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mun FIRST INVENTION lt Worked While He Slept Till He Lost a Joh by lt. A statement that has been going the donnas of the press of late relative to the great number of inventions patent? ed by Thomas A. Edison makes no ^mention of his first labor-saving de? vice, which, though it cost him dear? ly, was never sent to the patent office or placed upon the market, though it ?id the work perfectly for which it ^was designed. This invention, forgotten " by all save a few old telegraph operators and the wizard himself, was thought out in the days when Mr. Edison earned his daily bread operating the Boston "3*ew York night wire of what is now the Western Union Telegraph Com? pany. The pay was not particularly large, but . the work was light-io . light that New York, in order to make sure that the man on the Hub end of the wire was attending to business, .arranged for him to call up every hour, after midnight, give his official call and sign, it being argued that this would keep him awake. It did keep Edison awake", for a few weeks. Sien he set about utilizing his spare time on a device which would beat the "smart ones" w?o ruled the New York --office. x The result was all that could be ex? pected from Mr. Edison's successes in later life It was an arrangement of a battery with a clock and a circiut breaking instrument which, at the proper time, would give New York the ?ooked-for signals. For weeks, it was the marvel of Mr. Edison's friends that he got along with so little sleep. Then the denouement came in the . form of a call for Boston from New York with a very important message. p? Though Boston had signalled but a iew minutes before, it was found impossible to "raise" that city when it was necessary to send the message, dearly an hour later, the New York ^operator was pounding away when the circuit was ;iS?ened and the sounder gave off "Bn. ?; O. K" Immediate ? the call for Boston was renewed, >: but no answer came for an hour, when the magic signs* was again repeated. All night long, the wire was watch? ed, and, .when morning came, the manager at Boston was asked to ex? plain the mystery. The manager-a canny^ Scot-knew a thing or two, or at least he thought he did, and, without saying a word to anybody, examined the clock and Edi? son's locke:.*, finding there the tell? tale wires and mechanism. That night, when the future "Wizard" showed up for work, he found that the manager had decided tog^ehim "30," which, in telegraphic tal}?, spells discharged. Edison kaew well enough what he was discharged for, and so left the next day for New York and the career which has since made his name a nousehold word the world over.-Phila? delphia Ledger. Cotton Mills Shut Down. Providence, R. L, July 16.-The cotton mills of Tyhe Coventry and Quid nick companies located in the towns Jor which they were named, the Bernon mills of Georgiaville and one or two smaller concerns, shut down today until next week on account of condi? tions in the cotton market. Some of the mills are controlled by Robert Knight, in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and it is expected will be placed upon a four days per week schedule 2?ter. Prof. Jacobs' found that, while among Englishmen the number of insane is 3,500 per million and among Scotchmen 3,400, the number among the Jews equals 3,900. Servi found one lunatic to every 291 Jews in Italy. Mayr states that to each 14,0G0 Christians in Germany there are S.6 insane, while .among the Jews the arumber reaches 16.1. In Bavaria the proportion is still greater-9.8 among Christians and 25.2 among J Bws. Rjaz "nnsky gives his experience ol ten years' practice In a small own, Dagd, with a population made up of 1,014 Jews -and 32S Christians. Among the Jews he observed 7 cases of nervous and mental diseseas, while, on the other hand, not a single case of mental un? balance occurred among the Christians. There is every reason to believe that the nervous strain under which the Jews have lived and still live in Euro? pean countries aided by the intensi? fication of predisposition by close in -termarriage, is accountable for. the prevalanee of insanity in this race. -John R. Proctor, president of the <t:ivil service commission, was in form? er years State geologist of Kentucky and has traveled all over the mountain sections of that State. Hearing of -Senator Blackburn's remark that the peophs living in that section are the most incomprehensble creatures on earth, Mr. Proctor said he was once riding through Breathitt country, when, tired and hungry, he came to a farm house. Pottering about a wood pile near the gate was a man about ?O year? old, long and lanky and with the mountain sallow, but his face was bright ar d a quaint little smile seem? ed to be dodging in and out of it as he looked up on my approach. "Good morning," said Proctor, reining in. "I'd like to see the man of the house. '' Thar ain't none," he replied very jrravely. "The party you wanter see is my wife, I guess." Augusta, Me., July 15.-Mrs. James G. Blaine died at the Blaine home? stead here today. She was 76 years of age. From Washington, a short time ago, she came to the old family resi? dence on State street. She was in an enfeebled condition and had been un? der almost constant medical attention since. WANTED. TO SELL-or excliange for Southern Books or Magazines published before 1868: History of the Reformation-Daubigne. j Several different Church Histories. Annals of The Persecutions in Scotland. Sir Walter Scott's Blistery of Scotland. The Huguenots, "by Samuel Smiles.* Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Writings of Washington, 12 vols., nicely bound in calf. Many other good books. Adores* T. E. RICHARDSON, P.O. Box 74, Sumter, S. C. KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS MEET. - Roosevelt's Candidacy Endorsed With Enthusiasm. Louisville, Ky., .July 15.-Spectacu? lar in the extreme was the opening session of the Kentucky Republican convention at the auditorium this afternoon and the situation is full of possibilities for more interesting events. The two salient features of the afternoon session were first, an en? dorsement of President Roosevelt's candidacy in 1904, and second almost a stampede to former Gov. "Wm. O. Bradley, who is not an announced candidate, for governor. The endorsement of President Roose? velt's candidacy in 1904 upset the cal? culation of several shrewd leaders, who it is alleged were figuring on ig? noring that point. Chairman Barnet announced that the State central committee would waive its right arbitrarily to name a temporary chairman and called for nominations. Maj. Wm. C. Owens was named by the Belknap forces, while Charles Blanford received a large part of the combined strength of the Wilson and Pratt forces. The re suit was a vote of 1,571 to-875 in favor of Owens. This vote cast in the con? test for governor would enable Belk? nap to win even should he lose the contested Louisville delegation's 249 votes. Brutal Crime in ,Nsw Orleans. New Orleans, July 16.-Just before 2 o'clock Alfred Hunter, a British subject, who owns a bar room and restaurant was summoned to his door. When he opened it three men con? fronted him and one shoved a pistol in his face, and the three then .pushed their way into the saloon. The rob? bers tok all the money Hunter could find for them. Then they threw him on a bed, tied him to the posts and knotting an undershirt, gagged him. Having secured him the robbers went into the bar room and set it on fire. His screams for help brought assist? ance and he was 'gotten from the building in safety. The fire depart? ment extinguished the flames after considerable-damage had been done. Chicago, July 16.-The city council, by a vote of 5 to 14, has passed an amendatory ordinance giving the Illi? nois Telephone and Telegrapph Com? pany the right, to construct and ope? rate for twenty-six years tunnels for the transmisssion of parcels -and mer? chandise as well as for a telephone business. Bonner Springs, Kan., July 16. Four persons lost their lives in a fire early this morning, which destroyed Bonner Springs Sanitarium, at Bon? ner Springs, seventeen miles west of Kansas city. Dr. A. E. Rogers, stew? ard, lost his life in an attempt to save a woman patient. There were thirty inmates in the building, but ail es? caped except four. Jefferson ville, Ind., July 16.-Robert i Lee, alias Lee Brown, who murdered ! Patrolman Louis Massey and caused ! the recent riots at Evansville and was himself shot through the lungs by the ? dying officer and who was taken to | the reformatory here to prevent lynch-1 ing, has developed pneumonia and is ' thought to be dying in the hospital. An Eskimo Love Story. The dnke of the Abrnzzi has brought back with him from his polar expedi? tion a number of Eskimo stories. One of these concerns a young Eskimo who loved the daughter of an enemy. The two huts of these persons were close together, but one night the ter rfic cold ripped a great crevasse in the ice, and the y.oung man's house was left isolated. * A gorge 100 feet deep and 20 feet wide separated it from the igloo, or hut, containing the girl; but there was a narrow bridge of ice left across the crevasse, and this, the young man fonnd woald bear his weight. Eskimos sleep in bags. The lover decided that he would that night cross the ice bridge, steal the maiden he loved, bear her to his hut, and then break down the bridge, so that he and she together might enjoy their honey? moon unmolested. He planned very successfully. He crept, in the dead of night into his enemy's hut: he snatched up the maiden in her sack without awaking any ene ; he bore her over the ice bridge safely, and when he opened the sack to embrace his bride. But, beholding its contents, he gave a loud cry. He had bagged the old man !-London Society. A WORD TO FAM TOILERS. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND The Home Friend of the Farmer and His Family. After the labors and toils of the summer time, and harvesting of crops in the early autumn, many of our farmers, their wives, daughters, and sons, find themselves in a condition ol health demanding careful attention if suffering is to be avoided later on. Many experience kidney trouble in some form; with some the liver is torpid; there is biliousness, nausea, and vomiting, with loss of appetite and depression of spirits. Thousands who have been exposed to cold, damp winds and rains while toiling in the harvest fields, now feel the twinges o? terrible rheumatism; others run down bj worry; overwork, and irregular dieting, are tormented with the pangs of dyspepsia. To the thousands of run down, sickly, and half dead men and women in farm homes we recommend with all honesty and confidence the worker's iriend, Paine's Celery Compound, fte only medicine that can quickly and full} restore strength to the weak body and vigor tc the muscles. Paine's Celery Compound tones the stomach; It removes poisonous acids frcm the blood which cause rheumatism; it feces the weak and diseased nerves and banishes neuralgic tortures; it' purifies the blood and gives true vitality and life. The use of Faine?s Celery Compound in autumn means the estab? lishing of a perfect physical vigor to withstand the rigors of a severe winter. ft for children's clothes arc rnost serviceable. ? They " j color jackets, coats, espes, ribbons, stockivrz, (, g as -weil as dresses. Ko ether dyes C.