THE DEAL CLOSED
Amies of Those Who are Interest
- ed in the Purchase of Court
I House Square.
3From The Daily Item, May 19.
The sale of the Court House
Square was consummated today
and the contracts signed. Mr*. R.
B. Belser, who has handled the
; deal, states that the following
persons are interested in the
purchase:
R. B. Belser, attorney, 50
feet; Farmers' Bank and Trust
Company, .50 feet, including the
court house; L. B. DuRant, 30
*feet; A. a DuRant, 20 feet;
John M. Knight, 25 feet; W. B.
Bains, T. W. Lee, trustee, Geo.
F. Epperson, L. W. Jenkins, W.
B. Boyle, E. K. Coyner, W. A.
Brown, E. C. Haynsworth, 25
feet
The county coinmissioners
^??l ratify the contracts and the
deal is completed insofar as pos?
sible until the legislature meets
and passes an act authorizing
the sale and transfer -of the
property.
Much Damage.
e continued heavy rains
during the past two weeks have
done a lot of damage to streets
and ditches, by wash-outs, stop?
ping up of drains, etc. In some
instances the sidewalks have
"washed away and yards flooded.
Some sections of the city have
/been in bad sanitary shape, with
foul smelling mud holes, and
muddy streets. But the state
of affairs could not be helped
for a while. The health officer
Icept on the go> and received
many complaints. He promptly
reported to Superintendent of
Streets White all complaints.
Hr. White has divided his force
into several emergency squads,
and with the assistance of the
iealth officer, all of the worst
.places have been fixed, and the
others will be attended to as
soon as* they can be reached. It
is a matter of congratulation
that tte city has been put: in
good sanitary shape so quickly.
*Those two officers are doing: the
liest they can, as they-have a lot}
to do, , and the facilities at ?heir
disposal are limited. Thej are
always ^ad to receve . com
jp?a?nts promptly, and grye all
complaints attention as soon as
tbey can$ get at" them.
vWiI! N umber Carts.
The Snoerintendent of Streets and
Beaith Officer have decided to request
tb? Committee on Public Work to
tave the city scavenger carts nam
^er?d. ? great man j people are com
-plaining that the cart drivers give
them wrong instructions about putting
oct trash and garbage, and that trash
lt not hauled, and other complaints
against the scavenger service. Very
Jew people can tell tbe name of the
driver, and in consequence it cannot
he fopnd ort who is to blame-if any
une.: If some, in fact in many in?
stances, people who a?e called down
lox violating the law say tbat tbecart
driver told them tc do so. If toe carts
are cambered citizens can take the
-sumner of tbe cart. - and tbe day the
trouble itroce, and report to the health
sxg?cer, who will have the matter in?
vestigated by the superintendent who
irires and manage tbe drivers. This
will be a piotection to the; driver also
?s no complaints will be noticed un?
ie? tbe name and number of the
driver and care and day of the dispute
are given, lt bas also been suggested
that tbe scavenger carts all be painted
noe color, with the words "Scavenger
Cart" printed on them so that people
"can teil a city cart from any other
-cart. Many a time there are dead
. animals or fowls to be hauled off, ana
if the city carts can be distingu?s:ed
by a sign, citizens can call them at
any time of day to take off dead
animals or fowls instead of keeping
them nu til next day. The painting
and lettering will cost very little and
it will also look more "city like"
Cleared for Action.
When the body is cleared for action, by
Dr. Sing's Mew Life pills, you can tell it
by tbe bio ?na of health on the cheek? ; the
rightness of the eye?; the firmness of the
Jtafi aad muyele*; the buoyancy of the
assad. I ry them. At J. F. W. DeLorme's
?rog store, 25c cen ts.
Magnolia has about organ?
ized her baseball team. Sumter
las not organized yet.
Howto Ward Off Old Age.
The most successful way of warding off
the approach of old age is to maintain a
-vigor?os digestion. This can be done by
eating only food suited to i our age and
oee?p&tion. and when any disorder of the
stomach appears take a dope of Chamber?
lain's J&omach sud liver Tablets to cor?
rect it. If you have a weak stomach or are
troubled with indigestion, you will find
these Tablets to be just) what yon need.
Jos sale by ali druggists.
SUMTER ELECTRIC LINE.
Some Facts and Figures Concerning
Sumter's Street Railway.
.
On the eleventh day of December,
1904, the City of Sumter, S. C., grant?
ed to J. L. Alnutt of the city of Sum?
ter, Ss C., a franchise to construct
and operate an Electric LighYrng and
Power Plant and Electric Railway
Upon all the streets and avenues of
th'e city of Sumter, S. C., for fifty
years.
The entire plant and all property
belonging to it, to be exempted from
all taxation for five years after it is
in operation.
