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EXTENDING FIRE LOUTS. Committee o? Public Works Will Rec? ommend Extension on Main- Street and Stricter Regulations. *" At the next meeting of the city council Chairman R. F. Haynsworth of the Committee of Public Works, ?will recommend that the fire district of the city be extended from their present limits on Main street to Bart? lett street south and Calhoun street on the north. No change will be made on the eastern and western boundaries for the present. The re? port will also contain a recommenda? tion that the erection of iron clad frame buildings within the fire district be forbidden in future and that only brick or stone buildings be permitted hereafter within the first district. This action of Mr. Haynsworth was influenced by a case that came before bim yesterday. The police stopped ?work on an iron clad frame building which is being erected within the fire district and the matter was referred to the committee of Public Works. After an investigation the committee decided that , inasmuch as similar buildings had been erected within the fire limits from time to time for a number of years it would not be fair to stop work on this building. , If these more rigid regulations to be recommended are adopted, as they probably will be, the erection of fire? traps in the business portion of the city will be prohibited. The proposed regulations are both wise and timely and will result in the -erection of a better class of buildings and diminish the danger from fire. HIS WIFE'S MONEY. Israel Moses Made the Police Think He Was a 3Iillionaire. From * the, Daily Item June 2S. It is a dangerous thing for a poor man to spend money lavishly, and Is? rael Moses, colored, discovered yester? day that it don't pay. Israel is just an ordinary negro and has never had enough money to blow the town, therefore when he started out on a spending expedition and displayed a roll he fell under suspcion. He was gathered in by the- police and asked to explain, Chief Bradford haying an idea that Israel had found a purse containing a considerable sum of money which Mr. Ed Jenkins lost a few days ago. Israel explained sever? al times, but neither of the explan tions was satisfactory. As a result of the investigation it was ascertained that Israel had confiscated and ap? propriated to his own use about $25 belonging.to his wife without her i knowledge or consent. When the fact became known to Recorder Hurst be took charge of the money found on' Israel's person and Veturned it to Israel's wife who rejoiced with an exceeding great joy that the lost had been .found. Israel had spent but a lew dollars, having been pulled before be had gotten well started on his spree. CONSUL AT ODESSA Reports Distressing State of Affairs. Five Hundred Rioters Killed. Washington, June 30.-Ambassador Meyer cables the state department under date of June 30 to the effect that he has received a dispatch from Consul Heenan at Odessa stating th?t SOO rioters have been killed and that the harbor front had been destroyed by fire. The fleet of Kruger had not arrived np to 9 p. m. on the 29th. Heenan also reports six officers of the Potem? kin killed and liberated; the remain? der are prisoners. P. C. Dowdle, a passenger on a Southern train, had his skull fractur? ed by being struck by a rock thrown through the car window near Rock Hill last Tuesday. C. W. Long and S. L. Fitzpatrick, traveling men. saved the life of C. M. Crews, a cotton mill man from Gaff? ney, who was about to drown in the lake at Chicks Springs Sunday after? noon. They swam out into'the pond and rescued him as he was in a death j struggle with the water. W. J. Andrews will begin tearing j down his old frame building on West Liberty street within a few days pre? paratory to erecting a two-story brick "building on the same site, which he expects to have completed in time for : the fall business. ? ---L-l - The Diamond Cure. ?The latest news from Paris is that - they have discovered a diamond cure for consumption. If you fear consump? tion or pneumonia, it will, however, be best for you take that great rem? edy mentioned by W. T. McGee, of Vanleer, Tenn. "I had a cough for 14 years. Nothing helped me until U took Dr. King's New Discovery for . consumption, coughs and colds, -which gave me instant relief, and ef? fected a permant cure." Une? qualled quick cure for throat and Jung troudles. At all druggists ; 3>rice 50c and $1, guaranteed. Trial jHJttle free. A DOG INQUEST. Coroner Flowers anti Deputy Sheriff Gaillard Make a Long Trip. From the Daily Item June 29. Yesterday morning the negroes on County Supervisor Seale's place creat? ed a sensation and caused Coroner Flowers and Deputy Sheriff Gaillard to take a long, useless and fatigueing trip to Gaillard's X Roads. When the negroes were going to work they passed a house that had been occupied until a few days ago by a negro woman. In passing they de? tected a very offensive odor which appeared to come from the house. They peeped through a crack and saw a body lying on the floor, and with? out stopping to make a closer inves? tigation ran to Mr. W. J. Seale and told him there was a dead baby in the house. He notified Magistrate L. R. Williamson, who advised him to call up Coroner Flowers and Deputy Sheriff Gaillard and tell them to ar? rest the woman who had been living in the house, she having moved to this city and then to come up and hold an inquest The woman could not be found, so without losing time -n searching for her Coroner Flowers and Mr. Gaillard procured a buggy and set out for Gaillard's X Roads to hold the inquest. When they arrived they proceeded to the house and found that the corpse was not a baby, but a small dog. Xo inquest was held. The question now is, who will pay the expenses ?