-.I??1 D:.-- j mond Dyes in variety cf uecs; t^c^| ?eyer <? disappoint. p Wc bave a epccial department of odv?c?,, nnd ii will answer free any questions atu?ut c?yel;:?-{ Seed sandle of goods v.vcr. ?jess?lblc. K Directior. bock and -!? ?ved car?j?os ?:-e<?. S SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective June 21, 1903. Read down Read up No 42 JSro40 No 41 No 43 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 lo am 4 00 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am > 7 30 am 11 35 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv^ 7 00 arr 6 10 am 8 15 pm Ar Atlanta Lv ll 45 pm 11 45 am 5 33 am Ar Birmingham Lv 4 10 pm 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 10 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 25 pm Ar Greenville Lv 9 40 am 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 am 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 am 4 15 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 7 00 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 10 50 air 9 20 pm s Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 am 7 40 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pn, 2 00 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pu Trains 42 and 43 make close connection at Samter Junction with 1? going Nort via Camden and Rock Hill. Train? 40 and 41 make close connection at Ringville for. Columbia and at Colum? bia wiin solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Car?, Pullman Compart? ment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Flori? da points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address : S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, General Passenger Agent, J. R. Clack, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. C. W. H. Tayloe, . Sumter, S. C. R. W. Hunt. Assistant Gen. ?ass. Agent, . Division Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. JKlantie Corni Line. Effective May 24, 1903. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 40 am ** 54 Columbia to Wilmington u 8 20 am " *57 Gibson to Sumter Arrives 9 40 am ** 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville ? Leaves 9 50 am " *46 Creston to Charleston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) tfc 9 50 am tc 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence u 6 18 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson " 6 50 pm " *47 Charleston to Creston (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) " 8 20 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia " 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *11 Florence to Robbins Leaves 1 00 pm ? *24 Sumter to Hartsville " 10 00 am I? *12 Robbins to Florence " 3 25 pm M *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am ? *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter " 12 30 pm <{ *68 Camden to Sumter " ? 45 pm * *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am ? *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill " 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. Self-Defense. The following suggestive little dialogue appears in the Home Com? panion. A touch of surprise tends to fix the attention, and so to assist the memory. "Do you think it would be wrong for me to learn the noble art of self defence?" a religiously inclined young man inquired of his pastor. 4'Certainly-not," answered the min? ister. "I learned it in youth myself, and 1 have found it of great value dur? ing my life." "Indeed, sir! Did you learn the old English system or Sullivan's system?" "Neither. I learned Solomon's system. ' ' "Yes; you will find it laid down in the first verse of the fifteenth chapter of Proverbs. 'A soft answer turneth away wrath. ' It is the best system of self-defence of which I have ever heard?" Of "THE STORY O? ?IT T.ZTT, WORK," By I>ooker T. V.'asliiu^ion. Sard TS vonr samo nrt<5 a?Jrccs." V.vra;.: yon to have a copy ol this, autobiography oi tho greatest livia? Z-'t-?ro for the purpose of in? troducing,' iz In your community. Is .Vis c. remarkable seller, V.z profit; arer.ts urs rr.-.. ing from C-V to SIG per day. Will you intro? duce it .by celling or getting us an acer:? If so, send at oreo fer a sample, {j. Ii. NICHOLS & CO.? 4* Atlanta, Ga. Sellins Price 81.00. 015 Austell Building. f*^?"HINDIPO SEST0RES V,TAL^' S WeH Man THE ^S?