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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1905. f?^'?rnreretf ar tnt t*o*i Office at Sumter,S C a* Stctmd Class Mitter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bewley Hardware Co.-Buck Stoves Sumter Machine Shop and Foun? dry. ?|wThe D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. gH&reat Clearance Sale. ^5f Estate of Mrs Catherine K. Frier son-Flr-al Discharge. PERSONAL. Miss Lila Barrett, of Bisbopville is in the city. Mr. S.. W. Gillespie returned from Florence this morning. Miss Mary Young, - of Camden, is vialing Mrs. H. A. Jones. Mr, and Mrs. A. W. Cross weil left yesterday for Chick Springs. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Clarke returned bnday from Pawleys Island. Mrs. H. G. Ostean and children went to Che raw last TbuHday.^ * ~ Mr. L. D. Jen nin es, went to Camr den in his automobile Moa day. .- ' - Misc Ella DeLorme returned last week from White Stone Springs. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McFadden, ft Saturday for Sullivans Island. Mrs.: T. P. Lynam left Friday morning for Henderaonville> N. C. Mr. W.B. Barns, and family returned home Mondav from Pawley's Island.. Mr. S. H. Edmunds, returned Fri? day afternoon from Clemson College. " Mrs. P. G. Bowman has returned from a visit co relatives at Clarksville, Misses Mary and Marion Girardeau ; left^last week for Henderson viljg, Mi. and Mrs. J. G. DeLorme bave gone to Spartanburg to spend a ' few days. Miss Emma Arial, of Marion, is ?[ visiting h?* aunt, Mrs. W. S. Rey? nolds. Miss Tasie Manning and St. George Manning went to Saluda, N. C., last week. Mrs. W. V. Cant hen and Miss Mano lia Cautbeu left foi the up eountry -^Monday. #i Mrs. C. E. Stubbs and Mrs. C. L. s Stubbs went to Chick Springs last Tbuisday. Mr. Wade McConnell left yesterday evening for his old heme in Moores ville, JST. C. Misses Margaret and Mary Branson have returned from a visit to relatives at Mayesville. fc^lMr. Ashby W. Bradford, of Priva ^ teer bas accepted a position with Mr. V. fi. Phelps. Mrs. J. R. Corbett, of Hagood, who has been at Glenn Springsfor ten days . is said to be improving. * Miss Gregg, of Atlanta, who will teach in the county summer school, ar? rived in city Tbuisday. Mr. *and Mrs. R. I. Manning and Bernard Manning went to Sullivans Island Friday afternoon. Miss, inez McCullough, wbo bas been visiting relatives in Darling? ton returned home Monday. Mrs. J. A. Mood, Miss Alice J5tubbs and Mr. Ashleigh Mood went Hendersonville last Thursday. * Mrs. L. I. Epting, mother of Rev. T. B. Epting. arrived in the city Fri? day for a week's visit to her son. Dr. W. B. Alford, was reelected treas? urer of the state Dental Association at the meeting at White Stone Spring. Rev. William Hay ts worth, of Dar p^lington, after spending several days in W the city, returned to bis borne Friday! Messrs. Casfey and Belber, who played with Sumter last week passed through the city today on their way to Bisbopville. Messis. P. A. Branson, and Alston Branson, of Flcreuce who have been ^visiting Rev. H. B. Browne have re ^Vturned houe. Dr. Herbert Haynsworth returned Saturday from White Stone Springs, where be attended the annual meeting of tbe State Dental Association. Miss Florence Upsbur, of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is ou a visit to ter grandfather, Col. Blandmg. She ^ was on visit here last summer and "?^formed many friends among us. FAIR GROUNDS ASSOCIATION. An important meeting of the stock? holders of the Sumter Fair Grounds Association will be held at Court House Monday night Julv 31, 1905 at 8.30 o'clock. All paiti?S who have fr been tarnished with subscription list, both in the city and country districts, . are requested to send iu reports to Mr. Willie Bultman not later than next Monday, so that a full report can be mace to tbe meeting. It is desired that tbe association be pernantJy or . ganized as soon as p ssiote as there Bp is not so much time in which to onild ~ the track, buildings and fe:ic= for tb? fall lair. A well defined plan of amusements bas been outlined for the fall festivities, i-uch as live stock show, agricultural, poultry, borse racing, foot bail, atbeletic sports, tent snows, floral parade, driving