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M MYSTERY EXPL&IKED. e of the Minor Store Fires Discovered by Loss Adjuster. * defective Flue in tbe North Wall Ignit? ed the W&aden Partition and the Roof Causing all th8 Fires. 3E?ha mystery of the recent fire in Minor Store and of the tire thar recurred about a year ago bas been -explained, and any fair minded man who will make an i cs pe ci ou for him *eif will be conviced that the cause -rf one fire was the causa of? the Both fires originated in the same past of the store and both burned 3Kaciicaiiy i he same part. Both when -discovered were burning in the ceil? ing? of the second floor in the vicinity of the big: skylight. The explanation is simple and satis? factory when. made. . The flue in the vail .of the store, into which the pipe from the fitere stove -discharges, islocated in the ?Orth wall directly at the side of .and Jjeneath tbe skylight. When Mr. O. E? Johnson, the in snrance adjuster who represents twelve of -the thirteen insurance com? panies having policies on che Minor asiore stock made a practical investiga ^Ison to discovere, if* possible, if there was any. connection between "?i?s ?ue and the fires. A fire was ?tarted in the stove and immediately smoke began to issue from scores of ?tacks in the wall iu the vicinity of ^tfee flue, and directly over the fine ?moke poured out in volumes from Ofissure-s into which the hand cold be When the wall was built careless workmen left the Joints between the : tocks open and unfilled w i th mor tor, . j -so that the smoke and flames and sparks from tho stove found a ready agrees from the flue into the space be tmeexi the brick wall and the board ceiling t?at lined the inner wall of "the Minor Store and above the board -Offing. In this vicinity the fires originated and there can be no farth? er ^oubt, as Mr. Johnson, stated, that tb? fires were caused by sparks from ffcis defective flue. Mr. Johnson farther stated.that lie was fully "satis-' ^HRKt.and convinced that the fire was taased by this defective flue and oreuld so'report to the compases that -Jj? represents. -Mir r um - 4 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. : <3ommittee Appointed to Arr? t ?ge for Construction ot New Church. At a meeting of the congregation of _ the Presbyterian church, it was de? cided to "commence at once the work -cf building a new house of worshp. Dr. H. J. McLaurin was elected ii -chairman of the build ing comm i ttee ?with the folio wog mernbers: ""U. G. Rowland, R. F. Hayns worth,?? Dr. H. M. Stuckey, E. L. Scarborough, H. J. McLaurin, Jr, J. H. Chandler, H. JP. Witeou, S. H. Edmunds and Dr. 1 Goo- W! Dick. ' - ? The gecerai committee was; then -dSyided ipto the following sub-corn "jKitrtees * Fiuance--C. G. Rowland, R. F. .Haynwortb, and H. M. Stuckey. [Material-H. L. Scarborough, H. J. McLaurin, Jr., J. H. Chandler. Plans and Specifications-H. F. Wilson, S. H. Edmunds, Geo. W. 'Sick. - Dr. McLaurin as president is. an :fix-orficio of each sub-committee. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Secretary's Report of Called Meeting Hei? on Tuesday Last. A called meeting of the IJoard of Directors of the Chamber of Com? merce, was held at 8 o'clock February I4tb, 1904. The following directors ?ere present: s ? John M. Knight, President, J. L. Jklnut, J.- W; McKeiver, G. A. Xiemmon, W. M. Graham, E. L With? erspoon, E. Reardon, Neil O'Don 3?ellT Marion Moise.;A. W. Cresswell, ISdgar Skinner of the committee tn Manufactures and Commerce, and JX G. Zeigler, E. A* jenkins, of Sumter, with Mr. W. E. Cochran re presenting the Concrete Engineering & Equipment Co., of BntlerT Pa., The president requested Secretary JKeardon to state the object of the meeting, who said the meeting was called for the purpose of conferring -with Mr. Cochran, in regards to the -establishment of a Wood Fiber Plaster sod Concrete Betiding Material Fae. tory, and for the transaction of any oner business i ntroduced. Mr. Coch? ran was invited to address the Board sf Directors which he did going into a detailed description of the material tc be manufactured, and other infor? mation concerning the plant. The matter was thoroughly discussed by the directors and others present, and . Jteesrs. Cochran and Zeigler were ad ?vised to take the necessary steps to organize a company to acctpt a pro? position made by Mr. Cochran as the Chamber of Commerce, is desirous ef seeing Manufacturing Enterpries located here, and will lend its aid ?evety way possible in the accom? plishment of soca undertakings. Secretary and Treasurer's financial report was received as information. On motion of J. L. Alnut, Secretary ! wa? instructed to sulscribe for the .Manufaturer's Record and Chatta? nooga Tradesmen, and to purchase necessary books for the purpose of recording the minutes of ail meetings and financial transactions of his effice. 