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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-27
STATE, OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court, Par
i>h OF St. Mary.
Succession OF Mollie B. Davis,
Deceased. No. BOB.

Pursuant 70 an order of the 2:ird
Judicial District tUurj OF Louisiana.
in and for tht Parish 81 S. Mary. -
sued in tie above numbered and en-
tilted succession. hcarinY date August
2nd. 1901. ana To III" directed. Will
Offer for sale 1T public auction for
cash. to the last and highest bidder.
according to law. at the principal door
of the court house at Franklin. La.
on
SATURDAY,. OCTOBER l-T. 1904,
between tire hours OF II o'clock a. m.
and o'cloci, y. IN. tt" property be-
longing L. tie said .Ucct s,ion. to-wl!:
IL M undivided one-third Of that
certain tract of land living and being
situated il the Parish Of st. Mary.
near the ltl!agr 81 Gum Point. Oh the
road LEADING from Franklin around
the Irish Bend. bounded above by
land of pi4rr" Balrill"aux and the
said public road. h'l"w b. property
nov occupied By tiint Bi"a',H. and
on the west by the f'nuupi4ue swamp.
! together with all tle buildings and
| improvements thcr, on Situated.
| ~ nne-third OF that certain house
| and lot above III" town of Franklin,
formerly known as Mary Hudson ,
home. bounded north by public road.
east by Bayou Tcche. south by hou-
I pique property and west by public
| road.
81 One bond for Ten Thousand
Dollars of the Chicago y. w. X. r.
Co.. called Debenture Elves.
a. Eight bonds of one Thousand
Dollar, each Of the New York Cen
trail r. r.
JOHN G.. DAVIS, Executor
! Franklin. La. Nag. 10Th. 1901.
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find nothing better for liver drrange-
ment and conttipation than Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tabets,-L.
r. Andrews, Des Moines. Iowa.
For sale at Gates Drug Store.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-08-27
A SWEET BREATH

is a never failing sign of a healthy stom-
ach When the breath is bad the stom>
ach is out Of order. There is no remedy
in the world equal to kof.nl Dy-prpsia
Cure for curing Indigestion. dyspepsia
and all stomach disorders. Mrs. May ;
Crick, of White Plains. KY. writes: II
have been ii dyspeptic for years; tried AL
kinds of remedies but continued to grow
worse. b the use of kodol began to
improve at once and after taken a few
bottles am fully restored in weight.
health and strength and can eat what
ever like - kpdol diyests what You
eat anG makes the stomach sweet.
SOLD by \. J. Deiahous>aye.
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Cures Sciatica.

Rev. ". /. Riley. L. l.. D., Cuba
New York. writes: After fifteen dau
Of excruc.,ing pain from sciatic rheu.
natism, under various treatments, | WA
induced to try Balard's Snow Liniueut.
The first application giving my first re-.
lief abe. TIE second entire relief. can
eve it unvuaiiicd recommendation
2Jc. % c,Sl go.
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UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,
Eastern District of Louisiana, SIS

In the United States District Court in and io sad
District New Orleans Division.
In the matter Of sam Silverman Bankrupt No.
ID In Bankruptcy. Petition for Discharge.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
roR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
This is 10 notify my friends that as
ner announcement heretofore made,
I will be candidate for the once OF
District Attorney Of this. the 23rd judi
cial District. This is intended I" re-,
. .,'',,a INV roll. imaginary or coniectural
doubt on the subject.
PLACIDE P. SlGJR.
r, u.o vo.ers of the Parish Of st. Mary:
Yam , candidate for reelection TO the
Office If District Attorney.
w X. WILSON.
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]
Franklin, La, August II. 1904.
Courier Democrat., 1904-05-26
DEFICIENCY IMMINENT.

Expenditures of Government In.
creasinE at . Most Alarming Rate.
The government receipts are decreas-
ing to such an extent that there is ev-
cry prospect Of deficiency next year.
For the current fiscal year-that is,
from July /, 1903, to April II, 1904
the total receipts amount to $432, ,482,-
941 and the total expenditures to $685.
1874, making the surplus for that
period $3,849,6O7. The surplus last
year for the same dates was $32, 1885,
D67, go that there is decrease In
round numbers Of $3O,000,O00.
With this dwindling Of receipts the
Republican leaders in congress have
made no serious effort to decrease ex-
penditures.
One thing is certain-that the next
congress must either reduce appropria-
tions or add to the taxes or authorize
another bond issue. The extravagant
estimates made by every department
have not been investigated, although
the cost Of running the government
has doubled since Cleveland's admins
tration. The discovery Of graft in the
postofnce department does not seem to
have been met by q reduced expendi-
ture. which shows that the system .
still rotten and requires . thorough
so(oEmins.
Courier Democrat., 1904-05-26
rRAouc,No A STATESMAN.
wAas President Roosevelt saia About
Thomas Je6erson.