The said J. L. Alnutt and his as?
sociates have formed themselves in?
to a corporation under the laws of
the state of Delaware, to be known
as the Sumter Electric Lighting and
Railroad Co., with a capital stock of
one hundred thousand dollars, divid?
ed into one thousand shares of one
hundred dollars, each of which is to
be-common stock and non-assessable.
The corporation will also issue one
hundred thousand dollars in thirty
year coupon bonds of one thousand
dollars each bearing six per cent in?
terest, payable semi-annually at the
office of the trustee for the bond?
holders.
The principal and interest to be
paid i%L gold coin of the United States
of America.
The interest-and principal will be
secured by a first mortgage on the
entire plant and property belonging
to the corporation.
The corporation offers for sale
forty thousand dollars of these bonds
at par value with a bonus of five
shares of the stock wth each bond.
Subscription for this amount of
these bonds^ will be received at the
following banks in the state of South
Carolina:
The First National Bank, Sumter,
S. C.
The Farmers Bank & Trust Co.."
Sumter, S. C. ?
'The Bank of Sumter? Sumter, S. C.
The Sumter Savings Bank, Sumter,
S. C.
The corporation herewith . submits
to the public a special report on the
proposed plant to be constructed.
Special report as follows:
After examining all the conditions
of the city of Sumter, S. C., for the
construction and operating an elec?
tric lighting plant and railroad, we
beg to report as follows:
That a moder% electric lighting
plant and railroad in the city of Sum?
ter, S. C., operated on modern and
business principles will pay the hold?
ers of the capital stock a fair divi?
dend from the first year's operation,
and with the progressiveness that is
noticeable in all the city, and pros?
pect of rapid increase in population,
the plant will pay large dividends in
the near'future and the. franchise be?
come very valuable, to the owners of
the stock.
We estimate the income from the
first year's operation as follows:
From incandescent lighting $36.000
From arc flighting jj ^ 4,800
From railroad 16,000
Estimated receipts and elec?
tricians* work , . 3,500
$60,300
Int on bonds @ 6 per cent $ 6,000
Insurance and operating ex
? penses including repairs
and depreciation . 36,000
Reserve for sinking-fund 5,000
$47,000
Profits $13,300
Ten per cent on stock for
dividends > 10,000
Net balance in treasury $ 3,300
The stocks and bonds will be deliv?
ered at the several banks in the. state
where subscrptions may be made, on
^the first day of August, 1905.
J. L. ALNUTT, Pres.
OTHER MAY "WEATHER.
Mercury Passed the Ninety Degree
Mark in This City.
Sumter people who have beeu ec-joy
ing the pleasures occasioned by the
many warra days that have visited
this city this month do not miss the
truth many inches when they make
the assertion that the present May
has been warmer than any similar
month for years past. Up to date the
mercury in the thermometer has shot
np above the 90 degree mark on three
different dajs. Ou one of these three
days Sumter humanity fairly swelted
when the mercury played tag between
93 and 94. Relief came with night and
this is the only thing that saved
the citizens from jumping to the sum?
mer resorts by the train loads.
Great Britain is wise enough to
profit by a collossal American mis?
take. The new Transvaal constitu?
tion excludes the negro from the
right of suffrage.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
the Very Best.
"I have been uping Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and want to say it ia the best
cough medicine I have ever taken," say*
Geo. L. Chubb, a merchant of Harlan,
Mien. There is no question about its being
the ben, 8? it will cure a cough or cold in
less time than any other treatment. It
should always be kept in the Anse ready
for instant use, for a cold c&jpbe cured in
much lees time when promptly treated.
For sale bj all druggists.
c
FTING
Many people who are neglecting symptoms of kidney trouble, hoping "it will wear away," are
drifting towards Brights Disease, which is kidney trouble in one of its worst forms.
asm
stops irregularities, strengthens the urinary organs and builds up the worn-out tissues
of the kidneys so they will perform their functions properly. Healthy kidneys strain out
the impurities from the blood as it passes through them. Diseased kidneys do not, and
the poisonous waste matter is carried by the circulation to every part of the body,
causing dizziness, backache, stomach trouble, sluggish liver, irregular heart action, etc.
If you have any signs of Kidney or Bladder Trouble commence taking FOLEY'S
KIDNEY CURE at once, as it will cure a slight disorder in a few days and prevent a
fatal malady. It is pleasant to take and benefits the whole system.
How to Find Out.
* You can easily determine if your kidneys are
out of order by setting aside for 24 hours a
bottle of the urine passed upon arising. If
upon examination it iis cloudy or milky or has
a brick-dust sediment or small particles float
about in it, your kidneys are diseased, and
FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE should be taken
at once.
