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the Farmers Bigham wants to see you. Let him beautify your home. URC I have more goods than I have room, and you can furnish your home and pay your bill this fall. Every= ing sold with a guarantee. My Stoves and Ranges are the best, and one sale means another. Parlor Suits, fine Rockers, Beds, Lounges and Couches are beauties. Everything kept to furnish the house from parlor to kitchen, and prices are sure to please. BIGHAM, We Furniture M&n, 112 and IL} South Main Street. WEDNESDAY, HAY IO, 1905. The Stonier Watchman was founded in ?850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Wkstckman and Southron now has the com I ' ' t ' ?raedcircclalaon sud influence of both of : fcfes old papera, and is'manifestly the best m ?fvertising medium in Sumter. WOR SHE PUBLIC. If there -waa ever any doubt con ce ruing the success of the popular movement to establish a consumer?' Ice factory as a means of freeing the people of this city from the oppres? sion of the hvcal ice monopoly, the '^personnel of the mass meeting in the <c?urt house Monday evening brushed 'Su??e every shadow of doubt. The business men and capitalists, clerks and mechanics, laboring men and all other callings and professions were represented. The sentiment of the meeting was earnest and determined and there was but one view expressed --that Sumter must have an inde? pendent ice factory to be operated in &e interest of the public and not as aa instrument to exact the last possi? ble penny from the people who are ?erced by necessity to pay any price exacted for ice. The men who par? ticipated actively in the meeting rep? resent capital sufficient to build a half ?rozen ice factories such as it is pro? posed to build and once they have jje&aed the movement, as they did last s?ght, they will not permit it to fail -Sor the lack of a few hundred or thousand dollars. JEt is the desire of all who are work Sag to secure ice at a reasonable price Shat the movement shall be, a popular one in? which all the people who use ace shall be mutually interested, for ?hat reason alone it was decided to place the shares at $5.00 each so that amen of limited means might not be debarred from becoming stockholders. This is to be a consumers' ice factory, ttwned and controlled by the consum? ers and operated primarily for the protection and benefit of the public. Xt may not prove to be a gold mine to the stockholders as ice fac? tories have often proven when oper? ated to make money without regard to the public welfare, but it will be operated as a business enterprise so ?S to be self-sustaining and to make Q. -legitimate profit. The dividends will fte the saving that each and every con? sumer of ice will make on the price Sba will pay in comparison with what Ike 3s now forced to pay. A man. who I AMT uses only 20 pounds of ice a day j caa afford to invest $50 in the new factory for his savings will be equiv? alent to 19 per cent on $50. If he saes lt pounds a day he can afford to take $2 5 in stock. Every man should take as much stock as he can afford, bot each one should take Stock in proportion to the quantity of iee lie uses and figure his saving on the .price of Iee as--his dividends. St -would be. a public calamity for cay action to be taken that would de? stroy the great life insurance com? panies that are the custodians of the &ard-earned savings of tens of thous aulds of poor men, but it cannot be ?Senied that some lawful means should lb? found at once to*force the men who control these companies to disgorge some of their ill-gotten gains and Coree them in future to pay over to ghe policy holders a large and honest O?T share of the dividends that the ac? cumulated wealth of the companies carn. What the public wants is not Che destruction of the insurance companies, but a fair deal and less ?ugh flying by the insurance officers. The city of Sumter can afford io set aside three or four thousand dol? lars a year to provide a nucleus of a fund to establish a first class and thoroughly modern electric light sys? tem when the contract with the Sum? ter Electric Light Company "expires. There has been some talk that the city will be unable to establish its own electric light plant owing to the fact that it may not be in a position to issue bonds for that pur? pose.