Thomas Je6erson.
On April 30 Theodore Roosevelt as
president of the United States touched
the golden key which opened the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition at st. Louis,
held to commemorate one Of the great
achievements of Thomas Jefferson, but
an achievement which Jefferson HIM
self, in writing his own epitaph, omit
ted to mention in comparison with the
authorship of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the statute for establish
ing religious freedom in Virginia. Yet.
considered with reference to our ma
tional security and prosperity, the ac-
QUESTION of the Louisiana territory.
carrying with it the control of the Mis-
sissippi river and the gulf of Mexico.
was undoubtedly the greatest triumph
Of peaceful diplomacy recorded in his.
tory, ancient or modern. But there is
strange irony in the fact that Theo-
dore Roosevelt should have been desig-
mated by fate, as successor of JEFF
ferson, to inaugurate the ceremonies in
honor Of Jefferson's greatest diplomat
ic work and then publicly, before the
world, to give the lie to his own calum
MES Of the founder of the Democratic
party, for Of all the malignant vili6ers
Of Jefferson President Roosevelt has
been the most rancorously malignant.
In his published books, ''The Winning
Of the West" "Thomas II. Benton"
and "Naval War of 1872" he has de-
nounced Jefferson as "vacillating," as
''timid," as "a shifty doctrinaire," as
incompetent" "ungrateful," "intrigu-
ing" as secretly aiding the French"
as 'constitutionally unable to put the
proper value on truthfulness," that lie
was "the most incapable executive that
ever filled the presidential chair and
that 'his whole influence was distinct
ly evil"
Touching golden button will not
wipe out these calumnies. They have
been deliberately printed by President
Roosevelt and scattered by him gratui-
tously throughout the world. They
stand forth today as witnesses to prove
him an unworthy citizen of the United
States, who has risen to the highest
place mysteriously in order that by his
own act his calumnies might be stamp
ed as the work of an migrate and
false prophet.
Courier Democrat., 1904-05-26
HOW TO REFORM THE TARIFF

A Practicable Scheme Suggested by
q Clear Headed Democrat.
It has been suggested by one Of the
most clear headed Democrats in the
country that to prevent the disturb
ance to business that might result
from general tariff reform that sepa-
rate bills be passed reducing the duty
on products that an exorbitant profit is
charged for. That programme would
not disturb any business but that Of
the particular trust affected nor re-
quire other taxes to be imposed to pro-
vide for a deficiency in the revenue.
for there is no revenue from such arti-
cles now, there being comparatively
none imported. It must be remem-
bered that the Republican leaders have
by allowing the trusts to dictate the
tariff schedules built up an enormous
monopoly in many products, and it will
require care, time and caution for full
reform and to release the people from
the tariff tax and high prices that are
row SO burdensome.
No sensible man supposes that the
Democrats would wish to 'disarrange
the business Of the country. They have
as much interest in prosperity as Re-
publicans have, and those corporations
that are doing legitimate business
need fear nothing, but excrescences
must be removed, excuses retrenched
and abuses remedied. That will be the
programme Of Democratic tariff re-
form.
Courier Democrat., 1904-05-26
APT CHARACTERIZATION.
Senator Scott Tells What He Thinks
ne xY1s nx.u cous1f1.tos

