It is also great
pity that our glorious America
has 80 soon forgotten her days Of
adversely when The yoke of greedy
Great Britain became unbearable
an our forefathers with the az
sistance of others cast it off, but
we are now trying to hook it on
again.
All England started this war
for was to steal the greatest gold
fields in the world at the present
time, but size has not got them yet
and [ do hope these two Repub-
lies will never come under the
British flag,
With kindest regards ia all en-
quiring friends, wishing you all q
happy and prosperous year for
1901, | am ever your friend and
Neighbor.
Mrs. A. j. LAURIE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
Excursion Rates to Winter
Resorts

Via the Western Line. Ex.
cursion tickets are sold daily, with
favorable time limits, to numerous
points In the West and South at re-
duced rates. For tickets and full in
formation, apply to agents Chicago &
North Western R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

Pepsin preparations often fail to re.
lieve indigestion because they can di-
gest only alhuminus foods. There is
one preparation that digests all classes
Of food, and that is Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. 1t cures the worst cases of in
digestion and gives instant relief. for
it dlgests what you eat
j3l ELLIOTT & HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
Reduced Rates to Salt Lake,
Utah, and Return.

Via the NORTHWESTERN Line. Tick.
cts will be sold on account of Annual
Stock Convention, National Live Stock
Association, to be held January Is 10
l8. For date of sale. ETC., apply to agent
Chicago & NORTHWESTERN R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

ia Lambert of Rachel, N G, writes:
II heartily endore Foley Kidney cure.
1t does what you claim it will do. and
there is nothing equal to it, and l thank
you for the good it has done me. Ac-
cept no substitute. G s Osborn. j3l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

The merited reputation for curing
piles, sores and skin diseases acquired
by DeMiJt's Witch Hazel Salve, has
led to the making of worthless coun-
terfeits. Be sure to get only DeWitt's
Salve.
ri ELLIOTT 81 HARVEY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

The Louis James &c. cigar
has been one Of the leading
brands in the United
States for twenty years and
sells better now than ever.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

..leubuoo o. qolqA q,!M paoMs
qua pun e}uAnduo o. mIsuo Qua OH 30
mns atl S! ssoupulM,. Aus o. posn slal
-luo 6mlo4s s1uemom le@asq s!q VI
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

The Leader is determined to close
out their entire line of winter dress
goods and to this end they have made
sweeping reductions In all prices.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

.uns sIIo1 MoN-.uonGlopu 10 90!
-Ales sVl 10 llud So llop oql lIslA oQN
ssoql 40 uodn poirld s! Vo!QM 'ouuId
:caaMnSpm 81 sllL5 lsolul s,l 5GoHv
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17

With cold weather comes the
thought of a new winter jacket.
Remember the Leader is offering
special inducements in this line
for the next week.