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a COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Regular Meeting Held Wednesday, at Which Much Business Was Transacted. The County Board of Cornu? issioners met Wednesday. July 5th with County Supervisor Seale and Commissioners, F. E. Thomas and John L Brogdon. present. The minutes of the meeting of June 6th were read and confirmed. The County Treasurer's reports under date of ? June 14 and SOth were { lead and filed. y The board aoproved the bond of ' Geo. P. McKagen, dispenser at Mayesville, in the sum of $3.000, with H. T. Edens and C. E. King as sure? ties, H. T. Edens justifying in the fnii amount. The board decided to continue the >>* contract with tbe Freeman for pub? lishing the County STpervisor's re? port, on the same terms and price a? paid for the year 1904 to March 31 1905. Mr. R. B. Belser was authorized to make contract for purchase and sale with Mrs. Lena McFaddin as to the Schwartz and McFaddin right of way in the rear of the Court Honse and pay i for same $250 cash and the balance $250? to be paid without interest March "1st 1906. The following applications were re? ceived foi ?he office of public cotton weigher at Sumter : rv Thomas L Strange, Wedgefield; B. B. Seymour, Sumter ; Ashby W. Bradford, Privateer; S. P. Gaillard, Providence ; John F. Reid, of Sumter : W. W. Ramsey, Providence ; Eugene O. Ingram, Sumter; Wm. H. Pate, Sum? ter; T. A. Scarborough, of Providence ; R. Mood Brown. Sum>?r; E. W. Nettled Wedgefield; R. Eugene Wil? der, Sumter; J. B. Raffled, Sumter. J. M. Witherspoon, the oniy appli? cant for public cotton weider at Mayesville was elected for one year. For weighers at Samter tbe board de? cided to vote first for a man for the four year: term and second for a man for the two year term. On ballot being taken Mr. E. W. Nettles was elected for the four year term and Mr. T. A. j Scarborough for the. two year term. J. F. Reid, recommended by the City Council of. Sumter under Revised Statutes of South Carolina. Section 1555, was declared elected as recom < mended for the unexpired term of H. H. Smith, deceased . .Qn motion it was decided to elect Messrs. Edwards and Walter as Archi? tects for the new Court House at Sum? ter, S. C. A number of claims were audited and ordered paid. The board then adjourned to meet OB August 8tb. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. Jailer Hancock Dismissed for Cause. Serious Charges of Violation of Rules." To His Honor Judge R. O. Purdy, Presiding Judge of the Joly Term of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for Sumter county. We, your grand jury, beg to present this our second presentment for 1905. We haveVpassed upon and returned all phills given to us by the Solicitor. We have, through our committees, visited the county offices, jail and county dispensary, and find the Coun? ty Treasurer. Auditor, Clerk of the g Court, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners and Superin? tendent cf Education in the midst o' their settlements and therefore their books could not be definitely examined. We find the dispensary conducted well and in a business-like manner,ex? cept that the law in reference to re? quests is not carried out, inasmuch as purchasers are not required to sign re? quest blanks in the purchase o* liquors. We therefore recommend that the provision of the law be strictly ? nforc ed. We find that our recommendation ?ritb reference to suitahle beddiDg for prisoners, in the county jail has not been carried oot. We will further say that information has reached us, which led to[an exami? nation, the result of which we Sud that visitors have been allowed to en? ter the jail at any time of the day or night without the proper permit from the Sheriff ^ or bis ' deputy * *%* and that whiskey bas been used exten? sively by some prisoners and Jailer to? gether; all of which has been done with the full knowledge and consent of thf Jailer. We therefore recommend that a suit? able Jailer-he placed in charge of the prison at once who would rigidly en? force tbe mles, and the Sheriff be required to keep the strictest vigilance over the institution. Our attention has been called to the bad state of the roads in the remote sections of the county. We therefore recommend that the County Board of Commissioners devise some plan to compel or compensate suitable over? seers to attend to such road*. We desire to thark Hi? Honor Judge Purdy, tbe Solicitor and all court officials for the many courtesies ex? tended. Respectfully submitted. M. B. Randie. Foreman. ? -mm* CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Is Endeavoring to Have a Local 1 Freight Train Put on Between Columbia and Lanes. v An effort wai? made by the