Senator Scott Tells What He Thinks
of His Own Candidates..
The Republicans Of West Virginia
are having a stiff fight over their nom.
ination for governor, and unless COM
promise can be arrived at there would
seem to be good chance for the Dem
ocrats to defeat either Of the leading
candidates. So intense is the friction
that Senator Scott in speech to the
convention to elect delegates to the ma
tional Republican convention said:
'Now, my dear boys, don't let us say
things about each other that are harsh;
don't let us have to eat crow, for it is
not palatable. Good Lord knows say
from my heart that hope we will all
keep cool-so that we will be prepared
to go up to the polls on election day
and vote for the nominee, no matter
who he may be. Whoever we nominate
will be better than any Democrat. Go
to the polls, If you have to go with
ballot in one hand and your nose in the
other, but vote the ticket"
Now, what did Senator Scott mean
by urging the Republicans of West
Virginia to "vote the ticket even "if
you have to go with a ballot in one
hand and your nose in the other?" Just
before making that extraordinary re-
mark he had informed the convention
that both candidates for governor were
his personal friends and his sympa-
thies were divided, so it evidently was
not the state candidate, whoever is
nominated, that would be "crow' to
the senator or cause him or his par
tisans to hold their noses.
1t is we'll known that Senator Scott
was bitterly opposed to President
Roosevelt being nominated for presi-
dent, and as long as Hanna lived he
hoped he would receive the nomination,
but with the demise of that leader hope
died within the breast Of Scott. He
accepted the inevitable Roosevelt and
crow or a Democrat. Good Lord
knows, hope we will all keep COOL"
Judging from the battle of the eau
cuses and conventions, the shouting of
the captains, the perspiring Of the rank
and file and the evident heat Of Scott
himself, it would seem that for those
interested Ito keep cool' under those
circumstances would be difficult.
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A Practical Question.

For the first ten months Of the cur
rent fiscal year the export OF manufac-
tured goods, according to reports re-
Gently sent out from Washington, ex-
ceeded In value the exports for the cor
responding period last. fiscal year by
nineteen million dolla-s.
This means that the manufacturers
of the United States are able at the
present abnormal cost Of manufacture
to sell their products in foreign mar
kets in competition with foreign man
ufacturers. -,
Why, then, is it necessary for the
protection of American manufacturers
against foreign competition at home
for the government to levy high
tariff tax on foreign imports The
American citizen reads and thinks for
himself, and he is asking himself this
interesting question. It is question
that will be asked time and again
during the present campaign, provided
only the Democrats take an honest
stand for tariff reform, and it is a
question that the Republicans must
face and answer to the satisfaction OF
the voters, or the Reublicans will be
turned out of Office and the Democrats
pat in. It is d glorious opportunity
for the natioual Democracy. .-Rich-
mond Times Dispatch.
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appeared alike from sight and circu-
latior, boarded away in hidinsplaces
long since forgotten, the quantity or
ancient gold recovered, usually in the
form of manufactures. eloquent OF
the volume of the metal used Sor the
purpose in ancient days, heing so ln-
fnitesimal that is is hardly worth
mentioning.
So While, Of course, it is useless to
speculate on the prospects OF recovery
OF these golden treasures OF fifteen,
twenty and even fifty centuries ago
the Italians have been searching for
them in vain along the river Busento,
in the bed of which the Goths, after
temporarily diverting the stream
theIefrom, buried their king, Alarie,
along with the tons Of gold and
Jewels, estimated by historians at
$500, 00o, 900, of which they had plum
dered Rome, then the capitsi OF the
world, thereafter restoring tie river
to its course-yet, now that the 10.
ranic obstacles to the investment Of
wealth in banks and enterprises yield,
ing non-usurious returns are as good
ais removed, the world is likely to wit
ness the gradual restoration to circu-
lation Of an amount of bullion so CO
lossal that is is beyond computation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08
BOY MURDERED his MOTHER.
Alleged that He Pushed Her Down
a Flight of Stairs and After
wards Hid the BcdY.

Trenton, N. j., June 8. 3.-Nathan
Sibbett, the 14-year-old boy who was
arrested last Sunday on the charge Of
being response bic for the death Of his
mother, whose body was found at her
home al Jacobs creek in partly de-
composed condition, was today for
mally committed on a charge Of muir
der.
The coroner's jury today rendered a
verdict to the effect that Mrs. Sibbett
came to her death by being pushed
down stairs by her young son. This
verdict was rendered from the testi-
mony Of. police officials to whom young
Sibbet made confession.
According to the testimony Of the
officers the lad lad quarrel with his
mother on the Tuesday before her
sbody Was found and he pushed her
from the top of the stairs, her death
resulting. The boy then covered her
body with bed clothing and left the
house. He wandered around the
neighborhood telling those who in
qaired that bis mother had gone to
Philadelphia.
When the house was broken into
Sunday and the body found the boy
profesaed entire ignorance of his moth
er1s death. After he had been locked
up and closely questioned by the au-
thoritIes be made the confession which
resulted in today's verdict.
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The STATE CAMPAIGN
WILL OPEN IN SUMTER.
Committee Fixed ltinerary---as'
sessments Upon Candidates
Same as Last Year.