- There will be no necessity for a bond issue, if the city council will begin now to economize and accu? mulate a fund for the purpose. ? * * If the directors of the state dis? pensary should decide by the advice of the attorney general that the beer dispensaries cannot stretch the law and run a beer saloon where their patrons may drink their beer in com? fort and at their leisure, there will be fewer applicants for beer privil? eges. The popularity of the beer privileges is dependent wholly upon ; the saloon or beer garden plan upon which they are conducted. * * * Ten per cent, is a fairly, good divi? dend on an investment. Ten per cent, on $50 would be $5. If you invest $50 in the proposed Consumers' Ice fac? tory you will receive exactly 10 per cent, out of the investment if you use only twenty pounds of ice a day dur? ing the five months that ice is a ne? cessity, even though you do not re? ceive a cent cash dividend. Take a piece of paper and figure it out: You now pay 60 cents a hundred and if the Consumers' Ice Factory is establish? ed you pay 35 cents a hundred. * * . As usual the fruit crop in the Prov? idence and Catchall hills has escaped material injury and there will be peaches in that section this summer. Some day the peach crop of Provi? dence and Catchall will bring thous? ands of dollars into Sumter county each year. The Providence hills are as well adapted to successful peach culture on a large scale as the Ridge section between Columbia and Au? gusta, but the natural advantages of this section have not been improved and made to yield wealth as have the advantages of the Ridge. South Carolina town bonds do not go begging these days. A glance at the list of securities in which the re? serve fund of the Woodmen of the World is invested will discover the bonds of quite a number of South Cai:- j olina towns rubbing elbows with Uni? ted States bonds and other equally as gilt edged securities. . . . A little more than a year ago the City Board of Education issued $15, 000 in bonds to erect the high school building. Today this board is pre? pared to retire one-sixth of the bond issue if the holdens of the issue will agree to accept the cash for $2,500 worth of the bonds. That looks like prosperity and good business man? agement of the schools. Some people want the city to es? tablish an ice plant in connection with the water works system, but this is not necessary at thia time to protect the people. A Consumers' Ice Fac? tory can be made profitable as a com? mercial enterprise. . . . The Confederate pension ro!l should be a roll of honor, but for several years there have been charges, more or less openly made, that ?t is any? thing else. If it is tainted with fraud, or if there is any unworthy men draw? ing pensions to which they are not en? titled, the rolls should be purged. True patriots are scarce. The late Fitzhugh Lee was one of them. * * * The Lave Stock. Show would be a good thing for Sumter and the busi? ness men of the community should rally to its support. , ***?." If England and France should be? come embroiled in the Russo-Japa? nese conflict Kaiser William -would probably be delighted. * * .* r : Newberry county has usurped the place so long held by Edgefield. It has three candidates for governor and one for secretary of state and the lists are still open. * . * Asheville, N. C., went "wet" in the recent election and that may be one reason why the editors of three states will meet there this summer. ? * * The farmer who is now begging his neighbor to sell him pea-vine hay or fodder is not a good farmer even though he makes big crops of cotton. There are lots of this sort in Sumter county and most of them would not agree to reduce their cotton acreage 25 per cent. * * * When England, the ally of Japan, begins making representations to France, the ally of Russia, respecting the violation of laws of neutrality by the latter in the interest of the Rus? sian fleet in the Far East, the situa? tion becomes decidedly ticklish and something serious is likely to happen any day. The State Fair is advertising two things: That farming pays when you can control your labor and that it is profitable to raise mules. * * * If you can't invest $50 in the Con? sumers' Ice Factory strain a point to put in $10. If you can't spare the ten sign a contract to buy all the ice you will use from the Consumers' Ice house for 35 cenfs a hundred. * . . Too much cotton is shipped out of ! Sumter county, in bales. Some of it should go in bolts. If England finds it profitable to build new cotton mills every year we may be certain that the cotton manufacturing industry is not overdone in South Carolina. ? . ? If you want to get in touch with the people advertise in The Daily