>f J.e trip? A Musical Treat. The musical and recital of Profes? sors Schumacher and Parker was quite a success and enjoyed by a num? ber of Sumter's music lovers. The programme was select but short, in fact, too short for some and the Miss? es Tiecher deserve much praise for they did credit to both Professor Schumacher afad themselves. At the close of the programme Mr. Moise rendered a piano solo which was greatly enjoyed. Professor Schumacher again show? ed his generous heart by giving to his many friends one of his angelical sotos. Another Convict Escapes. Jim Edwards, who' was doing time on the chaingang for robbing the store of Col. W. D. Scarborough at Dalzell, made his escape -Wednesday morning before daylight. Edwards, who was a trusty, had been quite sick, i or feigned to be, and was not locked up in the cage with the other prison? ers. Taking advantage , of the oppor? tunity he slipped away in the darkness and his flight was not discovered until daylight. Seventy-pound rails are being laid by the Atlantic Coast Line between this city and Columbia. The -Charleston-Columbia train still backs in and out from the passenger station. 'The new track which was to . have been put in months ago will be an improvement when it is put in. The rapid advance in the price of cotton within thc past two weeks has been a good thing for th ?.ese on the rii-ht s?le of the future market, *?s well i:s for those who are h ?'ding their Jasi year's crop. Moses Crossman, colored, who was indicted for breach of contract and was to have been tried in Magistrate Harby's court, has been released, the prosecutor having withdrawn the warrant, Crossman agreeing to work out his contract. Blackburg is to have a new million dollar cotton mill. Bent Her Double. *4T knew no one, for four weeks, when* I was sick with typhoid and kidney trouble," writes Mrs. Annie Hunter of Pittsburg, Pa., "and when I got better, although I had one of the best doctors I could get, I was bent double, and had to rest un? hands on my knees when I walked. From this terrible affliction I was res? cued by Electric Bitters, which re? stored my health and strength, and now I can walk as straight as ever. They are simply wonderful." Guar? anteed to cure stomach, liver and kid? ney disorders; at all druggists; price CU cents. The railroads are having a heavy passenger traffic now. thc travel to the summer resorts being well under way. CHOLERA INFANTUM Child Not Expected to Live From One Hour to Another, but Cured by Chamberlain's Colic-. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. *Ruth, the little daughter of E. X. Dewey, <?f Agnewville, Yu., was seri? ously ill of cholera infantum last summer. "We gave her up and did not expect her to live from one hour to another," lu- says. "I happened to think of Chamberlain's Colic, Chol? era and Diarrhoea Remedy and got a bottle of it from the store. In five hours I saw a change for the better. We kept on giving it and before she had taken the half of one small bot? tle she was well." This remedy is for sale by all druggists Many people who are neglecting symptoms of kidney trouble, hoping "it will wear away," are H drifting towards Bright's Disease, which is kidney trouble in one of its worst forms. m stops irregularities, strengthens the urinary organs and builds up the worn-out tissues Bj of the kidneys so they will perform their functions properly. Healthy kidneys strain out g| ^^S^^^lr^S J^^^^" THE *MPURIT*ES fr?m tne blood as it passes through them. ^ Diseased kidneys do not, and H FC^E P?^SONOUS waste matter is carried by the circulation to every part of the body, 3| "^^^^S^^^W^a?r / V *S> CAUS^NS dizziness, backache, stomach trouble, sluggish liver, irregular heart action, etc. H *^S58lSS?^ll!^lW M?h If ycu have any si?ns of Kidney or Bladder Trouble commence taking FOLEY'S M ^^P^^^^i^^aH^PS ? KIDNEY CURE at once, as it will cure a slight disorder in a few days and prevent a 3?T^^^^^\^^^^^?jJ fatal malady. It is pleasant to take and benefits the whole system. *ct^?\\ V\ AI?^I^^^^^ KOW to Find Out. G. B. Burhans Testifies After Four Ve2rs. || ^^S^O^J^vSl\Sf W^Bl?rJt ^ou can eas^y determine if your kidneys are G. B. Burhans of Carlisle Center, N. Y., writes: \ ? ^^O^^ "^^?4V}..<^MW^^/? Out of order by setting aside for 24 hours a "About four years ago I wrote you stating that I had been entirely _ ^^^<*^^j*//?