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THE FOURTH 4? DARLINGTON. A RIG CROWD ENJOYED *j|lNE PROGRA3S3IE. 3he Streets Were Thronged With Peo? ple and Everybody Enjoyed the Day-The Programme. Staff Correspondent. Darlington, July 4.-The glorious ' fourth was celebrated here today ac? cording to Darlington style, which is but another way of saying that it was .properly, enthusiastically and pa triotically celebrated. There was a great crowd present and the streets were thronged with a yi: happy holiday crowd that had gath? ered by companies and reg?menes f.-om all quarters of the Pee Dee country, while many representatives irom other sections of this state and irom North Carolina mingled with the ? -tarong. There was a great crowd, but Darlington was not overcrowded, and all the vistors were well taken care of and all had a good time. The Sumter contingent was large and representative and with the Sec? ond Regiment band to blow the horns Har them the Sumter crowd was not lost nor did they pass unnoticed in t! e throng. The special train thai Vii Seamier at 8 o'clock carried 213 Sum *tpr people and enroute pic<t*d tp many more Sumter and Lee county folks and when it pulled into Darling-1 non it was full to the doors and over -fiowing on the platforms. The Darlington committee cf ai rangements haa provided on atf.rav;ve and interesting programme and there ??pas something doing all day to keep ?the crowds moving and entertained. The Darlington Hotel was the bus test place in town and Mr. A. F. Dufft, the popular proprietor, proved him? self to be a man of resources and the right man in the right place. He served 400 dinners and was prepared to take care of all comers. The celebration was a great success and none enjoyed Darlington's hospi? tality and entertainment. more than the Sumter crowd. The programme which follows gives an idea of the scope of the affair: First, herds cattle, J. N. Kirven, $20 Second, single cows, L. L. Tread ?way, $5. Third, double team horses, first, R. R. Dargan and W. W. Cooley, $10; second, L. S. Welling, $5. Fourth, double team mules, Town .of Darlington, first, $10; W. G. King, second, $5. ?Fifth, single harness mules, Town of Darlington, first, $5; T. S. Farmer, second, $3. Siixth, single harness horses, R. K. Dargan, first, $10 ; W. M. King, driven by Langston, Jr., second, $5. Seventh, single harness, pony, driven by girl under 12 years old, pony to be nuder 14 hands high, Hilda Hening, first, $3; Dr. J. S. Garner, M. D., sec? ond, $1. Eighth, single harness horse, driven by lady, Mrs. P. A. Wilcox, Florence/ first, $10; Miss Kate Kirven, second, *S. Ninth, pony to be ridden by boy un? der 12 years old, pony to be under 14 hands high,. Julian Hening, $2. Tenth, saddle horse, ridden by man, D. L. Outlaw, horse ridden by A. E. Dardan, chief cf police of Darlington, first, $3; Conder Brothers, Bishop ville, second, $1. Eleventh, single harness horse, coun? ty raised, W. M. King, driven by J. T. langston. Jr., first, $3; L. K. Kirven, second, $2. Twelfth, saddle horse, ridden by lady, Mrs. P. A. Willcox, first, Mrs. S. C. McCullough, second, $2. Thirteenth, decorated double turn? outs, N. L. Harrell, vehicle by Misses Lou Mciver, I<ena Lawson, Pauline kelley. Effie Rogers, S10. Fourteenth, decorated single turn jonts, Miss Lois Wilson, $10. The Hon. M. F. Ansell delivered the address of the day. A large audience gathered in the opera house and ac? corded the orator complimentary at? tention. In view of his candidacy some people expected a political stump speech from Mr. Ansell, but they were disappointed. He made not the slightest reference to anything bearing upon the political situation, but on the other hand talked to his audience in a manner exactly suitable to the occasion. Cheraw and Fort Caswell played a game of baseball this afternoon to a park full of people. Cheraw was vic? torious by a score of 7 to 1. The citizens of the town of Darling? ton subscribed nearly $1,000 for the proper celebration of the day and the unanimous verdict of all say this amount was well expended. Professor Schumacher was in Union some weeks ago with the famous Second Regiment Band, of Sumter, the pride of not only Smuter, but the entire State, and has been in? vited by the music loving people of that city to give a musical recital. Every trip Professor Schumacher makes is a big advertisement for Sum? ter, as he is known as the leader of one of the best bands in the south, and the home of the band is Sumter, Sonth Carolina. On a Corner in Darlington BY ONE WHO STOOD THERE "No wonder those fellows play well. They are working for the Unii State government and don't do ai thing else but play music. But w do they call it the Second Regim? Band of Sumter, is there a militi post established in Sumter? How d( Sumter manage to keep up such fine band and orchestra, at such expense without the aid of the Unit States government, or state gover ment. Either the United States the State of South Carolina must p those musicians, particularly that pi fessional band director who leads t band?" remarked the man who enjo ed the music. 