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NEW SOURCES OF SILVER. The Strange Story of the Cobalt Field -Lack of Shipments Explained. The announcement last week that the largest silver interests in the world had seen fit to pay $10,000,000 for a one-third intersst in a mining company at Cobalt, Ontario, to com? plete their control of property which Wail Street had never heard of until a few months before, and which had been selling within the year at a mar? ket valuation of less than its capital? ization of $6,000,000, has served to focus .the attention of the stock dabbling public on this new and little known silver district of Canada. This interest will no doubt serve the pur? poses of the swindling promoter fully c as well as the excitement over the discovery of the new gold fields in Nevada a few years ago, which car ried the public blindly into the hands of the sharks, who capitalized every hole in the ground that could be ad? vertised as near one of the producing mines, but one fact which the en? gineers, report cf the Cobalt field puts the get-rich-quick promoter at a dis . advantage. This is the limited area of the silver deposits. The news of the fabulous deposits at Cobalt brought thousands of pros? pectors into the field, and this past summer not one strike has been re? corded to disprove the engineers' be? lief that the silver veins are confined to the area, about six miles square, in which lies the town of Cobalt. Most of the mineral rights on this land were gobbled up when the camp first started, in 1904, by the officials of the Temiskaming & Northern On? tario Railway, whiv... runs through the field, ?nd by a few wise men from the outside who got in early. Of the mines with actually proved ore bodies there are at present only about a dozen which are actually taking out the silver ore, and the stock of most of these is not on the market. Up to the passing of the snow !n the spring of 1905 the outside world and the Canadians themselves heard nothing of the silver at Cobalt. Fol? lowing the first fabulous tales that carnie out there was a considerable rush to the ground, in the summer and fall, of new-comers, who located about all the land in the mineral zone which had not been occupied by the small group of original prospectors. The stories that these men told, and even the reports of a well-known geo? logist published over his own signa? ture, were so remarkable that they received little credence, and it wasn't until last spring that the rush began in earnest when there was no min? eral land for location. Then the boom subsided and noth? ing more was heard,of the camp un? til the sensational rise on the curb in the shares of the mine of which the Guggenheim interests recently bought control again brought out,.marvelous tales of the Ontario bonanzas. In the meantime the nature of the deposits at Cobalt, which are mostly outcrop? pings of ore said to be so rich in vir? gin silver that "the miner can start his bank account without the inter? vention of a smelter," has made it ? possible for many of the owners, ac? cording to the Engineering- Xews, to potter along at their workings with? out calling in outside capital. Conse? quently development work has been, slow. Another reason why the fame of the field has beer, MOW to |pread, according to the same authority, has been the dissatisfaction of many of the producers with the terms offered for smelting the ores by the Jersey City refiners whose plant is the near? est to the field. ' Rather than send their output south on these terms they have been bagging and storing il all through the summer in log huts. This is the reason given to explain the fact that there have been no phenom? enal shipments from the field except out of the mine which now belongs to the Guggenheim interests. The val? ue of silver in the ores stored at the shafts oi some of che other producing mines is put as high as 3400,000 in at least o?c case, and it is said that be? tween'$200 000 and $300,000 worth of ore wenc with another mine purchas? ed recently by an American syndicate. Most of the workings at Cobalt scarcely do more than sera ich the surface. Few shafts are down over 50 or 60 feet, but in a few instances, where exploration has been pushed to the 200 and 300 foot level, ergi neers r?port a continuation . ??f the veins of a nature as rich as on the su rf ace. It is estimated that there is now stacked in the Cobalt district await- , ing shipment about 2'J carloads of j high-grade are assaying from 1,500 to 3,000 ounces of silver to the ton. T. C. Lloyd, a colored flagman, was ] killed, and ?.!. W. Kelsey, white Hag- i man. fatally injured in a head-on j collision on the Southern Railway seven miles from Columbia Friday morning. Five other members of the crew were injur"d. The wreck was caused by disregard to "orders. Governor Hey ward