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ALL THE WAY TO LONDON TOWN. SOME INTERESTING READING FROM DR. C. C. BROWN. In Which He Tells of the Proposed Trip Across the Pond, What He Expects to Do, and Not to Do _?-. The omnivorous reporter for The Daily Item wishes me to report con? cerning a matter which has not yet happened, and I have been foolish enough to agree to do so. The news reached him in some way that I had decided to take a trip acros the big seas to London and beyond, and the said reporter insists that I shall tell about it at once. It has been a life? long jule with me to keep on the good side of newspaper^people. I get out of them a great many favors for which I make no sort of payment, and consequently I always take pleas? ure in making some little return for that which is bestowed upon me in abundance. It seems to be a convic? tion with many that an editor is at the head of a great benevolent organ? ization, and it is perfectly legitimate to get his products free of all costs if we can. For this reason many papers are read which are never paid for, and the borrower of a paper froin 1 another flatters himself that he has played a sharp trick in being able to . use the editor's productions without * any cost to himself. If all the city papers should at once decide, or be compelled by the niggarliness of the ? multitude, to go out of business, we | should awake to realize : that a news- j paper is an absolute necessity, and is worthy of a much larger support than j we are giving. Ten years ago. a Eaptist paper in Virginia suggested that we have a great Baptist World Council in Lon? don to which messengers should come from every section of the world where Baptists have organizations. From time to time, the question has been debated in the papers, and, a _'year ago, the Baptist Argus, a Ken? tucky paper, set to work to discuss the question anew. The English pa? pers took it up, and the result has been the calling of a great council to meet in London on July ll. Dr. W W. Lan drum, my old classmate, now pastor in Atlanta, has recently writ? ten an article for one of our papers, in which he says: "Baptists have come to world con seriousness. In London next July they Will hold their first Pan-Baptist As? sembly. Its members will represent all countries in which Baptists have established churches. EapL:sts will serve notice on the world by this congress that they are no longer ."n English segment of our cv??:mon Christian circle, or a large American denomination, but a far flung brother? hood working in two hemispheres and .in every one of the continents of each. Now that we have found the world; through the missionary movements begun by Carey in England and Jud? son in America, the world will find the Baptists and study with fresh in? terest their doctrines, government, -parties, achievements, genius and his? tory. . "When a review of the conquests by Baptists at home and* abroad is presented at the London meeting, it will be seen that in no conntry have our people succeeded so well as in America, and in no part of America, so far as the acquisition of converts Ss concerned, as in the Southern States. It is within the territory of the Southern Baptise Convention that the Gospel as preached by Eaptists has touche ! the largest number of bea: ts and brought them to Christ. And it is the Home Mission " Board of the Southern Eaptist Convention, which, more than any other agency, has sup? plied the condition necessary for the accomplishment of the great results which so cheer our hearts." Tte Secret ol Even the best housekeeper coffee without good material, blended coffee such as unscrurj counters won't do. But take tin LION COFFEE, thc ie the coffee that for over a qua welcomed in millions of homes for a king in this war : HOW TO MAKE Use LION" COFFEE, berakee io,pet best I Grind your LION COFFEE rather fine, ?xtra for. th? pot." First mix it with a little add white of an e^? (if e?x ts to be used as a 1st. wrrn BOILING WATER, A THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a Ht minutes to settle. Serve promptly. 2d. WITH COLI? WATER. Ad? bring It to a boil, laen set aside.t minutes it's ready to serve. O (Don't boiMt too long-. ** .{ Don't let ic stand more t1 DONTS (.Don't use water that h? TWO WAYS TO 1st. Witt Eggs. Tse part of tho white COFFEE before boiling. 