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NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR . REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS AND ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. (State Seal.) Stste of South Carolua, Coan^y cf Sumter. Notice is hereby given that an elec? tion will be held at the several precincts established by law in Sumter County, on? Tuesday, November 8 A. D. 1904, for Member of Congress from the 7th Congressional District and for Presi? dential Electors, pursuant to the Con? stitution and the laws of the State of South Carolina. Polls at each voting place will be opened at seven o'clock a. m., and closed at four o'clock p. m. The fallowing named persons have been appointed Managers to conduct said election, to wit?: Sumter Ward 1-R. W. Br&dbam, Edgar Skinner, Geo. W. Reardon. Samter Ward 2-J.F. Reid, R. D. Cooper, John T. Buckner. Samter Ward 3-C. B. Singleton, R, A. Weldon, H. W. Waties. Sumter Ward 4-J. D. Blanding, Jr, W. H. Hodge, M. H. Fields. " jStateburg-helson Murray, Char? les A. Mitchell, W. M. Sanders. Wedgefield-W. B. Troublefield, W. H. Ramsey, Cutti no Strange. Bloomhill-W. J- Ardis, J. H. Cartslnas, Joe M. Ardis. Raiting Creek-J. M. Reames, J. 4 M. Jenkins, J. J. Hatfield. Shiloh-Tom Chandler, A. H. Tru luoky F. L. Player, Privateer-J. M. Jackson, S. D. Sichaxdsou, Henry Wells. Providence-H. A. Raffield, R. M. Brown, J. H. Jones. Concord-G. W. Mahoney, Sam Newman, S. S. Davis. Bossard-J. R. Lesesne, W. D. Mc? Leod, C. M. Dorn. Mayesville-J. B. Warren, R. E. BesChamips, Robbie Mayes. On the day of the election theJMan ^agers must organize by the eleetion of a .chairman: a clerk may be named if necessary. The chairman elected is empowered to administer oaths to the other Managers and clerk. * The Managers have the power to fill any vacancy, and if none of the Man? agers attend, the citizens can appoint Managers from among the .qualified voters, who after being sworn, can . conduct t?e eiectior. At the close of the election the Man? agers must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result thereof and sign the same: Within three days thereafter, the .Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Federal Elec? tions the poll list, the boxes contain ing^the ballots, and signed statements of the result of the election. One of the above-named Managers for each precinct must call upon the Board of Commissioners, at the Court House, Saturday. November 5, 1904, to receive ballot boxes, poH lists and instructions to qualify. H. G. OSTEEN, Chmn., R. J. BROWNFIELD, Commissioners of Federal Elections. MACHINERY GOWtflE ?W?NT5 A SR?AITY. ENGINES, BOILERS, GINNING MACHIN? ERY, SAW WU. ANO WOODWORKING MACHINERY, SHINGLE A WD LATH KSACHIKERY, CORN MILLS. BRICK MAKING MACHIN? ERY, KINDRED LINES 66BES MAGHftERY COMPANY^ CoSnabia. S. C $100,000.00 Capital. II HIST NATIONAL BINK of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors j new have as security for their dej>osit8 : Capital, - - / $100,000 00 Stockholders* Individual Lia? bility, - - - *00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - 25,000 00 Total Security tor Depositors, $225,000 00 OKLY NATI9PLA BANX lr. CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this StAte. f Interest allowed on deposite to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. JSEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE. <y. A. LEMMOK, JOHN REID, E. P. RICHER. R. L. EE MUNDS, Cashier. ?. D. LEE, Solicitor. . BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. MCCPNCOI, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yate*. _ m __Orlj?irui! ??4 Oaly Genuine. \.SAFE. A**?*? i-.i?W* Lo?lo. ?MK Dractfrt cHJCiiKsTEirs JRXGLI&H , ia KA-I* an-! <rsl?I n-rtiUifl box??. itaJei [ ?Ith ;.:.>> rit.w 7?Le ne ether. Befase I ?Mpmu? NyK?l if M;!OIUI ead Imita? tion*, ?oy cf yva P-orcUt. Jr m<l 4c in nita?? fee Pnnip^'.an, Teetlnenieli ?ad "JtcHc? tor {.etile*,"??. Ut!tr, br re? in rn Knit. 1 ?.?:??? rctlsioaiaU. So'<4 ?>j All T>rBR<it.?. <blrh?>?t*r CB emiesi Ce Ittetim tai* p.prr %fr????^n ? ..? PHtLA.. HA. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockhold? ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business; aleo has a Saving Bank Department. De? posits of $1 and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. L MARKING, W. F. RHAME, Vioe-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. SPOiLED h BO EL. The Scheme Senator Lamer Work ed to Prevent an Encounter. Dunne the eoTse of a heated de? bate occe in the non-e of representa? tives sharp word? wer* exchanged be? tween a congressman from New York and one from Mississippi. A challenge was delivered and accepted, and as both were courageous and determined a bloody meeting seemed imminent. Friends interposed, hut in vain. Both men were resolute, and neither would yield to the suggestion of an amicable arragement. As a last resort senator Lamar was called in to save the situa? tion. He realized that no oidinary methods would serve his purpose, and so reorted to strategy. The prin? cipals in the proposed duel are still living, so 1 will call the New Yorker Jones and the Mississippian Smith. Senator Lamar called on the New Yorker, and after the usual civilities had been exchanged he said : '.Jones, I've come here to do you a friendly turn, I know that you and Smith are determined to fight and that nothing will stop you. I have not come as a mediator, but simply-to mitigate, if possible, the horrors of a fatal end, so far as you are concerned. As to Smith, I have no fears. He is a dead shot and can take care of hmself, but he is not an unfeeling man, and is inclined to respect any partiality you may have in favor of any particular part of your anatomy. Some men entertain a mortal dread of being dis? figured after death, and if the choice were left them wonld prefer not to be wounded in the eye or mouth or cheek bone. Now, if there is any particular spot that you would like to have Smith's bullet enter he has commis? sioned me to say that your wishes will be respected." This extraordinary proposition stag? gered the New l'orker. Even his un? doubted courage did not staonds se? vere a test, and he paled visibly. After he recovered bis composure he replied that he would confer with his second, and Mr. Lamar, after an im? pressive farewell, took his leave. The tip was given to friends of the principal? and new negotiations enter? ed upon. The duel did not come off. Lamar's device had succeeded.-New Orleans Times-Democrat. . WiJIirSflB ?IP FLIES, j Makes Successful Trip of Ten Miles at St. Louis. St. Louis, Oct. 23.-Propeled part of the way by its own power and the remainder of the distance by the wind, which was blowing at ten miles an hoar, the "Arrow," an airship owned and perfected by Thomas S. Baldwin, of San Francisco, in charge of A. Boy Knabensbue, of Toledo, to day made an unannounced flight of ten miles from the World's Fair grounds over St Louis and across the Mississippi River to Oahokia, 111. The aerial performance attracted the attention of thousands of persons 7bo cheered almost continuously as the big flying machine passed over the Exposition grounds and soared high above the high buildings of the business quarter of St. Louis. Clinging to the frame work of the car, bis precarious foothold an iron tube that forms one side of the base of the triangular network of supports and ribs of the Arrow's body, Knab enshue directed the movements of the flying machine and manoeuvered in circles and against the wind high over the great buildings of the Exposition, before an accident to the motor ren? dered the big fan propellers useless and curtailed bis command of direc? tion, but not of suspension or descent Then the motor broke Knabensbue manoeuvered the flying machine into the wind, and he was enabled to steer the Arrow in a course that varied several points either way from the trend of the wind and to land at a point of his own selecting. When within ten feet of the earth Knaben? sbue threw out his grapple, and one of the hooks caught in a large tree. The large balloon settled slowly to the g wund, resting lightly on its frame? work. Knabensbue alighted,secured the air ship to prevent injury from the wind and assured Mr. Baldwin by telephone that the Arrow was uninjured, except for the minor breaksge of the motor. After landing Knabensbue said that in his opinion, the trial of the air ship was a distinct success. He said that be could have brought the flying machine to the ground at any time, but that as he could, to a certain ex? tent, control its movements and that as he felt himself in no danger, he de? cided to continue the flight, and de? monstrate that, even though the motor was broken, the Arrow could be controlled. The flight occupied exactly one hour. The motor broke about "fifteen minutes after the air ship left the aeronuntic concourse. Then lt Was Auntie Who Spoke. An Eighth avenue car was bowling along uptown