'Excuse me for butting in, gentl men,' but I am from Sumter," said man on the right, "and hearing y< wonder whether the United Stat government pays the members of ti Second Regiment band, or if ti State of South Carolina contribut anything financially to its support, just want to say that this band whi< has contributed so much to the plea ure of the Darlington celebratio judging from the hundreds of peop whom I have heard expressing then selves today, is a Sumter organizatic maintained exclusively by Sumter pei pie and Sumter money, except sue funds" as are gathered in by this bar for playing outside of Sumter on ju such occasions as this. As far i the national or state government concerned the Second Regiment ban of Sumter has 'been treated very ba* Take for instance the item of band ir struments. It is a well known fa< that the United States governmer had a complete set of instrumem made for the Sumter band and anotr. er military band shortly after thes two bands enlisted over sixtee months ago. But the Sumter instru ments disappeared, while the othe band received their instrument over a year ago. No one in authorit in South Carolina has, to all appear anees, any authority, and perhaps n inclination to see ' about the reaso] why the Second Regiment band o Sumter has been deprived ol" their in struments, or the money appropriatei by the national government. Bu things are coming our way, however I hear it pretty generally rumore* that Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Dar lington, the best known, and mos popular and expert military man ii South Carolina, will be the next adju tant and inspector general of thi: state, and he will get the Sumter bane what is coming to it, and Sumter wil be recognized in military circles. Col? onel Thompson is already working tc find out what is wrong about those in? struments. He will get there alright.' Said a gentleman from Florence: "Sumter knowes how to advertise. She never loses an opportunity to ad? vertise. And the Sumter band is the very best advertisement Sumter has. It is remarkable that a town of Sum? ter's size should keep up a band o? this class, when Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg and other larger cities have no bands to compare with it, or no band at all. That is thc secret of the support given the Sumter band. I have heard hundreds of peo? ple say he're today that this band was the best they have ever heard, and were surprised to learn that it is a Sumter organization instead of a reg? ularly paid .government band." About this time three very attrac? tive ladies came down the staircase and passed through the office of the hotel. "Who is that beautiful, queenly looking lady who has just passed here?" asked the gentleman from Florence. Said the gentleman from Sumter: "She is in truth a queen, she is Sum? ter's reigning sovereign. She was the queen of the Sumter Fall Festival, and a beautiful and worthy queen she made. "Oh, well," s ?id the gentleman from Florence, "I am not surprised at all. Sumter certainly elected a queen in all that the word implies. But seriously speaking I have been at? tracted by the number of pretty wo? men and girls over here today from Sumter, and when you begin to inquire, who, is that lady and who is this lady, and un every hand you are told that a majority of the ladies you ask about are from Sumter, and when you hear the Sumter band play, and see the Sumter automobiles whirl by full of Sumter beauties, you can't help but think that Sumter has gotten more advertising out of Darlington's Fourth of July celebration than Darlington really has. Also Emmett Reardon on the ground with his hot air furnace in good working order boosting Sum? ter for all that he's worth." "Well, said a gentl.-man from the Emerald Isle. "Sure and that was the intention, of the Sumter crowd." "If the Sumter band and orchestra is ever allowed to disband for lack of financial assistance, the Chamber of Commerce, the city council, and the business men of Sumter will realize that , they have made the biggest mis? take of their lives," says The Man Who Was Standing on The Corner. ?L4 CAUSE ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL DEATHS. When the Kidneys fail to perform their functions properly by not straining out the poison? ous waste matter from the blood as it passes through them, the poisons are carried by the circulation to every part of the body, deranging the different organs. This causes heart trouble, stomach trouble, sluggish liver and a host of other ills, all due to deranged Kidneys. corrects irregularities and cures Kidney and Bladder diseases in every form, tones up the whole system, and the diseases that have fesulted from disordered Kidneys disappear, because the cause has been removed. Com? mence taking FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE at the first sign of danger. Do not risk having Bright's Disease or Diabetes. CURED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE. Mr. Robert G. Burke, Elnora, Saratoga Co., N. Y., writes:-I atp glad to have an oppor? tunity of telling what magnificent results I