has invited the officers of the ship Wittekind to visit Columbia on the 22nd as his guests. They will be entertained in tne Gov? ernor's Mansion. HUGHES MUST MAKE GOOD. Tlic New York Press Points Out the Plain Lesson of tiie Election. The meaning of the election in Xew York yesterday is that the American people are radical. Any one who could not have discov? ered this fact on the day before election as well as this morning was simply blind to the most obvious po? litical signs that ever ushered in an election. Yet there were Republican managers so utterly ignorant of pub? lic opinion that they would have dared, had they been permitted, to nominate for governor some stalking horse of the special interests who would have been beaten as badly as the simple idiots of this campaign thought Hearst would be defeated, when as a matter of fact he has poll? ed the biggest vote ever polled by a Democratic candidate for governor of Xew York. There were enemies of the public interest who throughout the campaign were arrogant enough to come out and lecture the American people for being so impudent as to question the ways of the mighty. There was the heedlessness that on the very eve of election informed the robbed and wrathful policy-holders that the next secretary of the treas? ury would be Mr. G. B. Cortelyou, who had the spending of the money of the widows and orphans collected from the insurance grafters. There was the folly ( that sent Mr. Elihu Root here to tell the voters how to cast their ballots, when he is re? garded by Republicans as well as by Democrats and Independence Leag gures as the faithful servant of the trusts. Well, Mr. Hughes won in spite of all this, as he deserved to win. But he has won by so narrow a margin, with Republican wreckage strewing all the State, that we guess those who have been wont to defy public senti? ment will at last realize that this is a final warning. And this is the warning: Mr. Hughes must make good. Xot that this paper questions his purpose to make good. But if the financial rulers, the monopolists, the criminal rich and their horde of political agents block him in his efforts to make good, if Mr. Hughes is not permitted by those who control members of. the Legisla? ture and other officials to give a square deal as well as to talk about it, the people of the State are done with the Republican party. And when Xew York is done with it, so is the rest of the country. There must be no more Roots and Cortelyous undertaking to manage the public affairs of Xew York for the poor, benighted public which they have assumed has not wit enough to comprehend when it is be? ing walked on and stamped on by the great. There must be no more Standard Oil direction of legislation. Xo more Transit Trust theft or mayoralty elections. Xo more gas monopoly annulment of statutes'and of Court judgments. Xo more Platt and Depew in the United States Sen Xo more corporation dummies , public office. If there is any more of this sort of thing, if Mr. Hughes, as Governor, is not allowed to give the people of this State a square deal in the fullest measure, then the United States can? not be saved to the Republican party two years from' . ow, as Xew York has just been ^ved-by the skin of the teeth.-Xew York Press. South and Western Railway. Spartanburg seems to have given up hope of getting the South and j Western Railway, according to pub-' iications in that city. It has been the hope of Spartanburg that this road, which it is presumed, '.viii con? nect wilth the Seaboard, would come to that point, but it appears now that the road will go to Bostic, a station i on the Seaborad's iine to Charlotte. The new road will also, it is said, give the go-by to Rutherfordton. X. C.. which has been expecting great things from its coming. CARNEGIE PENSIONS BOOKER T. Washington. Nov. 14.-It is report? ed here, upon what appears to be re? liable authority that Andrew Carnegie has granted a life pension to Booker T. Washington, the well-known col? ored educator, president of Tuske? gee Institute in Alabama. Mr. Carnegie is a frequent visitor t<> Tuskegee, and is deeply interested in the work being done by Washing? ton. H<* built the institute library there, and it is understood makes an? nual contributions to the support of Washington's schools for the educa? tion 6f colored youth. FSECfc . ; ridPLES REKOV.; :.. : . fer. ?ter*. worst esses ia tv/< -ty it all ?c&?ing cir .? 'repared by NA?.'C .?.. T i ??>'. 5 ! jv* is en ? - . h o ."ands ? ' . . . . .:' :.^:cs,and .vi ?*?? ??colera ? . ' . .'.... ( re ?tore the Deauvy of youth. The ?z?S. $Qc. and 31.00 TC?, ( . \>y mail 'Y.LE-'? J3.. vii Paris, Tena OIL TRUST HARD HIT. ROCKEFELLER'S FORTUNE RE? DUCED SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARRS. The Efforts of Federal Government to Break Standard Oil Trust Has Caused Shrinkage of Stock Values and Oil Panic Feared. New York, Nov. 14.