Columbia, June 2.-The sub-com-
mittee appointed to arrange sched-
ule for the State campaing met in the
Office of Gen. Willie Jones, State
chairman, at the Carolina National
bank last night. The dates of the
meetings and the assessments upon
candidates were decided upon.
At former meeting it was decided
not to require attendance upon I'll the
meetings by candidates who aye with:
out opposition. The assessments fixed
last night are: For candidates for gov
ernor, $50; for lieutenant governor,
S12. so; for adjutant general, S25; for
all other State Offices, S37. 80; for con-
gress $50; for solicitor, s25.
The itinerary as mapped out by the
committee is as follows:
Sumter, Tuesday, June 21st.
Manning, Wednesday, June 22d.
Monks Corner, Thursday, June 23d.
Georgetown, Friday, June Oath.
Kingstree, Saturday, June 25th.
Conway, Tuesday, June 28th.
Marion, Wednesday, June 29th.
Florence, Thursday, June 30th.
Darlington. Friday, July 1st.
Bennettsville. Saturday, July End.
Bishopville, Tuesday, July 9Th.
Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 9Th.
Camden, Thursday, July 7th.
Lancaster, Friday, July 9Th.
Yorkville, Saturday, July 9th.
Union, Tuesday July 18th.
Spartanblrg, Wednesday, July 18th.
Gaffney, Thursday. July 14th.
Greenvill.e, Friday, July 18th.
Pickens, Saturday, July 18th.
WalhalIa, Tuesday.f July 10Th.
Anderson, Wednesday, July 21st.
Greenwood. Friday, July 22d.
Laurens, Saturday, July 23d.
Newberry, Monday, July 25th;
Orangeb1rg, Tuesday, July 26th.
Bambere,, Wednesday, July 9th.
St. Georges, Thursday. July 28th.
Charleston, Friday. July Doth.
Walterboro, Saturday, July 30th.
Beauforf;, Tuesday, August I'd.
Hampton, Wednesday, August 81.
Barnwell. Friday August 9TH.
Aiken, Saturday, August 9th.
Edfgefeld, Monday, August 9Th.
Saluda, Tuesday, August 9th.
Lexington, Wednesday, August 10th.
Chester, Thursday, August 1lth.
Winnsboro, Friday, August 18th.
Columbia, Saturday, August 18th.
Although the candidates for the
State Offices have until June Goth in
which to file their pledges with the
chairman Of the executive committe,
Gen. Willie Jones, several have al
ready formally entered by sending
their pledges accompanied by the
money. Among these are Col. John
T. Sloan of Columbia for Lieutenant
governor, Capt. r. 81. Jennings OF
this city for State treasurer. Hon.
George IS. Legare of Charleston fo1
congressman from the first district,
and several candidates for solicitor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS Mill BOY.
Hurled Him Into Eternity as He Sat
in Front of Store Door Near
His Home.

Columbia, June IA bolt of light
ming instantly killed little Jacob
Wages, 13-year old cotton mill ope-
rative of the olympia village, yester-
day afternoon at 20 minutes to 7.
The boy was sitting on a little bench
next the stoop of Gaines store, which
is located on the Bluff road in the
mill village about 10 yards from
Wages home. The boys face was
slightly scratched, but otherwise
there were no marks on the body and
the coroners' physician testified that
there ere no bones broken.
Standing in the door of the store
within two feet of the boy was G. @.
Lawborn, also an operative. He was
knocked backward on the floor, but
was not injured. T. E. Mitchell, the
clerk, who was standing behind the
counter near the side door, about 25
feet from the front door, was not even
shocked, be says. The fash followed
by the loud report like that Of can
non frightened a, horse attached to a
wagon near the side door and Mr..
Mitchell ran out and stoppd him from
running away. W. T. Cox, laundry
wagon driver in the store at the time,
was only slightly shocked. The bench
On which the boy sat was under
shed which sheltrs the door and sur
roundings. Near the bench high
wire fence connects with the corner Of
the store r..om. There was no scorch-
ing of any of the surroundings. s.-The
State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08
Million Dollar Fees. :