when a gust of wind un? ceremoniously lifted a straw bat from the head of one of the male pasengers and sent it whirling down a side street, says the New York Press. "Ob, look, auntie," exclaimed a small boy ou the seat behind, as he nndged the wojian next to him and pointed at the hatless and bald-pated passenger: "That man's lost his hat. Why don't he stop the car and go after it?" "I don't kuowv dear," replied the woman, "unless it is that the straw hat season is over, and the gentleman doesn't mind losing it." "Well, auntie, is vour bat on good and tight?" "Yes, dear, why do yon ask?" " 'Cause if it blcwed elf it might take y?nr wig along with it, and then you'd look ju9t like the man wouldn't you-- " But at this point, the little boy's auntie whispered something in his ear that made him stop suddenly, sit ap straight and stop talking. Thousands Cured. DeWitt's Witch Hazsl Snbe han c:i:e ? thousands ot c<.s- ?of nile- .*' I bought K b<,x of Dfwitt's Witch Hyzei S he on the recommendation of ?ur .irng^ir't," -o write? C H. LHC.T?X, of Zavalia T<x.." nne j used it for a stubborn case cf pile . ?teurem j me permanently." Hold by O. B. P<.yis. ' Campaign Books are Destroyed. ? At the close of the campaign of 1S96 I -which was by long ends the greatest political confect ever seen in this country,-?>Ir. Hanna rested from his arduous labors. At tho last moment there came an argent appeal from Nebraska for another allotment of funds. "If we bad Sf ry thousand more." telegraphed the chairman of the Republican committee in that state, "we would carry Bryan's own state for McKinley.*' Mr. Hanna wanted to help the men who had made such a gallant stiuggle for tlie elcetoral vote of Bryan's home, but he did not suppose there was a dollar in his treasury, and it was too late to get out aud raise more. He was about to wire his refusal, when Secre? tary Heath remarked : "If it is only lack of funds that troubles yon you need not stop Mr. Hanna. We have more than a hun? dred thousand dollars on hand. " "What!" exclaimed Mr. Hanna "the campaign at an end and money still in the treasury? I never heard lof such a thing. Are you sure?'* Mr. Heath produced the books to prove his statement and the Nebraska committeemen got the fifty thousand dollars they wanted though they were not successful in carrying the state with it. During national campaigns, the books of the ^treasurer and manager are kept in a peculiar way. Instead of entering accounts by name, each ac? count is giveu a number, pnd ie thus carried throughout the campaign. The key to this legendary system is known only to tv?o or three trosted men, and the accountants who keep the books have not the slightest know? ledge of what state commttee or other organization or individual stands be? hind the number. After the cam? paign is over the books are burned and all the records, except possibly some private memorandum kept by the manager, are wiped out of exis? tence. Such a thing as the auditing or campaign expenditures was never known, and probably never will be known, so far as national campaigns are concerned. Everything i? trusted to the honor of the responsible men, and I have never heard that any of the managers of a national campaign were suspected of betrayal of their trust in any way.-Walter Wellman in the September Success. Gen. Butler to Wed Mrs. C. S. Whitman of New York. Washington', Oct.2 G.-Gen. M. C. Butler's friends in_ this city were greatly surprised last Tuesday morn? ing, 25th instant, to see the following society note in the Washington Post : "The approaching marriage is an? nounced in New York of Gen. M. C. Butler, former United States Senator from South Carolina, to Mrs. Whit? man, widow of Charles S. Whitman, of this city. /Mrs. Whitman is now residing in New York, where her mar? riage is expected to take place very shortly." For some time past Gen. Butler has been residing here with his daughter, Mrs. McNeeley, wife of Lieut. Mc Neeley, of the navy, who is now on duty at the Washington Navv Yard. To bis intimate friends Gen. Butler is said to have remarked on more than one occasion receutly that hewas think? ing of getting married. The remark was made in a facetious way and, there? fore, not taken seriously at' the time. The same remark he made to several different persons, and when one of ?is friends volunteered to act as "best man" Gen. Butler playfully remarked that he was ready for the "best man" then. Negro in Darlington Tried to Rob Mrs. C. E. McCullough. Darlington, Oct. 26.