Chamber of Commerce in behalf of the whole? sale merchants of Sumter, to have a daily local freight train put on be? tween Columbia and Lanes, or Char? leston. There is a tri-weekly train be? tween Sumter and Lanes during the summer mcntiis, and daily in the busy fall season. Bu: the effort has not yet been crowned with success, as the railroad does not think the train will pay. Watching train schedules, and railroad rates in tue interest of P-mter trade is a very important part of the business of the secretary of Chamber of Commerce. Other towns and cities want schedules just like Sumter does, and if they see a chance to change schedules in their interest, and against Sumter they will very naturally do so. So far the Sumter Chamber of Commerce has not only held our old and convenient trade schedules in "the interset of Sumter, but it has had additional trains, and better schedules put on for the Sumter trade. SOUTH CAROLINA LUMBER MEN. State Association Will Meet Here cn July 14, and Consider a Proposi? tion From North Carolina Association. ; The South Carolina Lumber Asso? ciation will hold a large, and import? ant meeting in this city on July 14th, and at this meeting a proposition will be received from the North Carolina Pine Association to combine with them. On account of the scarcity and infe? riority of the negro labor now used by the saw mills of the State it is un? derstood that the mills are contem? plating* the idea of substituting foreign labor, and with this end in view Mi. E. J. Watson, State commissioner of commerce and immigration, has an engagement with the association to appear and make a proposition to supply the desired quality and quan? tity of foreign labor, if necessary, mainly Swedes, Hugarians and Ital? ians. There will also take place on July 14th two large concatenations of the iHoo-Hoos, one^ in the afternoon and one at night, at which time a great macy new members will be added to the order. PROBLEM THAT WON'T DOWN Reliable Servants for Domestic Ser? vice Difficult to Find. The servant question continues to be a serious problem in Sumter, many families finding it difficult to secure cooks or house servants. The time was when there was little trouble in securing reliable servants, but that day is fast passing away. Now it is a hard matter to secure cooks that will remain at a place longer than a week or more. A well known citizen said today that the time was fast approaching "when the people of Sumter would do away with colored servants alto? gether unless they showed a marked improvement in the near future. He ventured the opinion that the day was not far distant when reliable class of white servants would be employed in many Sumter homes and that servant quarters would be provided on the premises. During the past few days he said he had heard a number of well known citizens discussing the servant problem and the difficulties they were having at their homes. Each one of these gen^men, he said, declared that they proposed to engage white servants just as soon as they could possibly do so. Sumter is not the only city in South Carolina that is having trouble with servants. Complaints from 'every large city in the state about the infe? rior servant class is being heard. Un" less the colored women show a mark? ed improvement within a short time the probabilities are that many will be replaced by white'servants. Of course there are some very faith" ful servants and good ones too. The family that has one of this class is most fortunate. There are some cooks who have been serving steadily for one family for a number of years. Their services are appreciated and they are spoken of in a complimentary manner by their employers. There is more Catarrh In this sec? tion of the country than all other dis? eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur? able. For a great many years doc? tors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced ii incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and heiefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the ^nly con? stitutional cure on the marker. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous 4 -.-?-faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & ZO. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills con? stipation, el8-1m J Three Cood and Just Rearons. * There are three reasons why moth ers prefer One Minute Cough Cure: First, it is absolutely harmless; sec? ond, it tastes good-children love it; thirrd, it cures coughs, croup and whooping cough when other remedies fail. Sold by all druggists. Sam Windham, colored, was killed by Crockett Davis, also colored, at Mars Bluff on July 4th. Good for Stomach Trouble and Constipation. ?"