-Attacked by the federal government the market value of Standard Oil stock- has shrunk within the year $125,000,000. The stock reached the lowest point today in years. The slump has caused Rockefeller's pile to wither $65,000, 000. Wall Street fears the efforts of the government to break the Oil Trust will cause Standard Oil to hammer all stocks to show the administration that the Standard Oil suit has de? pressed business Small holders are selling stock, fearing the government would deal the trust a death blow. A prominent broker today declared the situation to be a rich man's oil panic. NEGRO BANK CLOSED. Workingmen's Savings and Trust Company of Greenville Is Under Investigation. Greenville, Nov. 13.-The following notice was posted in the doors of the Workingmen's Savings and Trust Company today: "This bank closed for the day pend in gan examination of the State bank examineer." This notice did not cause much comment on the streets today, after the news had gone the rounds. No one seemed especially interested. All seem to have faith that everything will come out all right. The Workingmen's Savings and Trust Company was organized about six years ago. Something over $14, 000 has been paid in as capital. It is the only institution in the State that is entirely officered by negroes and all of the depositors are negroes. Mr. Lee G. Holleman, State bank examiner, and Mr. B. J. Rhame, his assistant, have been in the city for a week or more Investigating the con? dition of this institution, and as a re? sult of their findings, the above no? tice was posted and the doors were closed. Mr. Holleman was asked today for some sort of a statement, and he re? plied that he had nothing for publica? tion, only that the bank had been closed pending the examination, which will be finished in a few days, and then a statement concerning the institution will be published. J. O. Allen is the president, B. F. McDowell, vice-president, and A. B. Davis is the secretary and treasurer. All of these are recognized as good negroes and it is believed that if there be a shortage in the bank that it is due to bad management and bad bookkeeping and not due to any fraudulent dealings. LIEUT. PEARY'S FUTURE. ne May Be Chosen to Succeed Rear Admiral Endicott. Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.-Lieut. Peary, the Artic explorer, is consider? ed a possible successor to Rear Ad? miral M. T. Endicott, as chief of the bureau of yards and docks. The lat? ter retires on November 26th. Should Peary ask another leave, it is poss? ible that either Commander R. C. Holliday or Lieutenant A. C. Cunning? ham will be chosen. During Peary's twenty-five years in the navy four? teen have been on leave. County Treasurer J. A. Gardner, of Aiken, has resigned to accept the po? sition of cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Aiken. WH?T TIE KIDNEYS SO. Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us Strong and Healthy. All tbs biood in tliebody passes throu;:h the kidneys om e every three minutos. The kid? ney? *"cer the blood. Tbey work night and day. When healthy they remove about 500 grains of impure matter daily, when un beakhy some part or ibis impure mai ?IT- is left in the blood. This brngson many dis ! ea-es and symptoms-paiu in tin- back, nead ; ache, nervousness, hot. dry stein rheuma j lisa*, gout, gravel, disorders o the eyesight i and hearing, dizziness, irregular he?'i. cle b??ty. drowsiness, dropsy, deposits id the j urine, oti-. But it you keep the finers righi ! you wi!1 have no trouble with.your kidneys. I R? C. Wright clerk at Wright's flote!. Co j lumbi:i. S. C. says: "li i> with pleasure thal I ? add my name io the lou-- :?>i nf endorsers j of Doan'sjvidney Pills j used them and was benefittedvery much, and I can recommend I Vlum very hignly. I had su tiered for several years and roy back ead been very weal? j ;?.-i:>xv the loins and 1 suffered from a steady aching "or--paio. Tbe kidney secretions were j very dark. full of sediment and irregular: ? som.- . i mes so free as to he 1 rotiblcsomel coro ! pelling mc to gel up often in the night, f con I suited a physician about it. frei very little ! satisfaction and.J used several proprietary j remedies and tried pi asters-its well, bul i rc main<*d about the same until I saw Dean's j Kidney I'll's advertised and procured a ?>o.v. The secretions have been cleared np- my ! back has become st ronger and I bavcnot had . backache since using them. Yon ran usemy I name if you choose, and I hope ii will bc thc ; means Ol relieving many other sin'en e-.."* Plenty more proof like tin'* from Sumter : people, ('ail at A. .1. China's drug -?tore and i ask whai customers report. ! For sale ly all dealers. Price 50 cents. I Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.. sole I agents for the United ?states. { Remember the uume-Doau's-and take no other. 