Item. Twine, Twine, Twine for binding oats. W. B. Boyle. Murray's Iron Mixttui <e. Xow is the time to takea. spring tonic. By far the best thing to take is Murray's Iron Mixture. It makes pure blood and gets rid of that tired feeling. At all druggists 50 cents a bottle or direct from the Murray Drug Co., Co? lumbia, S. C TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. Notice is hereby given that the res ular teachers' examination will be held in my office in the court house on May 19th, beginning at 9 o'clock, a. m. S. D. CAIN, County Supt. of Education. ? FRESH LAUNCHING. ? ? After fifteen years of sailing upon the mercan? tile sea, we launch our bark again upon new waters, but headed for the same port. Our craft is steady and safe, set deep, and well ballasted. We fancy that the man at the helm knows his business, and we cordially invite the happy mul titude to journey with us. We covet a full passenger list. Our rates shall be reasonable, our treatment of patrons just, and our equipment as good as the best. BEWLEY HARDWARE CO., No.28 North Main St. - Sumter, S. C. Summer Fabrics For Male and Female. Summer is actually upon us, there is no escaping it. Those who can afford it may go to the mountains or seashore, but even should they be so fortunate as to get away for a short period they must provide themselves with material suitable to the season. WASH FABRICS. There is nothing so essential to a lady's summer outfit as wash material. It matters not how soiled or abused they get, after a good tubbing aod properly ironed they are just, as at? tractive as when first they cime from the dress maker Our stock of this material comprises everything in the line from 5 to 25 cents yer yard. WHITE LAWNS. There is probably no material in the line of female wearing apparel for bummer that is so attractive as a white lawn suit. These are also very appropriate for children, especially for commencement suits. Our line of INDIA LAWNS. At 5,6%, 8 1-3, : a, 12%, 15, 30, 25 and 35 cents have no superior as to values. The number we are selling AT 5 CENTS would really look cheap on many counters at 7h. We nave had to duplicate on it several times, and at present have none in stock, but there is a large shipment on the way due to arrive this week WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS. Although the season Las barely opened already we have been compelled to reorder this line. The popular priced Oxford is ONE DOLLAR and we believe we have the best on the market at that price. They are made for us by The H. 0. Godman Co., and that is a guarantee of their merit. MEN'S WEAR. This has been the busiest department of our house this sea? son. It keeps constantly growing. We cannot account for it unless it is due to OUR VALUE GIVING CAPACITY. We believe we enjoy the reputation of selling the best clothes for the least money of any house in the citv. Our line of TWO PIECE SUITS at $5.00, $7,50 and $10.00 will be found excellent values. MEN'S SERGE COATS. There is nothing so cool and dressy for a man's summer coat as a double breasted serge. We have them in black and blue, slims, stouts and regular form $2.50 TO $7.00. And pants in a pretty assortment of stripes from $1.50 to $5.00. JUST WRIGHT SHOES. We have carefully searched the shoe manufacturing centres? since the destruction of the Reynolds factory by fire, to find a shoe that in our judgment would take its place, and feel that we have at last succeeded We can speak from personal ex* perience regarding its comfort and wearing qualities, and be? lieve it to be what itrftaine implies JUST WRIGHT. MEN'S NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. Our assortment of these is very complete and there is no better value to be had anywhere than those we arc selling AT 50 CENTS. BOYS PANTS. We do not forget the little fellows. In fact they are constantly in our mind. Today we received a shipment pf b.oys^c?p^ the prettiest line we have ever seen AT 25 CENTS. Our boys suit department wai also replenished today with a- lot of very nobby suits 'vhich we closed out fully 33 !-3 PER CENT. ?I&ER PRICE. The little fellows will get the full benefit of this. We can dress a boy very neatly for 50 CENTS. A pair of our washable pants for a quarter and shirt waist at the same price. We are selling MOTHER'S FRIEND WAISTS AT 35c. The mother who has been buying these knows well what a saving this is to her. We might go on indefinitely enumerating the various attractions our stores offer, but space forbids. O'DONNELL & COMPANY