^ of Me. TJRENCH REMEDY produces the above result lw in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility. Impotency. Vcricocele, Failing Memory. Stops ali drains and losses caused by errors of youth, it wards off In? sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man? hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in the vest pocket. Price PA I*TC 6 Boxes $2.50 hy mail, in plain pack-QU U I O.age, witi Witten guarantee. DR. JEAN CHARBA, Pari? China's Drug Store. *?P^&>0&^< TRASS f.:Ar.:;s DESIGNS . "*TffW* COPYRIGHTS &C Anvone sending a sketch and description ir.ay Quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictijf confidential; Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest strency for securing patents. Patents t;ken through ?luna & Co. receive spe<r4d neile i, without charco, in the Aa /.handsomelyillusfi'ari-d weehlv. j.nrccst cir? culation of any scientific joarpaL Terms. S3 a rear: four months, $_ Sold by ali newsdealers. Branch Office. S'S y St.. Wasn?M?ton; D. C. I < We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell ?whiskey as low at $1.10 per gallon, and mind you, distilled whiskey-net a decoction of chemicals-but, of course, it?s new and under proof. "Caspers Standard" 10 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually produced by honest Tar Heels in the mountain sestion of North Carolina by the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the sam?; way it was made by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gallen, but is not any better than "Caspers Standard/' It is the best produced and must please every customer, or we buy it back with gold we are incorporated under the laws *>f N. C., with an authorized capital of $100,000.00, and the People's National Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C., will tell you our guarantee is good. This old, honest, mild and mellow whiskey is.worth $1 per quart, but to more fully introduce "Caspers Standard" we offer sample shipments of this brand at half price (packed in plain sealed boxes), 5 Quarts $2.95, IO Quarts $5.00, Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances (in stamps^ cash or by check, etc..) as well as requests for confidential price list must be addressed as follows : W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, N. C., ?. S. A. mm OFFiCE.AND WAREHOUSES : Nos. 1045-46 Liberty and 1,3,4 and 5 Maple Sts. Containing the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn Springs Mineral Water. Glenn Springs Carbonated Mineral Water a delightful table water, and positive cure for dyspepsia. Gives immediate relief from indi? gestion. For sale by J. F. W. DeLorxne, The Sumter Drug Co., A. J. China, and the Sumter Phar? macy. May 27 SPECIAL LOW WEEK END RATES From points on the Atlantic Coast Line to Seaside Eesorts, tickets on sale Saturday, good returning including Monday fol? lowing, attractive schedules, un? surpassed service. SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS To Mountain and Seaside Resorts limited for return passage to Oc? tober 31st, on sale until Septem? ber 30th The following week-end rates apply from Sumter to points named : Charleston, 8. C., $3.85 ; Isle of Palms, S. C., $3.85 ; Sullivans Island, S. C., $3 85 ; Waterloo (Harris Springs), $3.95 ; Georgetown, S. C., ?3 ; Glenn Springs, S. C., ?4.10 ; Greenville, S C., $4 65 ; Spartanburg, S. C., $4.10. For full particulars, rates, etc, call on Ticket Agepts, or write, W. J. CRAIG, H. M. EMERSON, Gen. Pass. Agent, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. ? ... .^:.v.,:xv-:^^:v-;?vvw,-.v.-.. ... J_ up T0 And convenient Optical Parlors kept open the year round over De Lorme's Pharmacy, 21 S. Main Street, hy BB. 11 mmwi Eye Specialist. All difficult repairing promptly done. Feb 4-0 FIRST NATIONAL BUSK OF SUMTER, STATSa CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY., SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital -.? 75,0CC- CG Sar pi aa ac ri Profits - - - - 25.0G0 GO Additional Liability of Srcck - bciders ?3 excess cf tfceir SUSQk. 75. COO CC To?a) protection tc deplore, S?75.C00 C 3 Transacts a Genera! Banking Buiioeas. Special attection civec io coilectioc-s. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si arid upwards received. In terest allowed a: the rare or 4 per cent, per annauj, on aacnahi above $5 ?nc not exceed' ing $300. payable qoiarterlf, on first days cr January. April, July and October. A. J. CHINA, R. L. EDMUSDS, Pr?sident. Cashier QUN jg LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no? tice to my friends and the pub? lic generally, that, having re? gained my health, I have re? opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona? ble, work done promptly and satisfaction quarante ed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Libert}' street, two doors from Osteen'n Bcok Store. Eu S. BRAD WELL. le Largest ana 1st CoipM? Es?alta! ?8? Geo, S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BUNGS: Moulding; & Building Material. office end Wareroc ms, King, opposite C?.n non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, jS2?" Purchase our make, which we cruaranti superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and F^ncy Sloss a Specialty October 16 -o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' experience, wrhere can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different use, such as Floo::, Roof, iron, Var? nishes, Bronze, Sandpaper, Put? ty} Gold Leaf; Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso mine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa, Rocker, or Sideboard tbat needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered. I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car? riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for live dollars and no gift. ' Buggy tops $9.00, fitted on Wheels, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint? ed and trimmed, $2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu? bricating A xles. Office in Curtis Houses, No 326 South Main street. H. IL CURTIS. Thone 196. I paint signs,?