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have done me a great deal of good," says C. Towns, of Rat Portage, Ontario, Canada. "Being a mild physic the after effects are not unploasant and I can recom? mend them to all who suffer from stomach disorder." For sale by ? all drruggists. I DARLINGTON HAS NONE. But Sumter Has Two and Is Proud to Say lt. Darlington advertises that she "has no coffin factory." Well, Sumter has j two large coffin and casket factories, employing hundreds of men. but the thousands of coffins made here are ; sold in surrounding towns and cities j in this state, and are shipped all over j the world. Darlington might also have j added to her advertisement that Dar- j lington has not the largest telephone j factory in the United States, that she i hasn't got fifty-three trains a day, i that she hasn't got eight lines of rail? roads, and three separate systems, do? ing a freight business of $700,000 an? nually, and a passenger business of $200,000 annually; that Darlington has not got a daily newspaper; that Darlington does not sport forty auto? mobiles owned by her citizens, and two automobile agencies; that Dar? lington has not a band and orchestra like the Second Regiment band of Sumter; that Darlington is not selling any of her farm lands in the middle of the city at $60,000 an acre, that Dar? lington didn't sell her old court house square for enough money to put up a $60,000 court house like" Sumter did that Darlington has $80,000 railroad bonds which she issued to induce a railroad to run by Darlington, where? as Sumter has plenty of railroads and more coming without subsidizing them; that Darlington does not do be? tween $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 busi? ness annually, that Darlington didn't have any of her macadamized streets on -exhibition during her Fourth of July celebration, (if she has any) that Darlington is not building hundreds of new residences and stores valued at $200,000 annually; that Darlington is not selling many lots on her main streets 150x150 feet for $10,000 and $15,000 and pshing back $3,000 to $5,000 residences on back streets to make room for stores, banks and wholesale houses; that church proper? ty in Darlington is not so valuable that the congregation of any of her c>urches can sell their church ground for enough to pay them to move the church five blocks away and have al? most enough money to build a new church left from the deal, that Dar? lington hasn't got two of the finest equipped infirmaries which are kept full of patients from seven sur? rounding counties and other states; that Darlington hadn't got two of the fastest horses in the south pulling Delgar No. 3 hose wagon team; and that she hasn't got Monoghan No. 2 Hose Reel team with another $1,200 pair of horses, and that Darlington did not give $700 in prizes for her automobile races like Sumter did. .that Darlington did not raise nearly $6,000 for her little, "blow out" like Sumter did for her Fall Festival, ,and many other things which Darlington has not, and does not, and did not. and will not, and cannot, but which Sumter has, did, will do, can do, is do? ing, etc. Darlington put up a very creditable ?how which Sumter turned out to see. but her Chamber of Commerce had better quit advertising what "Darling: ton has not" and go to telling what she has, and wa-its to do. Another thing Darlington must remember is that although coffins are made for dead peole, the coffin factories, like all other factories, usually go to a town full of live people to do their manufacturing where- the railroad fa? cilities are the best, because a cof? fin factory would not do much busi? ness in a grave yard town where all of the people are dead but don't know it. and will not be buried. Jt takes a very live man to make a coffin, but it requires a very dead man to use one. without kicking about it. Every man who ever uses a Sumter made coffin, like everything else manufactured in Sumter, gets the best and will never uso any other make. Commission's Now Map. This newspaper has received from immigration Commissioner Watson a handsome map of South Carolina, showing all railroads lines and con? taining other general information. On the margins are many facts, suc? cinctly stated, concerning the state and the advantages of living within it. The map is now ready for general dis? tribution and its publication is a com? mendable stroke of enterprise on tho part of the state's wide-awalce official. CHOLERA INFANTUM Child Not Expected to Live From One Hour to Another, but Cured by Chamberlain's Coli.. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. *Ruth, the little daughter of E. N. Dewey, of Agnewville, Va., 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," he 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 bv all drusrsdsts 1 A GREAT RE<X)KD As Up-to-Dato "Piking" Thieves Made by This Trio. From the Daily Item. July 6. Andrew Kelley, colored. who for some time past has been the trusted porter of the DuRant Pharmacy, has proven to be in a class all to hhns?if when it comes to the arts of a sneak thief. He evidently heads the list, and the various articles which he has purloined from Dr. DuRant recently would put an ordinary establishment out of business. The negro was never suspected by Dr. DuRant of being dis? honest and of course he had every op? portunity to supply himself with what he needed, and quite a number of articles which he did not need. Kelley was not alone in his mis? chief, as he had as h:!s partners in crime Lawson Andrews and Frank Richardson. Officer Pierson last night saw Frank Richardson with a bucket of sugar and questioned him as to where he got it and was told by Richardson that Kelley gave it to him. The of cer took him to Kelley who was found at the drug store. Kelley was ques? tioned about the sugar and said he bought it, but this has been proven false. Kelley was standing on the outside of the drug store with a step ladder which he was going to place in the store, and after putting the lad? der on the inside he gave Officer Pier? son the "high sign" and escaped through the back door, and is still at large. Richardson had the key to Kelley's room and gave it to Officer "Weeks who went to the room and searched it, finding the following articles: Six bottles of crushed fruit, five of which were empty, spoons, ice cream sau? cers, two ice cream freezers, about 25 pounds of sugar, one case of bottled soda water, one hot choclate urn, one box of ice cream salt, all of which are now at the police station. Lawson Andrews is connected with the case because of his having remov? ed several articles from Kelley's room. Kelley, who has several aliases, one of which is Andrew Jackson, appears m the court records and chaingang en istmen-t book and has quite a record. He is the fellow who stole the William Goat and turkey gobbler from Har? mon . D. Moise, Esq., while working out an attorney's fee, Mr. Moise had? ing defended him and secured his ac? quittal for horse stealing. He was subsequently convicted of chicken stealing and served1 a term on the chaingang. -?mm i i > i - - Forced to Starve *B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., ays: "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. Indigestion Cured. *There is no case of indigestion, dyspepsia or stomach trouble that will not yield to the digestive and strengthening influence of Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure. "This remedy takes the 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 ali stomach troubles, builds up the system a.nd so purifies that disease cannot attack and gain a foothold as when in a weakened condition. Sold by all druggists. Two white men will probably die as a result of a wholesale butchery at a barbecue in Lexington on the Fourth of July. Bent Her Double. *'T knew no one, for four weeks, when I was sick with typhoid an.1 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 my 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 50 cents. Police Sergeant Joseph N. Austell, of Union, has been elected chief of police of that place to sueced R. C. Johnson. Thc 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 I 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 lung troudles. At all druggists : price 50c and $1, guaranteed. Trial bottle fre*\ I For Infants and Children. || i AVegetahle Prepsraitonfor?s I simulating tiieFoodand?cguIa ! ling the Stomacits and Bowels of Ths Kind You Havs ways Bough! Promotes Digesticn.Cheerful ness andRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor^lineral. ]SOT ^??ARC OTIC T?Bape rfOldBrS?MUELP!TC}OJ? Pumpkin Seal' ?lx.Senna * lioekellt Salts AaixeSeed. * fisperrant - BiCcibohakSoda * Aperfecl Remedy fcrConstipa Fion, Sour Stotnach.Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish? ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK ]5 DOSES -J^CE?S?S EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. tfc-._-.^i - .- ??MP?HY. NCW VO?K CTY. Q. R. BARRINGER, Surgeon Dentist. Office Over China's Drug Store. The Very Best of Material Used. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Office Hours, 8 a. m. to 1 p. m -2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Keep Cool! While you can, by using a Blue Flame Kerosene Stove. Just received, a car of Nails and Barbed Wire and it will pay you to get our prices before you purchase. Builders' Hardware a specialty. The Duran BEST PAINT VALUE Covers Most Looks Best AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.