-This after? noon while Mrs. C. Ernest McCul? lough was returning to her home through a side street, she was attack? ed by a negro, who grabbed her money satchel and tried to take it away from ber. Mrs. McCullough held on to the satchel and gave an alarm for help, when tho thief got frightened and ran off. Chief of Police A. E Dargan I was notified at once and went after ! the negro with blood hounds, but ' failed to catch him, though he hopes to do so yet as he has a description of the negro. - lt?! - Tom Gilbert of Greenville Missing. Greenville, Oct. 26.-Tom Gilbert, a young man employed in the Ameri? can Spinning Company near this city, has been missing since Sunday. His parents are alarmed. He visited a young woman iu another mill village Sunday evening and left lier home at 10 o'clock. Shots were beard by peraons living near the read which he is supposed to have taken in returning to the other mill and there is a possibility of foul play. The vicinity has been searched without results. The case is now in the hands of Sheriff Gilreath. A Good Complexion. "Sparkling eye3 and rosy cheeks restored by using De Witt's Little Early Risers," so writes S. P. Mooro, of Nacogdoches, Tex. A certain cure for biliousness, constipation, etc Small pill easy to take- -easy to act. Sold by O. B. Davis. - ?m i ? i -i - Spartanburg, Oct. 26.-At Greers this morning Edward Braswell and Thomas Stiles shot each other. They had a misunderstanding about a well which they were using. Both were shot through the body. Stiles" condi? tion is critical. Braswell's father was in the city today to get legal advice. ? Heavy Load. To lif that load off of the stomach take Kodol Dyspepsia Care, lt digests what you eat. Sour stomach, belching, gas on stomach and all disorders of the stomach that are curable, are instantly relieved aud permanently cured by the u?-e of Kodol Dyspepsia Cnre. S. P. Storrs, a druggist at 207 Main street, New Britain, Cone, says: "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is giving such universal satisfaction and is so sure? ly becoming the positive relief and subse? quent core for this distres-in^ ailment, I feel thnt I nm always MKe to satisfy and gratify roy easton.ers hy rt coin mending ir j to them I writ- this to show how well th? remue \ i s y po Iren of here." Kodol Dyspepsia Cere w^s discovered afh-r yearx > f sci?*n?nc xperin eut*? and will :ii>-i*iv*;r cjr^a?l : toan'ch troubles. Sold ! bi 0. 3. Dari*. . ! m?m OF COTTON GINNED. Bulletin issued by Census Bureau Shows that Georgia Lean's ?n Number of Bai83. Washington, Oct. 25.--A bulletin issued today by the censas bureau gives a summary cf the reports on cotton ginned in the United ?States in the present 3~ear up to October 18. The report covers 9<"> counties, and shows a total of 426,883 running bales, a-? against 292,669 running bales re? ported from the same counties for the same period last year* The counties covered are in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis? sissippi, Missouri, North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Georgia makes the largest showing with 34 counties and 196,74 bales, as against 117,139 bales last year. The number of ginneries from which reports were received is 2,411, as against 2,342 for 1903. A comparative statement for 1903 shows that up to October 18 of that year a total of 3,839,67 bales had been gin? ned. The total number of counties from which ginning was reported in 1903 was 81, and the number of gin? neries 27,723. Disastrous Wrecks. Carelssness is responsible for many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers from throat and lang troubles. Bat since the advent of Dr. King's New Discoveiy for confumption, coughs and colds, even the worst c SHS can be cured and hopeless resignation i< no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Ogg of Dorchester Mass is one of many whose )i?e was t-aved by Dr King's New Discovery. Tats great remedy is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Price 50o and $1. Trial bottle free. You always read your own ad. so that even if you have placed it in a poor medium yon know about it which was the casa with the fabled" man "who winked at a girl in the dark." The newspaper which makes a se? cret of its cirulaticn has a good reason for it-but the reason is never the one that is given to the advertiser. So Tired It may be from overwork, hal the chances are its from ac ia? active LIVER, -- With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of