1 Secretary reported the purchase of j stationery, wlich action on motion of J. L. Alnut was confirmed. TEDDY SMILED. He Was Pleased Beyond Measure With His East Side Reception. Washington, Feb. 15.-Pleased bc- j yond measure over the reception ac- | .corded him last night by the East Siders of New York, President Roose? velt returned to Washington this morning to take up again the cares ot his office. Tlie one thing that most Impressed; the president was the ? .strong spirit of Americanism that I .seemed to prevail on the East Side aotwithstanding tLs foreign birth of those he jmet. MISS ALICE POOLE'S WILL. A Marge Part of Her Property Given for Charitable Purposes. JJ The will of Mis? Alice" C. ' Pr ol? j was filed in the office of the Judge of .Prcbate Wednesday, i After directing chat all ber debts be ! paid the following bequests are,made. Ber half brother Charles . S. Poole is to receive the net income of the Main street property known as the "Hulbert property," the same to be at ali times under the controrof her ex? ecutor and trustee or his successor. At the death of the said Chales S. Pool?, the property is given to his children, bat if he die without leav? ing issue this poperty is to pass irooi the estate under the residuary clause. Chirles S. Poole is to have no right to sell or encumber by mortgage or Otharwise any part of the property and jf any creditor of his seeks to sub? ject the income to the payment of his debts either at law or in equity the gift is revoked and the income is to be expended for his children, if he has a Dy, anet if he has none the income. is i;o be delivered annually to. the city council of Sumter to be expended for the poor of the city. Fifteen hundred ? dollars are given to her friend Mary E. Morrisey to be expended by her for a home during he].* life time and at hei death, to her issue. fifteen hundred dollars are given to her friend.Mary J. Eberbart to be expended for a home during her life time and at her'death to be disposd of under the residuary clause. One thousand dollars are given to her kinswoman Annie 6. Warthen, of Richmond, Va. To Rev. Father J. J. McNeill one hundred dollars are given. JFo the city council of Sumter one hundred dollars are given to be expended for the poor. Allthe rest, residue and remainder of the property of whatsoever descip tion is given to her executor and tristee and his successor in trust for and towards the erection of a Roman Cntholic Chorch in Sumter, if it be determined by the officers and mem? bers of that church to erect a house of worship, and if na such honse of wor? ship is being erectd or is to be erected in the near fature, then all this divise j ar?d bequest is to be expended in the education of one or more persons for j ibis Roman Catholic Diocese for the P riest's office, the same to be paid over by the trustee to the Bishop of tb is diocese as needed' for such pur? pose. Judge Robert O. Purdy is appoint? ent as executor and trustee and be is authorized and empowered to sell or convey any part of the property, real or personal, for the purpose of carry? ing put the trust; save that if the ?lid. Charles S. Poole has issue the divise to them be given over in land 83 directed. No appraisement of the estate has? been.,made, bnt it is conservatively estimated *to be worth in the "neigh? borhood of $20,000 or more. Lee County Jury. t : r- . Grand Jurors -L M Montgomery, Bishopville, J H Ellen, Bishopville, O E Hvatt, Lucknow, E E Tiller, Tillers Ferry, E E Woodham, Bishop ville. GeorgeMcCutchen, ? Wisacky, V? E Mathis, Smithville, J F Davis, ??ishopnill?, O B Grantham, Ashla*-d, T W Folsom, Stokes Bridge, A W .Kelley, Bishopville, D L Shaw, St' Charles. Jurors from Old Pannel.- J E Mc Cutchen, J M Bramlett, W T Bird. J L Segars, E C McCoy, L W Watson. Petit Jurors.