The successful modern lawyer is thu
most highly paid brain worker in the
world, says the Worlds work. There
was time when the lawyer sought
to charge each particular client all
that he though that client would pay.
The lawyer Of today aims to charge
20 that his account will appear on
the profit side Of his clients ledger.
William Nelson Cromwell is to re-
cieve $1,000, 600 for selling the rights
of the Panama Canal Company to the
United States. But for Mr.. Crom-
wells extraordinary pat,ence and
skill. the Isthmian Canal might have
been bulls through Nicaragua and
the Panama Canal Company would
have remained in its defunct condl-
tiioa. ss,9s7s
William D. Guthrie received 81, ,ooo, :
1000 for his victory for the widow in
breaking the will of Of Henry B..
Plant. As result, Mrs. Plant OBJ
tained $1,000, 900 or s8.000,00 But
for Mr. Guthrie her share of the es-
tate would have been exceedingly
small. James B. Dill is credited with
u&V1ES U6SE PasiQS sI3ooO, WV ~ 49,,
Ting the famous dispute between MT.
Andrew Carnegie and Mr.. Henry
Frick. a legal fight would probably
have resulted disastroulsy to every
one concerned. It is not known how
much Francis Lynde Stetson is paid
as the general counsel Of j. Pierpont
Morgan, though it, is estimated on
Wall street that Mr.. Morgan gives
him as an annual retainer of $50, 600
merely for first call upon Mr.. stetson s
time, all actual services being paid for
in addition.
The supply of lawyers does not ex-
ceed the demand. In 1890 there were
IS, $50 members of the Bar in the
United States, or one to every 69S Of
the population. According to the
census CT 1900. the total number was
la, 7oS, or one to every $50 of the pop
ulation. There is, and will be for q
long time, plenty of work for the
good lawyer to do.
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Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets Better than a Doctors Prescription.

Mr.. j. W. Turner, of Truhart, Va, says
that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets have done him more good than
anything he could get from the doctor. If
any physician in this country was able to
compound medicine that would produce
euch gratifying reslts in cases Of stomach
troubles, billiousness or constipation, his
whole time would be used in preparing
this one medicine. For sale By Ch:na's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08

The hammock season has arrived.
A large stock TO select from at Csteen's
Book Ssore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08
of Modern Surgery.

Wonderful things are done for the hu-
man body by surgery. Organs are taken
out and scraped and polished and put
back, or they may be removed entirely !;
bones ara spliced /; pipes take the place of
diseased sections of veins antiseptic
dressings are applied to wounds, bruises
burns and like injuries before infamma-
ton sets in, which causes them to heal
without maturation and in one third the
time required by the old treatment. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same
principle. Il is an antiseptic and when
applied to such injuries, causes them to
heal very quickly. 1t also allays the pain
and soreness. Keep bottle of Pain Balm
in your home and it will save you time
and money, not to mention the inconveni
ence aud suffering which such injuries en-
ta:ls For sails by China's Drug Store.
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$1OO,OOO.OO Capital.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Sumter, S. G.

THE Com ptroller of the Currency nav
ing approved the increase of the Capital
of this Bank to $100,000.O0, depositors
now have as security for their deposits
Capital, Sloo,ooo w
Stockholders Individual LA
bility, oo'ooo w
Surplus and Undivided Prot
its, Zo,ooo w
Total Security for Depositors, $225,OOO 90
ONLY NATIoNLa BANK In CITY OF SUMTER.
Largest Capital of any Bank IN this
section of South Carolina.
Strongest Bank in Eastern part OF this
State.
Interest allowed on deposits to a limited
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A. ]. CHINA, President.
NELL O'DONNELL, Vice President.
r. D. BARNETT, r. u. LEE,
G. A. LENNON, JOHN REID,
Z. P. Kicker.
r. l.. EEMUNDS, Cashier.
r. D. LEE, Solicitor.
BOOKKEEPERS
J. I. McCspuu, D. J. Vim, Jr,
Oliver Z. Yates.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08

Greenville, June 3-Fletcher Bird
and Palmer Coiswell, both negroes,
were convicted of murder in the Gen
eral Sessions Court here yesterday
and sentenced by Judge Townsend to
be hanged July l. Tney are accused
OF killing Magistrate Cox, near Simp-
sonville, in this county, several weeks
ago, and were ably represented by
Oscar Mauldin, an attorney appointed
by the Court. There was no demon
stration at any time during the trial,
though the Court room was crowded.
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Can Keep silenee'With impuity.

A man who can afford to keep silent
and is allowed to keep silent is an
extraordinary man. Most men would
have to hide in a bombproof, but
Judge Parker can sition the stile at
Esopus and doesn't have to talk, for
he has nothing vulnerable in his char
acter and no unquesrionable acts, pri-
yate or political, that require him to
do any talking to explain so,nett ing
in his past.
The irreproachable Parker is the
man for whom the country has been
looking. This is the first instance
that ever came under our OBJ
servation that there is nothing assail-
able in candidates life.
Judge Parker can keep silence with
impunity. Wilmington Star.