2d. With Colt Water instead of esp*. J aside for ei?ht or ten ra instes, then serve thron Insist on getting a packa prepare it according to this i HON COFFEE in future. (Lion-head on e (Save these Lion-heads i SOLD BY GROCER wc The council will h .ive no legislative functions, but will Le deliberate an i missionary, seeking t> elicit, ombiae and direct the energies OJ; the whole denomination in one sacred effort for the propogation of the gospel. Those of us who attend expe.t to see there i upon the rostrum in the Exeter hall, j messengers from almost every land i under Heaven, and hear them speak, j to us, by means ol interpreters in ali j the languages used among the na- j i tiens of the earth. There wiil Le poi- ! ? sibiy three hundred representatives p' ! from the United States, and most of these are going across the ocean on thc same steamer, the Celtic, which sails from New York for Liverpool cn the la?t day of this month, arriv.ng at the other side on \JuIy 8th or ?th, according as we have smooth or rough seas. Ten days will be given to j London and the Counci?, and it makes i one hungry in advance for the sight of so many places which one has read about since childhood-Westminster Abbey, the House of Parliament, St. Paul's, the Tower of Londm, Londoi Bridge, the British Museum and the many art galleries. m After seeing a section of London as outlined above, we hope to go up into Scotland to visit the lake country es? pecially taking in en route Oxford. Kenilworth, Warwick, Stratford, Mel? rose and Abbotsford, and then on to Edinburgh and the Scotch Lakes, es? pecially Grasmere and Winder m ?f?. A visit to these places wiil enable on? to live over the stories of Walter Scott, and doubtless will generate a vehement desire to read them all again. From London'some of us contem i plate visiting Paris to spend a week or ten days, in order to look upovi the glories of the French capital. I have already written to a Sumter girl who is sojourning in that great city, telling her of my advent and Legging" her to take me under her care when I plant my feet upon the alien soil, lt is reported, however, that she has just married a husband, and I am not cer tan that he can spare her from his side long enough to act as chaperone for friends from the far-away Amer? ica. What we shall do in that land of the oily tongue, where the whole lan? guage sounds like one big word. I do not know; but we have the assurance that others have gone before us an 3 returned, and there is no ?eas m why we should hesitate. * In making investigation about our passage acrosss the ocean,, I have made some few discoveries which may be of benefit to other Itemizers, and the reporter who got me started on this stoi y will pardon me if I tell what I have learned. It is becoming quite a fad in these days to cross the sea. England and America are with- j in speaking distance of each other, by cable, at least, and the swift-going i boats are bringing them almost within speaking distance of each other. In the summer season, all the big ocean liners cany a full complement of p?s i'sengers, and charge twice as much j for passage as they do in the fall ana ! spring. A first cabin room for two I persons is now sold at $360 for the j round trip, while the very sa^ne ac 1 commodation could be bougght for ?.SISO at any time between October and April. The summer demand run the price up to the top notch. But it must be remembered that the equip? ment of these large steamers bord rs upon magnificence, and the accom? modation given is about e ?ual to th?.t in any six-dollar-a-day hotel, j It seems also that the return trip, j which some of us hope t> make abo.:t i the mid ile of August, fi ids all the I boats filled t> thrir u most, rcaki'ig it ne<pssaary for me to cable to Iiv I erpoo? in order to reserve a ro >m f<-r j the hum-coming. When I cross the j "p -nd" another timo it m':st Le at i some other time <>f the year than j summer, and I may thon have a ?'>'. .?'?.?? /*-A>~ s cannot make a good cup of Dirty, adulterated and queerly .ulous dealers shovel over their B pure, clean, natural llavored ader ol all package coffees rter of a century has been daily -and vou will make c drink Ht GOOD COFFEE. resulte you mnyi \w the best coffee. Use "a tablespoonful t<> "sach cup, nnd one Vid water, en< t;< h t-> make a thick paste, and :ttier;, then follow one o? thc following rules: tdd boiling water, end lei t boil tie cold water and set asiae five I your cold water to the paste and idd a Utile cold water, and in five han ten minutes before serving, as been boiled before. SETTLE COFFEE. of an egg, mixing it with the ground LION ii ter boiling add a dash of cold water, and set :g7i a strainer. ge of genuine LION COFFEE, recipe and yon will only use (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.) very package.) ?or valuable premiums.) S EVERYWHERE )OLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. I shilling or two lefc bes:de tha ! which the koix has robbed ma. .