& bottle of the urine passed upon arising. If cured of a severe kidney trouble by taking less than two bettles of ||g S ^^^^^^-^^ j^%?aP Upon examination it is cloudy or milky or has Foley's Kidney Cure. It entirely stepped the brick-dust sediment and ||| ^^P555^^^^?^ /ffl/WrS* a brick-dust sediment Or small particles float pain and symptoms of kidney disease disappeared. I am glad to say that ||f <^ \ ^^=^^^^^^J////&^ about in it vour kidnevs are diseased and 1 have never had a return of any of th.?se symptoms during the four SK ^n^m&&'#^5% CAT CV-c Vmlrcv ? rn- ^ M ? . f years that have elapsed, and I am evidently cured to stay cured, and BB .'-^^O l^?Mfy^/''^*^^* FOLEY S KIDNEY CuRc Should be taken heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suffering from |gi O^^lff^''" /ipv-^^l?S^Z^ a^ once* kidney or bladder trouble." ||| ^1^2^^ Two Sizes, 50 Cents and $1.00. J? SOLD AND RECOMMENDED 3Y "SBC "H3 SU 1S/L 17 ES T=t DRUG COMPAKTY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Committee Recommends That Light ing Contract Be Not Extended and Company Be Required to Live up to Present Contract. Counc? beld a rfgular meeting at 6 ; o'clock Thursday afternoon. Present : j Mayor Dick, Aldermen Barnet, Finn, j Handsworth, Hood, Hurst, Rowland, Stubbs and Wilder Minutes of 14th inst., were read and confirmed. At the request of Mr. H.D . Beach, Council granted bim an annual license on h;s shooting gallery, fixing the price thereof at twenty-five dellars. Mr. Jenn W. McKeiver asked for an extension of the lesse on bis sash and blind factory, in view of the fact that he desires to make improvements at lar^e expense. Same was referred to tba finance committee to consider and report. Mr. Barnett for the police ooumit tee filed report of lights not burning ro date. The fire department committee re? ported that upon investigation, they find the appropriation of fifty dollars per month insufficient for expenses of the bose companies and recommended that they be allowed $70 each, per month foom June 1st and also recom? mend repairs at No. 2 Company build? ing, coating $15 to $20. The repoit was adopted. Mr. Haynsworth for committee of public works stated that they conld not report upon tbe question of extend ign Warren, Levi, Oak and Magnolia streets in Ward No. 1. They were granted further time. Tbe finance committeee reported as follows: Clerk and Treasurer's report for May bas been examined and lound correct. All claims had been disposed of ex? cept, sundry bills of Burns Hardware Co., which were ?eferred back to Ciouucl on acconn . of the unsatisfac? tory manner in which purchases for tbe city are made and bills rendered. Your committee recommends that the Council give notice through the papers that uo bills vi ill be honored unless accompanied by original order of the Clerk, aud that no goods be purchased ? except on written orders through the Clerk; and that bills be promptly ren? dered on the succeeding month after purchases are made : The report was adopted and bills of Burns Hardware Co., $25.68 ordered paid. , The special committee appointed to consider propositions from the Sumter Light & Power Co., to enter into H new lightiug contract reported as fol lowe: "We, your committe appointed to investigate the propositon of he Sum? ter Light & Power Co., have consider ed same thoroughly and acting for the ? city, as we would in the protection of , our private interests, cannot see our way clear, from a business standpoint, : to advise acceptance of tne same. Ou the contrary we recommend that the , above company be requird to live np ' to. their present contract with city." At ; the request of the compauy action upon the committee's report was deferred to next meeting. An ordinance to protect rubber tires was read, adopted and ordered pub? lished, under a resolution, unani? mously adoted, dispensing with the second reading. Council discussed the constant viola- j tion by automobilists, of the speed reg- ' ; ulations, and thu police committee j was requested to issue orders to the j police force, requiring them to enforce j a strict compliance with the ordinance. The Mayer and Clerk and Treasurer j wore authorized to borrow ?3,000 to pay water rent and bond interest fall- j mg doe on July lt>t. The foliowms claims wore referred to fi: ance committee. H. W. .Hood, 84.50; J. E. Hayns worth,815; The Bond Buyer, $7.50; Wall Street Journal, 81(. Thc Council then adjourned. Do Voa Want Strength? *If you want to increase your strength you must add to and not take from the physical. In other words, the food that you eat must be di? gested, assimilated and appropriated by thc nerves, blood and tissues be? fore being expelled from the intes? tines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to the physical, it gives strength to and builds up strength in the human j system. It is pleasant to thc- tastet and palitable, and the only combina-j tion of digestants that will digest thc | food and enable thesystem to appro-j priate all of its health and strength- [ giving qualities. Sold by all drug? gists. John F. Floyd has been elected mayor of Spartanburg over O. L. Johnson, his majority being 255. Forced to Starve *B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., says: "For 20 years I suffered agon? ies, with a sore on my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, that I could not eat. After vainly trying everything else. I cured it with Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts and ? wounds. At all druggists; only 25c. j Caroline Gunter, a white woman, j is serving a 30 days' sentence on the j chaingang in Greenville county for j pulling up her neighbor's corn and | throwing rocks at them. Indigestion Cured. * There is no case of indigestion, dyspepsia or stomach trouble that , will not yield to the digestive and j strengthening influence of Kodol Dys- \ pepsia Cure. This remedy takes the I strain off the stomach by digesting ? what you eat and allowing it to rest until it grows strong aggain. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure affords quick and : permanent relief from indigestion and all stomach troubles, builds up the system and so purities that disease cannot attack and gain a foothold as when in a weakened condition?. Sold by all druggists. Peter Bowman, colored, of near Orangeburg, while standing near a running saw, stepped backward on the saw, being horribly mangled and in? stantly killed. $1 Saved Represents $10 Earned. ! i ?The average man does not save to exceed ten per cent, of his earnings. ? He must spend $9 in living expenses j for every dollar saved. That being I the case he cannot be too careful about unnecessary expenses. Very . often a few cents properly invested, | like buying seeds for his garden, will | save several dollars outlay later on. j It is the same in buying Chamberlain s j Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs but a few cents, and a bottle of it in the house often saves a doc? tor's bill of several dollars. For sale by all druggists. R. H. Sontag, of Denmark, was ^iven a preliminary hearing in Orangeburg yesterday for using the mails for fraudulent purposes and was bound over to the United States Court under a 3500 bond, which he promptly made. HOISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live and Kidnev Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad" Breath, i'lnffgish Bowels. Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab? let form. 35 cents a bo.v. ftPimine made by HOLLISTER DRCO COMPACT, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE DEALERS IX H?BNESS, S??QLES, LAP ROBES AND WHIPS. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. ll East Liberty Street. May X7-tf. WHISKEY I MORPHINE ] CIGARETTE j ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. I HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. *m 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited W. A. BOWMAN, Prest. B J. HIB Sec. 8 Treas The Sumter Banking 1 & Mercantile Company, Siiixxter?, 3? CD. * Capital Stock $50,000^^^^ Wholesale Grocers, Fertiliz= ers and Farmers' Supplies. * Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox &JGibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices cn all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers'11 Supplies, And invite your investigation before making, your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you moneys and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. -- -=H 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, fonr miles ter? new 5-rocm house and rew barn, with?* from Sumter. New house ; reduced from stables for 4 horses. Frc m $3,0? 0 to $2, ?35 to $25 per acre. 500? 1014 acres, ll miles from city, 500 clear- Q 450 ac,re? ^ klarer don, four miles from /' Summerton, 200 acres cleared; reduced ed, well tenanted ; reduced from $lo to from ?7.500 to ?6,500. $12.50 per acre. I Also several others tract reduced irj 108 acres, 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sum- ? similar proportions. Call and see me. Can offer some good investments. R. B. BELSER, Attorney at Law Real Estate Broker Court Souare Phone 12 .mila?'die Coast JLine. J bective Jan. 8, 1905. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter, Tram 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am i u 54 Columbia to Wiim mg toa ?. 3 IQ AED 4! *57 Gibson to Sumter ?. y 20 air " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Gret-uville Leaven 9 30 an. M ?S Orau'gebnrg to Charleston (Tuesday,Thursd'y^Saturd'y) l' 9 air " 53 Greenville aLd Columbia to Charleston . ?. $ ;s<? ^rc u 32 Augusta to Florence g ;j, * n u *~>o Sumter to Gibson ? g 50 j u 47 Charleston to Orargebnrg(Tuetd*y,Thursd,j,S5atu.?.,y) 4> 8 20 r m * 55 Wilmington to Columbia ?. 5) 30 pm " 78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 an* " 77 Bishopville to Sumter Arrhes 6 00 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Harts ville Leaves 6 30 am " *19 Sumter to Robbmc Leaves 10 00 8m " *20 Robbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 tm " *2? Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Tram *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 au " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves .9 36 am " *68 Camden to Sumter ? 5 45 pm u *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 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.