-C L Kirkley. Smith? ville, John W Grantham, Ashland, J Boyt Stuckey, BisboDville, W K McCoy, St Charles, J M Hill, Alcot, B A Howell, Una. J E Brown, Bishop? ville, J P Kitaore, Bishopville, George E DuBose, Cypress, C E Mc Lendon,' Cypress, J. M Baker, Mag? nolia, L Schlesinger, Bishopville, J W Player Elliott, T M Mulrdcw," Bishopville, H D 3\ogers, Bishop viille, H E Atkinson, Ionia, Wash Lee. Edwards. D J Boyce, Atkins, S H Rollins, Bishopville, H K Pate, Lucknow, David Ed DoRant, Bisbop villeg, Robert Copeland, St Charis, S J Strickland, Bishopville, J V Carter, ISIliott, G G Cooper, Mayesville, K E Wells,/St Charles, R Cousar, S Charles, L E DuBose, Cypress, O W 1?almer, Bishopville, C D Galloway. Cypress, T S Beasley, Cypres?, J J Parnell, Eliot, J J Hall, Lucknow, Elias Grantham, Stokes Bridge, W E Davis, Bishopville, B F Wilson, Mayesyille. ^> iiii *m Xew York, Feb. 16.-Four men were seriously burned this morning by explosion oftwo boiling sulphur vats in the Brooklyn Sulphur "Works. The building, whichv is two stories high, was wrecked. "In a Bad Way." Many a Sumter Reader Wil] Feely Grateful for This Information. When your back prives out; Becomes '.ame, weak or aching; \Vh?<n urinary troublp? set in."] Your kidneys are i:in a bad way." Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you. Here is local evidence to prove it : W. S. Reynolds, dealer in sporting ?roods at-I IOS S. Main Street, residing at '211 Hampton Avenue, says: "? can recommend Doan's K'dney Pills, as I procured them atfDr. A. .7. China's drup store, and used them for back? ache and kidney trouble and found them all that they are claimed to be. They cured me of backache, which had been trouping me for quite a while. The pain across my loins was sometimes so severe as to make me feel like a man of eighty. My back seemed to give way with mc and I had no strength in it. Thc kidney secretions were unnatural in ap? pearance and very scanty. I used reme?bs and wore piasters but miglit just as well have saved my money, for nothing did me any Rood until I pot "Doan's Kidney J'iils. They {?roduced a noticeable change tor the better n a short time and since usint: them my back has not ach*>d and is as stronjr as it eyer was. while the kidney secretions have regained their natural color and are regular. I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a most re? liable kidney medicine," For sale by all dealers. Price ">0 cents. Foster - Milburn Co.." Buffalo. N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the nama-Doan's-and take no other. ' . 21 So frequently settle on the lungs and result in Pneumonia or Consumption. Do not take chances on a cold wearing away or take something that only half cures it, leaving the seeds of serious throat and lung trouble, sg| Stops the Cough and heals the lungs and prevents || I >^8?w Pneumonia Md Consumption | m il^k^% Consumption Threatened Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs ??? ? M ?$iii ?lk Wk\ c? Unger, 211 Maple St., Champaign, 111., writes: A. M. Ake, Wood, Ind., writes: "Several years ll ?f? ??sdm iii fill W?>Ji\ "I was troubled with a hacking cough for a year and since my lungs were so badly affected that ? had m? W? J^^if fe ^jaJ??al I thought I had consumption. I tried a great many many hemorrhages. ? took treatment with several |1? ii| remedies and I was under the care of physicians for physicians without anv benefit. I then started to take H| ?? ?fi|7fT^^^^^h^\a several months. ? used one bottle of FOLEY'S FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR, and my lungs are pl Hp J?s&*L~Mk (^^^IJ^^M HONEY AND TAR. It cured me, and I have not , now as sound as a bullet. I recommend it in ad- lg Ul /^^^^^?^L^^^^^^^X * been troubled since." vanced stages of lung trouble." %3& B|- m mu i m ?? um j Thres Sizes-25c, 50c, $1.00. The 50-cent size contains two and one-half times as much as the small ??i III jj CURES COUGHS AMD gglgS, J size and the $1.00 bortie almost six times as much. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. . || %MmwMmMMMfflM?m> SOLD MD RECQBHEMBED BY <^^^BiHr TUS SUMTER DRUG- COMPAQ'S Southeastern Lime & Cement COMPANY. CHARLESTON, S. C. Boilding Materia! of ali kinds. High Grade Ronfing "R?BER0ID. !? Write for Prices .Ittantic Coast Line. Effective Jan. 8, 1905. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 86 Florence to ?uguota Arrives 5 15 am " 64 Columbia to Wilmington M 8 10 am w *67 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 arr w 62 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 30 an? w 46 OrangebuTgtoCharlestonCTuesd'y^hursd'yjSaturd'y) 11 9 25 am " 63 Greenville and Colombia to Charleston " 6 30 pm u 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm u *56 Snmter to Gibson tt 6 50 pm u 47 Charleston to CrangebnrgiTnesd^Thursd'yiSaturd'y) " 8 20 pm u 66 Wilmington to Columbia u 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Bartsville Leaves G 30 am f* * 1 Bishopville to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am " * 2 Slimier to Bishopville Leaves 9 45 am ** *19 Sumter to ^Robbins Leaves 10 00 am ** ?ll Florence toISumter Arrives 3 50 pm ** *12 Sumte? to Florence Leaves 2 ?0 PT? " *20 Bobbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 pm " *25 Hartsville to Sumter Amves 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden toSumter Arrives 9 00 ave " *71 Sumter to'Camden ; Leaven 9 36 air " *68 Camden to Sumter u 5 45 pm " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 00 prr " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pu Trains marked * dailv ezoept Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further'information, appl7 to J. T. CHINA. Ticket. Aarent A. C. T.. ' - ?_ The Dixie Stalk Cutter-Wagon Attachment. . Parties desiring ? Good Stalk Cutter will find "The DIXIE" to be made of the Best Pennsylvania Steel and guaranteed not to clog and to give entire satisfaction. Our machines can be found at S. M. Pierson's livery stable, 6 and 8 S. Harvin strct. The Dixie Stalk Cutter Co., Sumter, S. C. I CABBAGE PLANTS. ? *r have for sale Succession, Wakefield and Early Spring^ ? Cabbage Plants, grown in open air on sea J ? coast from seeds bought from the best ai d $ ? most reliable ^eedmen in the United States J ? at the folio wini prices F. 0. B. - - - - J $ * Lots 1,000 to 5,000 $1 50 Per M. ? ? Lots 5,000 to 10,000 $1.25 Per M. ? 1 Lots Over 10,000 Special Prices on APPLICATION, g % SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO DEALERS. ? 9Any information as to the cultivation of Cabbage will" 2 be cheerfully given on application. g ? S. J. BUMPH, Adams Run, S. C. o i TAX NOTICE, j Southern Railway ' THE COUNTY TREASURER'S office in Court House building will bo open for the collection ol taxes, with out penalty, from the 15fih day of October to Tho 31st day ot December, inclusive, 1904. The levy is as foliows: For State 5 mills: for Count 3^ mills: Constitu? tional School 3 nails; Polls SI.00 Also, School District No. 1, Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 5. (Mid? dleton j 1 mill: No. 14, 3 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. 18, 2 mills. g A ponalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1905. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb roary, 19C5. Additional penalty of ? per cent, for 15 days in March, 1905. Oct. 26. T. W. LEE, Co. Treasurer. The South's Greatest System, Unexcelled Dining Oar Service 'Through Pullman Sleeping Gars on ?li Through Trains. j CONVENIENT SCHEDULES ON ALL LOCAL TB ?INS. Winter Tourist Rates aro now effect to all Florida p:ints. in For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest South? ern Railway ticket agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. W. L BOWMAN, Prest. C J. BOSH?MEH Sec. ?Treas The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, >. o. ?*a#s??g?Capital Stock $50,000*???*^ Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ers and Farmers' S upplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox &*Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices on au lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers* Supplies, And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money* and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO. Sels itself. None better. 10,000 tons now offered for saie. Nitrate of Soda, Muriate of Potash, German Kainit Gei our prices, please. Reduced Prices on Real Estate. Cotton has fallen in pries and with its fall comes business depression in this sec? tion. Have several tracts o? land on which the prices have been reduced in conse? quence. New is the time for thc man with money to buy. The depressen is only temporary and with the rally wi!! come a profit. 105 acres. ">0 acres cleared, four miles from Sumter. New honso ^reduced from $;55 to $25 per acre. 1014 acres, li miles from city, 500 clear? ed, well tenanted ; reduced from $15 to $12.50 per acre J 108 acres. 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sum? ter, new 5-room house and rew barn, with stables for 4 horses. Fren: $3,0C0 to $2, 500. 450 acres in Claree don, four miles from Summerton, 200 acres cleared ; reduced from $7.500 to $6,500. Also several others tract reduced in similar pioportions. Cai! and see me. Can offer some good investments. R. B. BELSER, Attorney at Law Court Square Real Estate Broker Phone 12