-econi cabin accommodation any of ti;e large sceameis is put d at about one-half the cost of cabin, say S ICO for the round 1 Those who have traveled thus sr is good enough, and equal t"? any hot?5 but some how or other Americans all believe we are first c and none of us like to travel oil wisc. The first cabin moms are in the centre of the boat, while second cabins are in the ends. : hence in rough seis the m >tion of ship is excessive, and one is thrc and tossed about regardless of a s stomach and a raging liver on a t day strike. First cabin passen? are allowed to visit any part of s and pay calls upon their second ca friends, but the second cabin folk not allowed to return the ca.i. Tl also have to eat at a table jf ti own, and are fixed betw -?n li which they cannot cross. \ ley n save money by these restrictions, 1 what is money worth when compa: with one's liberty and self-esteem? We hope to have a jolly crowd unitiated tars who will pay da i tribute to Neptune and the fishes ? the sea. How much will be left of when we strike the regions beyo remains to be seen. Zeb Vance s: he threw up his immortal soul wh he crossed the ocean. He even w< so far as to describe it, saying he s; it, and it resembled an old sock. WI a vision-for a man to be able to lo upon his own immortal soul !W then could ever doubt that he Y? one? I'll hereby and now make t promise to report concerning mine case I do get glimpse of it. And y seasickness cannot be so awful an ? fliction at the very worst, for the are many persons who cross the s year after year, and are sick on ea I trip. If they were as bad off as th .say. it is probable they would nev attempt to cross the seas a secoi time. We shall see. Of course, all the sensible and u to-date people in England and Fran know about Sumter. Let us pity dense ignorance of those who do nr It will give me great pleasure to ii form them all concerning our good estate. If Edward sees fit to welcon our arrival, and meets us at the doc in Liverpool or at the railway static in London I will at once tell him th; Sumter is still on the boom, and wi also inform him concerning the pu chase of the water works and the se ring up of the Mutual Ice Facto:y. he asks me anything about the sewe age status. I will pat him on the bac and say: "Now, hold up, para; ot city fathers have been working tr thing backwards for ten years, pavin the streets before laying the pipe: out are going to get Skinner or Brur son to reset them, and put the rig! end foremost, so they will not alwaj be working backwards." I know m friend Edward will smile at this. Ri mor says he has a way of "smiling and also of playing baccarat. Bu this is a far-fetched rumor. If any c the Itemizers have a message to sen to Edward, it will be my delight t carry it along with me. provided it i gotten up in good style, written o vellum and ornamented with th proper values in jewels and gold, guess he wouldn't read a note whic' had not a ten-dollar stamp on il These fools in high life attach ver; ittle importance to money, except a to tho amount involved. This is all for thc present, dear re porter for the Item. The next tim you ask me to write anything, you*] be wise enough to fix a limit to it, guess. C. C. BROVv'X. The h-xf.ive < ff & cf Chamberlain' St m>c . ax c Liver 1 ablet* i> rc a reeabl md so natural .hat von ?. o . <> r< aliz'/ it i r.e effect ol a. medicine, i ur sate by al druggists. MUCH TROUBLE Caused By Not Having a Recorfl o Mis Marriage. Columbia, Jn"e 15 -Those who hac to contend in the. last lesilature, am in vain, against the stubborn sr( un reason i nu sentiment i Lock int; th enactment rf a law requiring registra tion ot' marriages-a sentiment ?lieget to he based or. the marvelous gromic rhnrsuch a law would ba H s ep towan divorce-will find some extra sui-fm* ri??TI in tho difficulties which confront ed a Stfiss f&milj recently r.'turnint rc th? old country without a"y dec aroentary evidence of the Legitimacy of rheiron? -year-old infant. Accordint to letters recently r. c:v> o; from then their troubles would still amount u the family being almost out-lawed, bul for ri:i- castom of the Catholic church H k e? ing a reg'tsry of baptism ano1 matrimony, both of which valuable ;ind sensible rec;.rds thc South faro linR legislature 1 as repeatedy refused to provide for. Bot hack to thc incident it was in? tended to portray. Alwin Schmidt, or many years resident cf C< lnmbia, ahont two years ago married a Colum? bia lady, and recently returned to the old country with bis bride. He was confronted hy the uncomfortable situa? tion that his failure to have a record of his marriage not only denied citi? zenship to bis child, hut that even lira own father was charry about ad? miting him to his household nnless this record could be produced, so strict are the laws of that country and the atti? tude of society toward such customs. Finally he gotmatters traightened ont through American beadquart< rs of his church at Baltimore, which sont here and secured a certified copy of ! the bautismal and matrimonial regis ! try o; SG Peters Catnolic Church. if ORK AND LANCASTER Believed thai Prohibition Will Win in I *.ese Two Counties. O.lambia, JUMP lo.