G. B. Burhans Testifies After Four Years.
G. B. Burhans of Carlisle Center, N. Y., writes:
"About four years ago I wrote you stating that I had been entirely
cured of a severe kidney trouble by taking less than two bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure. It entirely stopped the brick-dus-: sediment and
pain and symptoms of kidney disease disappeared. 1 am glad to say that
I have never had a return of any of those symptoms during the four
years that have elapsed, and I am evidently cured to stay cured, and
heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suffering from
kidney or bladder trouble."
Two Sizes, 50 Cents and $1.00.
SOLD ?KD RECOMMENDED 8Y
STJM'T'BTi DRUG COMPAKT
SHOEMAKER
Stick to Your Last-Everyone Should
Attend to His Own Business and
He Will Profit Thereby.
Mr. Editor:
The piece written under the head
"As It Occurs to Me," about the Con?
sumers' Ice factory, is, indeed, the
most reasonable argument in favor of
having a plant of our own, providing
it was confined to ourselves, but
where some are taking stock in blocks
of $2,000.00, -$1,000.00 and $500.00, it
looks very much like it is done for in?
vestment, and even if a factory was
put up to make ice fdr ourselves, we
agree that a factory has the right to
put up its own stores for the special
benefit of its employes, and if a fac?
tory was burdened down by taxation,
and had no support, whatever, from
the, people of the city in which it was
located, it would, indeed, have every
right to have a store of its own, but I
believe that men who can run a mer?
cantile business should work in har?
mony with the manufacturer, each
r.ie running the thing that suits him
:he best. The hardware man should
buy his dry goods from a dry ^goods
man, and a dry goods man should
buy his hardware from a hardware
man. We should ali do the thing
that we know the best how to do.
and there would be no reason for any
of us failing.
I have just* purchased for our of?
fice a nice filing cabinet. I could
'.lave made the cabinet," just as nice
and about as cheap, but I made, mon?
ey by taking the time to make coffins.
Your furniture man here made mean?
ey who sold it to me. The manufac?
turer who makes cabinets made mon?
ey on the manufacture of it, and
when he dies he will use a coffin made
by a coffin manufacturer. He, of
course, could have very easily made
his coffin, as we have now and then
heard of some p?ople doing, put it
under his bed, requesting that he be
buried in it when he dies, but it paid
him much better to work on cabinets
to sell' to the living.
E. L. WITHERSPOON.
SUDDEN DEATH FROM DRINKING
A Young White Man Drinks a Half
Pint of Whiskey and Dies.
A whiteman about 28 years of age
named Charles Christmas died very
suddenly at 1408 Wayne street be?
tween 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday after?
noon. Death is supposed to have
been due to alcohol poisoning, as the
man was a hard drinker and was seen
to drink a half pint of whiskey just
before entering the home where he
lived and where his death occurred.
He walked into the house and in a
few minutes fell in a fit, and before
medical aid could reach him he was
dead.
Coroner Walker was notified and
after viewing the remains had the
body removed to the undertaking es?
tablishment of J. M. VanMetre. The
coroner will investigate the case more
fully today, and if necessary will em?
panel a jury and present the case to
them.-The State.
Blackberries are getting ripe
and soon the old familiar cry
of "lady, does you want to buy
any cullud berries" will be
heard.
Terrific Race With Death.
"Death was fast approaching,'* writes
Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla^ de
scribing his fearful race ?ith "death, "as a
result of liver trouble and heart disease,
which had robbed me of sleep and of all
interest in life. I had tried many different
doctors and several medicines, but got ?0
benefit, until I began to use Electric Bit?
ters. So wonderful was their effect, that in
three days I felt like a new man, and today
I am cured of all my troubles." Guaranteed
at J. F. W. DeLcrme's drug store; price
50c I
CARROLL HAS LOST A HORSE.
Well Known Colored I*reacher Sus?
tains Loss on Orphanage Farm.
Rev. Richard Carioll returned
yesterday from Sumter, where he
addressed a large audience at a tent
meeting, and his words of ad\ice were
given an attentive ear. Upoi: return?
ing to the city Carroll learns thnr one
of the horses nse on the farm at the
orphanage had died suddenly, a?d
duri rg the day he received a l umber
of contributions with which to buy
another.-The State.
Moved to Sumter.
Sam B. Divine and family left this
morning ?oi* their new home in Sum?
ter. Mr. Divine ba? been transferred
from bis run between ber- and
Cbarletson to a run between Sumter
and Hartville.
Mr. Diviue is a good rcitizau and
probably oi;e of the besi; engineers on
the Coast Line. Florence re?r?*ts io
lose hirn and his excellent family but
our good wishes go with them to their
new home.-Florence Times.
Lancaster, May 16.-The tv:o-year
old son of James Stagner, of this
place, choked to death this afternoon
from an English pea lodging in his
throat. The ch ld died at the depot,
where his father was waiting on the
train to take it to R<ck Bill to have
the obstruction removed.