Jnbor without fatigue. Et adds a hundred percent tc ones earning capacity. it can be kept in hozlthfzii ucl:.,r by, and only by TAKE NO SUBSTBTUTE. rC old s It should be borne in mind that every cold weakens the lungs, low? ers the vitality and prepares the system for the more serious dis? eases, among which are the two greatest destroyers of human life, pneumonia and consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great popularity by its prompt cures of this most common ailment. It aids expectoration, re? lieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a speedy and permanent cure. It counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. ^Price 25c, Large Size 5?c*^ THE ONLY AGENTS THE COUNTY THAT WILL ?01111 TENANTED COUN? TRY PROPERTY. Let us protect; your home for you, COTTON AND GIN INSURANCE IN THE BEST OLD LINE COMPANIES. FIBS, LITE, ACCEDE?TT A2TZJ HEALTH :2TSURA?TCE. The Sumter Insurance Agency, Sumter, S. C. Aug IO- !y Estate ol' USE. D, Majes, Dec'd. I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on Nov. 2(?th, 1904, for a Finn) Discharge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. ELIZABETH W. MAYES, Oct. 2Cth, 1904 4t. Administratrix. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (OverOsteen's Book .Store) SUMTER, S. C. "4m ' -i* ? i *t m Wk The Kind You Have Always Bought, and rrhieh has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per? sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good5* are bufc Experiments that trifle with and enuanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy aud natural sleep. ' The Children^ Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature o? ?le KM You Hay In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET. NSW YORK CITY. MORPHINE J CIGARETTE I ALL, DRUC AI?D TOBACCO HABIT. ! HABIT. HABITS. WHISKEY HABIT. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady^St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited Are an every day possession. They don't seem very wonderful until you lose them. It doesen't make the affliction any easier to bear, to know that you are to blame for not consult? ing a competent Optician in time. That probably the right glasses at the right time would have saved them. Don't let this be your experience. Consult us in time. Z. F. Highsmith, Graduate Optician. 21 S. Main Sc. - Sumter, S. C The First o? the Season. A choice car load of horses and mules just received and need sell? ing. AmongSthem are some extra nice drivers, some good smoothe, full made work horses and a few nice mules. Air young and sound. I will appreciate a look from you whether you are ready to buy or not. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Apr. 17, i904. Read down Read up No 142 No 140 No 141 No 143 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 am 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 310 pm 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55' am 6 10 am 10 55 pm Ar Atlanta 1055 Lv 10 55 ll 45 pm 11 45 am 6 30 am Ar Birmingham Ly 5 20 ^4 10 pc 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am. 12 35 am 3 30 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 3 30 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 55 pm Ar Greenville Lv 4 55 9 40 an 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 ant 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 an; 6 00 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 air 9 40 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 ail 9 45 am . Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pei 4 15 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pm Trains 142 and 143 make olo^e connection at Samter Junction with ll? going Norm via Camden and Rook Hill, and No. 118 for Charleston and Atlanta via Augusta or Co? lumbia. Traine 140 and 141 make olose connection at Ringville for Charleston and Colom? bia, and at Colambiawith solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cara, Prll man Compartment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars io and from Northern and Western points. For full information or rese-vations apply to any agent or address 8. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, P. T. M., J. R. Clack, General Manager, Washington. D. C. Agert, Washington, D. 0. W. H. 'Cayloe, troter. S. Ct. Brocks Morgan, G*n. Pass. Agent, A. G. P. A., Washington, D. V, R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Tharlfiston. S. C.