have had from using FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE after having tried other advertised medicines and several physicians. Before I began it I had to get up from 12 to 20 times each night to relieve my bladder. I was all bloated up with dropsy and my eyesight was so impaired that. I could scarcely see one of my family across the room. In fact, I was so badly used up that I had given up hope of living when I was urged by a friend to try FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE. One 50-cent bottle worked won? ders, and before I had taken the third bottle the superfluous flesh had gone, as well as all other symptoms of Kidney trouble. My friends were surprised that I was cured, as they all thought I was going to die. Every few days some one comes from miles away to learn the name of the wonderful medicine that cured me of Bright's Disease, and not one that has tried it ?ks failed to ba benefitted. Two Sizes, 50 Cents and $1.00. SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY <T>y?c*n *=5 TX TK/L rp ES DRUG COMPA Darlington Aftermath. Some of the young ladies who went to Darlington say that Chief of Police Bradford was a splendid advertise? ment for Sumter over there on the Fourth of July. Some of them even intimated that he was the handsom? est man in Darlington, and that those new shoulder straps attracted the at? tention of quite a number of people. Now, which was it, the shoulder straps or the man? Both, no doubt. Any how he did some mighty big talk? ing for Sumter. Officer W. W. McKagen could scarcely keep from collecting street tax in Darlington. He saw so many Sumter people over there, that he kept thinking that he was in Sumter most of the time. Health Officer Reardon saw about three cart loads of water melon rinds in the street opposite the depot and arrested the Daily item re? porter and two other Georgians be? fore Chief Bradford and Officer Mc Kagen could stop him. The chief is authority for the statement that the Sumter officers drank nothing strong? er than red lemonade, but he says that they drank a sprinkling cart full of that. Outside of the acid in tilt', lemonade (.w^ich no doubt was the j principal ingredient) it was not. strong ? enough to hurt a two-day-old baby. Chairman R. F. Haynsworth, of the j Public Works Committee fared well. I and was booming Sumter for all he was worth, and explaining how we ran our fall festival, and how we build macadamized streets, and telling what J kind of a sewerage system wc are] getting ready to build, but he explain ed that he would not allow Superin- j tendent of Streets White to enter any \ of the scavenger cart mules in the : i "horse show" because blue ribbons ? did not match their complexion, nor ; match the color of the city carts ? which are painted green in Sumter, i Xow, that should not have been said. ; Watch Darlington get back and say that green is emblematical of the dis- 1 position of Sumter people. Well, any j how, we may not paint everything j green, but we do manufacture here in j Sumter a green colored telephone which carried, or rather brought back. : the gold medals and first prizes from j the Paris Exposition, and several oth- j er similar affairs. - ? - - SPECIAL COUXCOIL MEETING. 1 i _;_ I From the Daily Item. July 6. A.special meeting ot the city council was held at the call of the mayor at 12 o'clock today with all the members present. Mr. J. L. Alnutt, at whose request - the meeting was held, stated that he desired some broader rights in con- 1 nection with his street railway and ? electric light and power franchise-., in ? regard to trimming and removing | shade trees that might obstruct the ! electric light lines-desiring that his j company be given the power ot trim- | ming and removing trees as they may deem necessary. The matter was discussed and on motion of Messrs. Howland and Finn it was "Resolved, that this corporation be assured thai the policy of the coun? cil in the premises will be liberal, and they will allow trimming and remov? ing trees as may be absolutely neces? sary to the construction and mainte? nance of their lines. Provided that the same be done under supervision and approval of the street committee. Council thea adjourned. Buy it Now. ?"Now is the time to buy Chamber- j Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea \ j Remedy. It is certain to be needed j sooner or later and when that time [ comes you will need it badlv-von f will need it quickly. Buy it now. It j may save life. For sale by all drug- j gists. 