LonCvS.s, ricing '4 contests, fire works, bag races, and >tber amusements. It is incumbent upon every citizen to take some stock in the Sumter Fair Grounds Association, and 06lp to make the coming fall u sd val and county fair a success. Take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. See it exterminate the poison, feel it revitalize the blood and bring back that happy, joyous feeling of bygone days. 35 cents, Tea or Tab? lets. China's Drug Store. Attention, Members of the Woodmen of the World. In the notice sent you of the unveil? ing ceremonies of the monument erected by us to the memory of our late Bro. R. S. Fleming, the date was given as August 9, when it should have been Sunday August 13. Please note change of date. MARRIED IX LAKE CITY. : Lake City, Joly 22.-The most in terestiug social event of the season was the marriage ot Dr Larkin Ham? ilton Jennings and Miss Maria Lennd Croft, which took place at the home of the bride Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. DEATH. Mr. Thomas M. Belvin, of Clare? mont, died Tuesday night, July 18 th, of heart disease. He has been suffer? ing with heart trouble for several months and his death was not un pected. He was a well known coun? try merchant, hairing been engaged in business at Claremont for a number o? years. He was about 47 years of age. CORONER'S INQUEST. A Gruesome Occurrence in the Brick Church Neighborhood Coroner Flowers held an inquest over the body of an infant on the Witherspoon place, in the Brick Church neighborhood, Sunday. Saturday afternoon- he was- notified by telephone that the arm of a negro baby had. been brought into the yard of one of the negro tenants on the Witherspoon -plantation by a dbg and that there .was considerable ex? citement over the gruesome occur? rence, i Sunday morning he went down to the scene accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Gaillard to make a thorough investigation, in the meanwhile Mr. W. S Raffield, who has charge of the Witherspoon plantation, had made "an investigation and had the case pretty well worked up. A number of witnesses were exam? ined and the fact was established that the arm that the dog had brought into his owner's yard be? longed to the baby of a woman named Addie Benjamin, who lived on the same place. The child was born dead on Thursday night and was buried in its mother's garden with? out being enclosed in a box or coffin. The woman told no one of the birth of the child or its burial, hence the mystery and excitement when it was unearthed and partly devoured b3r the dogs. Dr. King, who examined the body of the infant, stated that the child was born dead. The jury returned a verdict that the child came to its death from causes unknown. The firemen had a hard and red hot fight on-' the Atlantic Coast Line yard Saturday to prevent a serious fire and they won the fight as usual. When the alarm was sent in shortly before I o'clock a car of cord wood was on fire, the flames threatening to spread to other cars, the Standard Oil Storage tank and the Compress. The fire was confined to a small area. The car of wood was burned, also a half car load of lumber and t>ne empty box car was damaged. A bale of cotton was ignited by a flying spark, but was promptly extinguished. The cord of wood is supposed to have been set on fire by the shifting engine. STOLEN from my residence, a chain Columbia bicycle, in use about 3 months. Any person restoring the wheel or giving information leading to detection of thief will be suitably rewarded. W. H. Ingram. 26 2 ICE FACTORY EXPLOSION. From the Daily Item, July 24. - An accideut that I ad all the ele? ments of a serious a*;d fatal disaster, but which fortunately was wanting in fatalities, occurred at the Independent plant of the Sumter Ice, Light and Power Co., this morning. The flues of one of the bie boilers in the power bouse blew out throwing., the scaldiug steam in all directions, '?nd for a few moments a panic prevailed amoug the workmen. Mr. E. H. Moses ran in. however and turned on the water and the danger was quickly o?er. At the time the explosion occurred none of the employees were at the place of danger and none of them were injured, thone h several of them were sliehtly burned by the escaping