-York and Lan? caster na^e now been added ;o tbe list of counties ?n abicb petitions have been put in uircvriaticn calling lor an viectioo to vete cut the dispensary. No aunouncernent bas been mace of tue York contes-. \tt, bat citizens cf ibtit county bert- tnis week assert that tuey signed ?such a petition, aud. they expiess me belief that prohibition wiil ?vin there. Yoik has ben a prohibi? tion conney IA sentiment since Kock dill closed its Dais over 20 yeais ago. lhere v\as almos: a riot about the Cl 2.-1 h uispensary there before it was finally eluted. Vorkville itself faded to gtt recognition of its vote agaii.st the dispensary in that town, which inspires what is known a< the Brice act, nnaei which Cherokee and Pick ens have left toe Dispensary fold and by and wLich Charleston, Audtrson, Greenville, ??partanburg, Ne/, berry, Union, Oconee, Williamsburg, Lan? caster ana York deem inclined to o.,me tallowing after. If ail these cam pa 14ns .succeed twelve conni es will oave. gone arv ia addition to Green? wood and Marlboro. THE RETURNED BATTLE FLAGS. Columbia, June 14.-It is fcterfst iny to chserve rbe differing attitudes \* bich the old veterans assume toward those captured battle flags sent here oy the war department, and which Governor heyward bas turfed over to the ladies ot the Confederate 1 elie room rending their final disposition by the next legislature. It' tbe wishes .f som? of the veterans sre carried 00r the legislature will neither retnm them to tbe sar vi vois of the commands co wbicii they belong nor make provis? ion fer their preservation elsewhere, but will order them taken out and turned. In some few instances the snrvivers have made application* to the governor to get poi-sessed of these reminders cf that great struggle, and occasioi ally a veteran floats into the relic room and bi.3 a fit of delighted ecstacy at the sight of the torn and tattered and bulletboled- colors. But others refuse, not without some SDOW of scorn, to even look at tbe flags, and decline to discuss tbem beyond forcefully inti? mating tbat they have no interest in captured battle fias?. One of the advocates of the burning process is Maj. Wade Hampton Man? ning, who .?aw much service as a mem? ber of Hampton's staff. "One cf tue numerous mysteries 1 am unable to solve," he said to your corespondent, "is bow these old vete? rans can go up stairs there and work themselves up into fits of ecstacy over those flags A captured flag arouse a feeling of peignant regret if uot of actual shame. If I had my way about the matter, and I know many otb res who think as I do about it, the legislature will have those flags taken . .ut and burned " Historian A. H. Salley agrees with Maj jr Manning that fe.v if any of thtse fl?gs were actusllv captured. Ooe or two of the regimental flags might have been captured in an en? gagement, as frequently almost entire regiments ir btigadt-s were captured or wiped cut. But in the ca*e cf tbe garrison flags, which form a majority of those returned, probably not one wes actuallv captured. When Sherman occupied this territory the garrisons on trie coast withdrew and left the fl.igs flying fer tbe purpose of mislead? ing the enemy. In the case of Fort Sumter ano; other points arrangement: were made TO blow up the forts, bu* the fuses failed. Recently a Louisville firm sent here for photographic negatives of the flags, saying they v-'ocld u-e the photi graphs of the flags in advertise? ments ac th-general reunion in Louis? ville. Duplicates of these negatives were retained heTe and though the fact was thoroughly a^verti^ed that a photograph of J>ny of the fla^s iniyhr ce obtained from Photographer Reckling no such application has so lar cerne in. sprained Ankle, Miff Neck, Lame Shoulder. The^e are th ee common ;-..hnent- fo* jyhich. Chamberlains Pain B iim is espe dally valuable. If promptly pppliea it ?viii save yon time, m-.*ne~ ard suffering A'hen troubled with any 00- of taese ail? ments. Vor -al?- by ali dru/gis.-:?. Schcol Board Meeting:. From The Daily Item, June ll. The city Board ot Education met in the office of the city clerk yester? day afternoon with a majority ot* the memb?rs present. Business of a routine nature was transacted. The matter of providing guns for the school militai y company was con? sidered and stops will ho taken to provide guns to replace those hereto? fore in uso. the government having called them in. lt wiil be necessary io purchase guns, out they can bo se? cured ot a nominal price from th?: War' Department. it v/as decided to open t?o- schools . >:i September ? nth. Foil "1 a (Jure for Dyspepsia. Mrs. S. Lindsay, of fort William Onta? rio, Canada, ?ho has sufrVrvd qaite a num :ic.- of yt ar- f ona dyspepsia and .