1 WAS WARNED, But Not Wise Enough to Heed the Warn Ln ?r. From the Daily Item, July 5. In Magistrate Harby's court yester? day the case of the State vs. Richard Moore, charged with entering after j notice, was tried. For some time past 1 Moore has been making his headquar? ters about the cotton mill, and has been given work on several occasions, but each time showed a lack of ap? preciation. Not only was he averse to work himself but tried to get other employes of the cotton mill to quit their work. He soon became a nui? sance and the management of the mill warned him to keep away, but he failed to heed their warning and as a. consequence a warrant was sworn out against him for entry after notice, to which he plead guilty and was sen? tenced by Judge Harby to pay a fine of $20 or serve 5 Odays on the chain.. gang. Saluda county will hold an election ? under the Brice law to vote out the j dispensary. In Sumter. Every Claim is Backed by Lo- j cal Testimony. If the reader wants stronger proof than ! the following -tatemtnt ano txperience of ! a resident of Sumter, what Cr.n it be ? Geo. Ingram, farmer, wedl-known in Sum- ! ter. says: "I believe you Lave a most varna- ' Me medicine for backache, for I never had , anything do me so much good as Dean's Kid- j ney Pills which I procured at Dr. A. J. China's j Drugstore. My back has caused me a lot of; suffering: I did not know that it was my kid- j neys but thought I had malaria all through;! ray bones for they ached so. The aching ex- ' tended all up and down my haek clear into my shoulders and down my legs. I do not ? think I had a spot about me w) ere the pain ? ilid not strike and every once in a while I had j a dull gnawing kind of a pain across the small of my back and then again sharp shoot- , ing pains all over. I used numerous rem- j edies and make-shifts but found nothing to j do me any good. The kidney secretions be- j .?ame dark and strone and looked like liver ( when left to stand and get cold. They were too j frequent in action and disturbed my rest nights. The first night after I used Dean's Kidney Pills I told my wife I felt bet- j ter. 1 thought it might be imagination un- ? til after using the pills a couple of days when ? I knew the pains were lessened and the se? cretions from the kidneys soon ceased to an- I nov me ;is they formerly did. I have not had a return of the aching and pain since I used j Dean's Kidney Pills." ?.'or 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 ? ather. -7 HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Bu3y Medioine for Busy People. Bring3 Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Live and kidney Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels. Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab lPt form, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by HOLLISTER Duro COMPANY, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE J. V. STILLER DEALERS IX HARNESS, SADDLES, LAP ROBES AND WHIPS. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. ll East Liberty Street. Maj 17-tf. WHISKEY I MORPHINE j CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. I HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited W. A. BOWMAN, Prest. C. W. B0SH?MER, Seo. & Treas The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Sumter, g. C. #^s^#*Capital Stock $50,000*****?? Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ersand Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil? cox &??Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to quote the very closest cash or time prices on all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Farmers' Supplies, And invite your investigation before making your arrangements for another year. Come to see us. We will save you money, and give you a hearty, courteous welcome. Sumter Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. 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 I ter> new 5-room house and new barn, with from Sumter. New house ; reduced frcm ? stables for 4 horses. Fr: m $3,0(0 to $2, $35 to x25 per acre. ! 500. ? ,A" , .. , ., , I 450 acre* in Ciar er don. four m.les from 10:4 acre=, ll miles from city, o00 clear- e . OA/. _^ ? ' ' j Summerton. 200 acres cleared ; reduced ed, well tenanted ; reduced from $15 to | fr0m $7 500 to S6.5CC. ?12.00 per acre. j Also several others tract reduced in 108 acrt?, 75 cleared, 6 miles from Sum- ; similar piopcrtions. Call and see me. Can offer some good investments. R. B. BELSER, Attorney at Law - Real Estate Broker Court Souare Phone 12 .Mantle Coast hine* Ejective Jan. 8, 1905. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am 44 54 Columbia to Wilmington 4* ii 10 am " *57 Gibson to Sumter 44 9 20 arr " 52 Charleston to Coinmbia and Greenville T.eaves 9 30 sm " 46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'.v.Thured'y^aturd'y) " 9 25 am " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 30 pm 44 32 Augusta to Florence :4 6 30 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson 44 6 50 p:r? 44 47 Charleston to Crangeburg (Tuesd'y,Thur8d'y,Satn.v.'y) " 8 20 pm. 4 55 Wilmington to Columbia M 9 30 pm 44 78 Sumter to Bishopvilie Leakes 9 50 am 44 77 Bishopvilie to Sumter Arrhes 6 00 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 6 30 am 44 *19 Sumter to Robbmo Leaves 10 00 am " *20 Bobbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 pm " *25 Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 aba " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *72 Wildon Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 prc ? *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden " g 25 pa Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L.