steam. The damage tot be plant was not serions and it will be in operation again within two or three days, in which time the necessary repairs can be made. Something Doing in Clothing. The season and sale of the D. J. Chandler Clothing Company is always a time of harvest of profit to the man who needh clothing to tide him over until the fall. It is a clearance sale in all that the term implies, and a dollar will do the work of two in the matter of replenishing tbe wardrobe. Bead tbe advertisement and you will probably see listed something that you need-or better still en to the store and yoa will be sure to find what you want. The public cotton weighed books show that up to Saturday n?ght the cotton receipts for tbe season of 1904 '05 have been approximately 4*5,000 bales. This is the greatest amount of cotton ever marketed in Sumter in the same period of time. There is still a great deal of crtton in this territory and before tbe end of the cotton vear on August 31st, the receipts will be largely increased. Perfect womanhood depends on perfect health. Nature's rarest gift of physical beauty comes to all who use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Bright eyes and red cheeks follow its use. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. Es ate of Capt. ?arid E. Wells, DECEASED. ALL persons having claims against aforesaid Estate, will present the same duly attested ; and all persons indebted in any wav to said Estate will make pay? ment to JAS. R. WELLS, Jnly 19 3fc* Qualified Administrator. SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 6, 1905. One vacancy in a State Beneficiary j Scholarship to be filled by competi I tive examination exists in Sumter county. Application Blanks may be obtain j ed at once from Col. C. S. GADSEN, Chairman, Charleston, S. C., or from the County Superintendent of Educa? tion. These applications, fully filled out in every particular, must be in the hands of the Chairman on July 31, in order to receive consideration. (Signed.) C. S.' GADSEN, Chairman Board of Visitors. July 12-3t. The Carolina Sanitarium L. Qt. Corbett, BL D. Solely for the Treatment of Whiskey and Drug Habits and Nervous Troubles '? Detailed information upon application. I 405 Perry Ave. Greenville, S. C. fi Sumter Machinery Company (INCORPORATED) SUMTER, 5. C. W. B. BURNS, Pres. T. H. SIDDALL, Treas. & Gen. Mgr. DIRECTORS: IV. B. Burns, C. G. Rowland, T. H. Siddal, Charles Dowry, Richard I Manning, Neill O'Donnell, Geo. D. Shore First Class New Equipment for all Kinds Machinery Repairs. Iron and Brass Castings, Grate Bars and Building Irons a Specialty. Agents for Winship, Pratt, Smith, Munger and Eagle Cotton Gins, Ginning Machinery and Presses. Steam Engines and Boilers in Stock. - ^ Give us a call and you will be convinced thi ar prices are righi Shops situated on W. C. & A. R. R , eaoc of passenger i depot - G;5e block South r"E ' T" GREAT CLEARANCE SALE OF CLOTHING. e ? The object of this 5ale is to dispose of our entire Stock of Summer 'Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods be? fore the Opening of Fall Styles. We don't want a ves= tige of Spring or Summer Stock when we open the Fall Campaign, and we won't have if we can help lt. Note a Few of Our CUT PRICES. Men's Suits. $20 Now $13.50==-$ 16.50 Now $ 11.50. $15 Now$10.50====$12.50 Now $8.50. $10 Now $6.75====$8.5o Now $6. en's Pants. $6 Now $4. $5 Now $3.50. $4.50 Now $3.00. $3.75 NoW $2.50. $3 Now $2. $2.50 Now $1.63. $2 Now $1.37. $1.50 Now $1.00. MEN'S COATS AND VESTS. < 1 ii ?i - r -. i/ c " - A few Sack Coats and Vests from $12, $15 and $18 Suits. Sizes 36 ta 44, at $5 for Coat and Vest-Worth Double the Price BOYS' WASH SUITS. For Boys 2% to 8 years of age. $2.50 Suits now $1.50, $2 Suits now $1.25. $1.50 Suits now $1.00, $1.00 Suits now 75 cents. Boys' Woolen Knee Pants. $1.50 Pants now $1. $1 Pants now 75 cents. 75c. Pants now 50 cents. 50 cents Pants Now 38 cents. STRAW HATS. $2.50 Hats Now $1.25. $2.00 Hats Now $1.00. $1.50 Hats Now 75 cents. $1.00 Hats Now 50 cents. 75c. Hats Now 38 cents. 50c. Hats Now 25 cents. 25 cents Hats Now 15 cents. We don't promise you the earth for a Dollar, but what we do promise at our - GREAT SALE - We give you according to agreement. D. J. CHANDLE Sumter, S. C.