4i The Old Timer's Song. National air as snag by old line companies: I "My comp'ny, 'tis of thee, Sweet mine of graft for me, Of thee I sing; Graft for my sons and heirs, Graft for my friends and theirs And all the plum tree bears To me you bring. "Let critics hawl away But here I'll calmly see The winter through, Insurance laws are made But to be disobeyed Come on, sons, who's afraid ? Pa stands by you. "Let premium payers fret We've got 'em in the net Thehey can't get loose. The golden eggs we'll store In our nests as before, And when they come no more, They can't get loose. "Company, 'tis for me t And for my family That you are run ; Will I resign ? Well say, say, Will cows quit eating hay ? They can't pry me away, 'Till Kingdom come." -State Journal. Cuban War Claims. .An interesting phase of the pres? ent situation is that American inves? tors are unwittingly responsible, to some extent, for the outbreak of revo? lutionary sentiment at this time. So long as Cuba was prosperous and the Army of Liberation still unpaid, the mere fact that a great number of Cubans all over the island were awaiting payment of their claims for war service was an excellent check upon any ebullition of a warlike spirit which would weaken the pay? ing power of the . government. Led thereto by the prospect of a large profit, American investors, as well as Cubans, have discounted these claims, so that .the veterans of the war no langer have a personal interest in the payment of the war vouchers, and are in a position to join another Army of Liberation, which, if successful, will provide them with a new crop of war claims. In the meantime, the American purchasers of these claims, at figures showing as much as 100 per cent, to 200 per cent, profit, are awaiting the payment of the balance of their money which now lies in the Cuban Treasury, and is being used to suppress the revolution.-Review Ox Reviews. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Do You Enjoy What You Eat ? You can eat whatever and whenever you like if you take Kodol. By the use of thia remedy disordered digestion and diseased stomachs are so completely restored to health, and the full performance of their functions naturally, that such foods as would tie one into a double-bow-knot are eaten without even a "rumbling" and with a posi? tive pleasure and enjoyment. And what ia more - these foods are assimilated and transformed into the kind of nutriment that ls appropriated by the blood and tissues. Kodol is the only digestant or combination of digestants that will digest all classes ol food. In addition to this fact, it contains, in assimilative form, the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all disorders arising therefrom. Kodo! Digests What You Eat Makes the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Regular size, S1 .CO. holding 2% time? the trial size, which selis for -50 cer.?s. Prepared by E. C. DeWITT 2c CO., Chicago, III. For Sale by all Druggists. -OF IT XE Animals and Farming implements Because of my intention to discon? tinue farming, I hereby authorize, and will have offered for sale at pub? lic auction, on Saturday, November 24th, 1906, at 12 o'clock midday in front of the store of the Stateburg Mercantile Company, in Sumter Coun? ty, at the intersection of the road from Sumter to Stateburg with tho Fish Road, near Cherry Vale prop? erty, my entire stock of some Eight or nine large, fine mules. One reaper and binder. One corn harvester. Mowers, rakes, drills, harrows. Wagons and other farm imple? ments and equipment. Tenus of sale will be cash on de- j livery. A list of thc property can be ob- I tained upon application to the State--: burg Mercantile Company, R. F. D. No. ?>, Sumter, S. C. W. D. FRIERSON. There will also be offered for sale by .other parties, at the same time and place, and on the same terms, several addition.il Good Mules and Horses -and also Wagons and Farming Implements, ll 7 w3t, d6t. The Kind Toa Have Always Bought, and which has beera in nse for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made nnder his per? sonal supervision since its infancy* ? /-^6?cA?/&? Allow no one to deceive yon in this? All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment* What is CASTORIA Gastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant. I1y 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 and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind Yon Ha?e Always Bongnf In Use For Over 30 Years^ THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT KURRAY STREET, NCW YORK CITY. JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of AND Booth Live Stock Co. [Ring up No. 30-That's the Daily Item's Telephone number when you want to plac? an advertisement that will bring results? W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, ^^^Capital Stock $50,000^^?* Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ers and Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices on all lines of Groceries? Fertilizers and Fanners* Supplies? And invite your investigation before makin5 your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money,, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Slimier Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d?door from the PostoflBce. Sumter, S. C. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING 4 COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST?^ FIGHTING GOOD WORK. Federation of Labor Trying to Pre? vent Desirable Aliens From Being Brought to tlic South. Washington, D. C., Nov. 13.-The protest of the agents of the American Frederation of Labor against the ad mission of the immigrants which came on the Wittekind to Charleston has gone so far that the bureau of immigration has placed the matter in the hands of the department of justice. The solicitor will take up the case and determine whether or not there is evidence of violation of the alien contract labor law sufficient to bring prosecution. It is alleged not only that the im? migrants were brought over under contract, but that Commissioner Watson in soliciting imm-igrants at all, violated the law. If the courts so constitute it, it will put an end to all soliciting of im? migrants abroad even by representa? tives of a State. Commissioner Wat? son, it seems, had the approval of Commission Sargent himself not only in this instance, but in others, so that Mr. Sargent himself in some respects might be held as guilty as Mr. Wat? son. , * The Federation of Labor has been severely criticising Mr. Sargent for geing to Charleston and admitting the immigrants. "He put his foot in it," they say by having anything to do with it. The Federation of Labor/is trying to stop all immigration of laborers into this country and its representa? tives seem very determined in this case.-The State. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo? O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the- last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan? cially able co carry out any obliga, tions made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ?.. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter rally, acting directly upon the blood a:.d mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggisti. Take Hali's Family Pilis or con? stipation, i 10-lm THE Y\>\\ TRl'ST. Boston. Mass., Nov. 15.-The fish trust is the last to appear. It is said that all the large concerns of Boston and Gloucester will co-operate under a corporate charter, the concern be? ing capitalized at $5,000,000. The company will establish a great drying and curing factory for the western trad'-. *Need good cathartic? A pill is best. Say a pill like Dewitt's Little Early Ricers. About the most reliable on the m-trket. Sold by all druggists. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, cf Washing? ton, by direction of the President, has been detailed from the department of justice to investigate the condition of women and child workers throughout the country. Legislation upon this subject is- now pending before Con? gress. Mrs. Foster has had years of ' philanthropic work, and, therefore, is peculiarly fitted for the mission she has undertaken. . A Year of Blood. *The year 1903 will long be remem? bered in the home of F. N. Tacket, of Alliance, Ky., as a year of blood; which flowed so copiously from Mr. Tacket's lungs that death seemed very near. He writes: "Severe bleed? ing from the lungs and a frightful cough had brought me at death's door, when I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, with the astonishing result that after tak? ing four bottles I was completely re? stored and as time has proven perma? nently cured." Guaranteed for sore lungs, coughs and colds, at Sibert's drug store. Price 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. About the truest and cleverest ching Hearst said during his cam? paign was his remark that "the grand masters of the plunderbund never do? nate anything to a political party, they invest."-Raleigh News and Ob? serve r. *The best treatment for indigestion md tumble of the stomach is to rest the stomach. It can be rested by starvation or by the use of a good di ?estant which will dige^c the food ?aten, thus taking the work off the stomach. At the proper tempera? ture, a single teaspoonful of Kodol viii wholly digest 3,000 grains of rood. It relieves the present annoy? ance, puts the stomach in shape to satisfactorily perform its functions, ^ood for indigetsion, sour stomach, latuience, palpitation of the heart ind dyspepsia. Kodol is made in strict jonforinity with the National Pure - 3d and Dmr Lr .s Sola by M Irug^i?ts.