^reat pains in t;-e stomach, was advised >y her ?Jr; ggi*t to take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab! et P. She did so, and says, *i find ;ha? ?hey have done tee a i,reat i al cf good. I have ::eu-r 'nacl any suf? fering since I began using them.'' It troubled with dyspepsia or indigestion why not take these tablet?, get weii and stay well : For sale by all druggists. Huge TISL IL wa-* a hn^e task, to un ierbake the euro of such a bad oa-e of kidney di-ease, as that of C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, Ia., lint Electric Bitters did it. lie writes: "My kidneys were *o far gone, I could not sit on a chair without a cushion f. and -mtler ed fro'f dreanfrd backache, headache and depression. In E ectric Bitters, however. I found a care, and by them was restored to perfect health. I recommend this er? at tonic medicine to all with weak kidneys,) livj-r or stomach. Guaranteed ! y DeLorn e. druggist : jftrice 50c. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and whkli h^s been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per--, ffi'V jf- sonal supervision sir.ee its infancy.. Allow no one to deceive you in thiSc All Counterfeits, Imitations and '.Oust-as-grood*' are but Experiments that trifle with and enianger the health o?* Infants'3 and Children-Experience against Experiment*. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-\ goric, Drops aud. Soothing Syrups, It is Pleasant. Ttl contains neither Opium, Morphine nor otb er 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 sleepe The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE ALWAYS! Bears the Signature of Ik KM You Ha?e Always Boug?it In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY. Sumter Machinery Company (INCORPORATED) SUMTER, S. C. W. B. Bums, Prest ; C. G. Rowland, Y.-P.; Geo. D. Shore, See. j T H. Siddall, Treas, and Gen. Manager. -o Machine Shop and Foundry Corner Mary and Pierson Streets, on W. C. & A% . Railroad, East of Passenger depot, and one block south of E. Liberty St. Manufacturers of wood-working machinery^ repairs of machinery of all kinds, and general macinery dealers. Sole agents for Frick Company's Celebrated Eclipse Trac tion Engines, Portable Engines, Stationary Engines,' Threshing M .chine?. ?aw Mills, etc. Stationary Engines and Boilers in stock ready f.;r immediate delivery. Oar shops n d f undry will be thoroughly equipped with first class new machinery. High grade workmen employed, All wo k guaranteed. Our Sales Department Now Ready for Business And we are prepared TO give v Machine.shops a? d foundry operation about June 15 ou close ; rices. departme ?ts will he r-ady for Mav 24-1 m Tiie Southern will make iainrove P-it'TitR in its ysrd facilities at Green? ville costing $'.00,000. D vin ir of Famine Is, in it- to m: en LS like dying of cen 5nmpt:o^. Tbe progress of consu on uti on, j from tne beginning to thc very end. ii a j \-)v? 'nrMirf. both t-> viclim and friends. "When I r?ad consumption ia ic? first -rage." wries Wm. Myers, of Cearfo-s, M.4., **afte trying different medicines a:;d a good docto-, in vain, I a! ?HS: took Dr. King's N-vc L>iscGvery, wnich quickly and perfectly cured me.*' Prompt rt-lit-f and sure cure to- cough.*, c Id.-?, sore throat, bronchi?!*, etc. Positively prevents pneu? monia. Guaranteed at T. F. W. DiLorme's ; ircg store, piice 50c and Si a bottle. Triai bott!? free ' ? J mtn? mt - -? Heny Moore a negro, believed tc b$ thr- runderer of a negro woman in. Elberton. Ga., lias been captured ir? Greenville. Just What Everyone Should Do Mr. J. T. Barber of 1.-A:uv Ile. Gi., ai. ways k?eps a to tl-.- of Cb -ml-eriain's Coli? ic, Cholera ana Di ..: rhoea Remedv at ham: ready for tu-rn:' CS .\tr ick t COi] CL JUE RUST esme SAVED IS BEST. caoirra morbos aaa cuarrfcoe?. eorne on SQ suddenly thar th< r?? 1- no time to hunt a docto . or no '<.> ?he e for medicine. Mt\ Barb- r -ays : ; I '. a vt- tit : Chamberlain*^ Colic, Cholera ^.ud Diarrhoea Remedy which is ont* oT' f1 o be-t medianes I sve^. saw I keep a bottle ot it in my room. a?, 1 have had several attacks of colic and it. has proved to be the ;>c--t medicin? I e^er used." So1 ; by all druggists. -p-i-?-c?-.wm-- .wirMwrawaBrwMr^ Till . n Tho Sumter Banking and Mercan tile Company, ol Sumter. S. C.. wi II open a saving department and receive deposits ol' ono dollar und over on winch 5 per cent, por annum will he allowed, payable quarterly. Thc way to have a bank a ceo um is to start, and you will find it easj enough to keep it growing. Save your pennies and Hickies and you will soon have dollars. Call and gel particulars as to in orest. deposits, etc. Deposits, subject to check solicited. SUMTE I ? i?AXKIXC; AM? MERCAS- j .I ILE < OMIWVy, Sumter. S. C. It should be borne in mind that ?very col i weakens the lungs, low? ers the vitality and prepares the svstem for the more serious dis? eases, among which arc the two greatest destroyers of human life, pneumonia and consumption. J Chamberlain's ! Cough Remedy 2 has won its great popularity hy its 2 prompt cures of this most common g ailment. It aids expectoration, re 5 lieves the lungs and opens the 9 secretions, effecting a speedy and a permanent cu:v. It counteracts g any tendency toward pneumonia. 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