The coal road from tie We;t will be
great thing for Sumter and will make
fuel cheaper and enable us to ke^p
warm during the winter without in
vfstiug mr ail in a few armsfnl nf
wood. The ox cart wood monopoly
will be given a black eye and seven
or niue stacks of ni ea si ey wood won't
be worth fifty cents.
Last year w-a^ the most favorable
crop season from fir?;t to last the
South has bsd for many years, while
this year ba? been up-to-date the mo*t
unfavorable. There is no prospect of
a bumper cotton crop.
The oat crop bas been ben? fitted
greatly by the recent :rains but cot?
ton and corn have been damaged.
The Seaboard Air Liue has only
six mile- of road to build to connect at
Lincolnton and Lenoir, N. C., branch
with the Johnson City Tenn., roj d
which passes thorough th? heart of tne
coal fields. This road will furnish the
shortest possible route from the coal
fields to deep water at Charleston via
Monroe and Sumter.
Some papers get olf some good
things. Listen what the Eaneas
Globe says: 1 ff the women continne
to diminish ?neir clothing for the
next six weeks as much as they have
during the past, we would hate to be
brnd along about the Fourth of July.
If Recorder Hurst respects the
wishes of the property owners and the
friends of the fireman, who offer their
services grates, to save the lives aud
property of the citizens, be will dis?
regard bis statement as to imposing
a fine of 840 on the party or par ?<s
who sent in the false alarm and will
give them the limit.
. OVERTAXED.
Hundreds of Sumter Reader*
Know What It Means.
The kidnej's are overtaxed;
Have too much to do.
They tell a?outit In many ?ches and pains
Backache, sideache. headache.
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary troubles, diabetes. Bright's disease
follow.
A Sumter citizen tells here a certain cure.
George W. Hancock, keeper of the jail. 27
Canal St., says: "I have been down In bed
on account of my back several times and suf?
fered the most intense pain right ??cross the
small of my back which felt just as if a log of
wood was laying on it and crushing the life
out of me and I was unable to pr?t from un?
der it, could not turn over without taking
both hands to pull myself. The kidney se?
cretions were very dark, full of sediment and
called me out of bed every little while I
think I contracted the disease during the
war, away back in 1862 and 1863 laying out in
all kinds of weather, exposed to heat and
cold. Since then during later years I have
suffered everything a man could suffer and
live. I used everything I could get hold of
but nothing seemed to touch it. 1 finally saw
Doan's Kidney Pilis advertised and went to
Dr. A. J. China's drug store and procured a
box. They a> ted like a charm. 1 have used
three boxes and all the pain in my back has
left, the kidney secretions have been natural
and 1 feel A No. 1. Doan's Kidney Pills ure the
best headache remedy on earth."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N.Y., sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take no
other. 23
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1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia. S. C. Confidential correpponderjce solicited
W. A. BOWMAN, Prest. ?. W. BOSSIER, Sec. & Treas
The Sumter Banking
& Mercantile Company,
Sii:m.tei% ?S. C.
?E^^^Capital Stock $50,000^*^^^
Wholesale Grocers, Fertiliz=
ersand Farmers' Supplies.
Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil
! cox &?Gibbs Fertilizers?
We are prepared to quote the very closest
j cash or time prices on all lines of
Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers'
I Supplies,
I And invite your investigation before making
?your arrangements for another year.
Come to see us. We will save you money,
j and give you a hearty, courteous welcome.
j
Sumter Banking i
Mercantile Company,
Mas?me Building, 2d door from the Postoffice.
Sumter, S. C.
GENUINE PERUVIAN
GUANO.
Se ls itself. None better. 10,000 tons DOW offered for sale.
Nitrate of Soda,
Muriate of Potash,
German Kainit
Aire Headquarters.
Get our prices, please.
Reduced Prices on Real Estate.
Cotton has fallen In price and with its fall comes business depression in this sec?
tion. Have several tracts ot land on which the prices have been reduced in conse?
quence. Now is the time for the man with money to buy. The depression is only
temporary and with the rally will come a profit.
105 acres, 50 acres cleared, four miles
from Sumter. New house ; reduced from
$35 to $25 per acre.
1014 acre?, ll miles from city, 500 clear?
ed, well tenanted ; reduced from $15 to
$12.50 per acre.
108 acres, 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sum?
ter, new 5-room house and tew barn, with
btables for 4 horses. Frcm $3,0C0 to $2,
500.
450 acres in Claree don, four miles from
Summerton, 200 acree cleared ; reduced
from $7,500 to S6.50C.
Also several others tract reduced in
similar pioportions.
Call and see me. Can offer some good investments.
R. B. BELSER,
Attorney at Law Real Estate Broker
Court Square Thoma 12