BENNETS VILLE WANTS COLLEGE
Former Resident Makes a Liberal Bo
nation to the Fund-Others In?
crease Their Subscriptions.
Bennettsville, Sept. 13.-A final
meeting was held here last night to
complete Bennettsville's bid for the
presbyterian College of South Caro?
lina. A happy sensation was spreng
bv the reading of a telegram from Mrs.
Harriet'Murchison ..Beckwith, offering
$20,000 in cash and 12 acres of land
as an inducement towards tbe college
locating in Bennettsville. "I do
this," sb? said, "in memory of my
beloved son, John D. Murchison, Jr.,
who died. 16 years ago today, and in
memory of my beloved daughter,
^Eleanor Murchison "
A moment cf deep silence, after tbe
leading of the telegram, was followed
by prolonged appian SP, as thos-e
present grasped the fell meaning cf
"tte words. Then CoL Knox Living?
ston, D. D.Y McColl, Sr., and T.
L Bogers made feeling remarks, ex
pressing tbe profoundest gratitude
to this noble woman for her magnifi?
cent offer. Col. Livingston prepared >
resolutions of thanks and appreciation,
which were unanimously adopted by
ft rising vote and forwarded to Mrs.
Beckwith.
Mrs. Beckwith is the lady who gave
to Bennettsville the beautiful Mu reni?
son school building, now occupied by
tbe city public schools. It was given
in honor of ber departed husband,
John D. Murchison. It is said to be
tbe banaeomest graded school building
in South Carolina.
The offer which came last night was
uasolici ted and unexpected. Mrs.
' Beckwith had kept np with Bennetts?
ville's efforts to get the college
through the columns of The Pee
Dee Advocate, and had just read the
call for the final meeting last ni ?ht
when she sent the telegram.
About 22 years ago Mrs. .Beckwith,
in answer to an advertisement, came
from M a ryan d to teach in the school
here. After teaching for a while her
heart and hand were sought and won
by John D. Murchison, a wealthy
bachelor merchant of this place. For
several years, and until Mr. Murchi?
son's death, she made this her home.
They were blessed with three children,
the two named in the telegram, who
axe dead, and Ruth, who is now a
youE?.Jady with her mother in Balti?
more f;_
_ ^fter Mr. Murchison's death Mr?.
Murchison made a number of success?
ful business ventures, ana the estate
was largely increased. Then, on her
marriage to Mr. Beckwith, bis for?
tune was added to her own. That her
heart is linke i with those cf the-peo?
ple of Bennettsville and their educa?
tional interests has .been shown in a
way that should forever ma&e her tbe
most loved and honored woman known
to its citizens. Ber name wiU go
down in history as the benefactor of
Bennettsville, and future generations
will rise np and call ber blessed. It
has be*n suggested that a monument
should be erected to her memory, but
she is'building monuments more dur?
able than brass or marble.
The meeting last night raised over
$8,000 in addition to what had been
subscribed before. Among the -in?
creaser in sobscriptions was D. D.
3fccCoiJL from $5,000 to 86,500, and A.
J. Matheson, from- $5,000 to $6.000.
Bennettsville's offer was forwarded
by mail and wire to Dr. McPheeters
today. D. D. McColl,, A. J. Mathe?
son, Eev. R. Ford, DrJ Bunyan ; Mc?
Leod and R. L. Freeman were elected
delegates and authorized to select
. others to present Bennettsville's
claims to the board of trustees on
September 2S, when tbe bids will be
considered.
The people of Bennettsville feel t'nat
with the money that she has oiTered to
together with the many advanages as
to location and the moral atmosphere
of the town and county, the trustees
.would make a mistake not tc locate
the college here.
If it comes here it will no doubt re?
ceive rich endowments and legacies
from those who feel a deep int?r?t in
it and Bennetsville. Besides those
who have already subscribed, a
wealthy and aged Christian citizen of
a nearby town has said that he would
not forget the college sfaoald it be
located iu Bennetts?!]!?. Our people
want the college and should we get it
it will be taken care of.-The State.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and St?te
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hali's
Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
tn my presence, this loth day of De?
cember, A. D. IS S 8.
A. W. Gleason,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken inter?
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 7 ".c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti?
pation. 9 IS-lm
Call U,r Fanners' Meeting;.
All members of the Cotton Growers'
Association of Sumter county and
others interested are called to meet at
the Sumter eour.t house on Saturday,
September! 23rd. at ll o'clock in
obedience to request of President E.
D. Smith to devise ways and means
of withholding cotton from the mar?
ket, and to attend to such other busi?
ness as may come before the meeting.
A. B. Stuckey,
President Sumter County Cotton
Growers' Association.
Canse of Insomnia.
?Indigestion nearly always disturbs
the sleep more or less and is often
the canse of insomnia. Many cases
have been permanently cured by
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by all druggists.
CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN LEX.
The "Charleston, Virginia and Ohio
River Railroad" Will be the Title
of the Great Through Line
From the Coal Fields to
the Canal.
Brief mention of a prospective
through line between Charleston and
Chicago, in which the great Cincin?
nati, Hamilton and Dayton systeiii
was largely interested, has been mac
at intervals during the last ie
months, but it is only recently th v.
the details of the plans hive been giv?
en ont by those in authority and fcbr
matter assumed more definite shape.
From New York yesterday the in
formation was received that Mr. A.
M. Lee, of Smvthe, Lee & Frost, and
Capt. Thomas Wilson, president of
the Northwestern Railroad, are row
in that oity for the purpose of confer?
ring with Mr. John E. Bleekman and
others who are interested in the pro?
ject. The new lise will be known as
the Charleston, Virginia and Ohicago
Raver Railroad and, will, with its
connections from a direct line be?
tween Chicago and the Atlantic Ocean
at Charleston.
The Railway and Engineering Re?
view, (Chicago,) for September 9, con?
tains the following, which gives a
general idea of tne plans as understood
tin railroad circles:
"Plans are under way by the Cincin?
nati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
for improvements, including an exten?
sion, which-will give a through line
from the Atlantic seaboard, at Char?
leston, S. C., to Chicago. As thi*
new route will pass through rich coal
fields, the extension will make the
road essentially a coal carrier. In ad?
dition to its rail lines, interests affi?
la ted with the company will establish
a fleet of steamers on the lakes for the
transportation of coal and iron ore.
When all the plans are carried ont
the line will be able to handle econo?
mically coal from the Ketucky fields
and ore from the fields of Lake Su
? perior. The company has acquired
350,000 acres of coal lands in Ken?
tucky. A line will be built from
Charleston to connect .with the new
line into toa Kentucky CO?I fields. It
is understood that a new company is
to be formed, controlled in tb* inter?
est of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton, to carry cn the improvements
and extensions,"
As has been explained lo some
length previously, the line to be con?
structed by the C., H. and D. will
include the building of a bridge at
Ironton, which has already been 'con?
structed for, and which will cost about
a million of dollars. A line will then
be carried through the mountaii s to
Norton, and here connection will be
had and the line towards Charleston
taken up.
The Charleston propositon is the
building of a short road for this city
to St. Paul, where it will commet
with the Northwestern, of Souh Caro?
lina, and another link in the chain will
be between Chester and Camden. A
construction company has already been
projected here and a considerable
amount-probably half of the money
needed, has been secured. Further
movement in this matter will be made
after a visit from Mr. Zimmerman,
which may be within a few weeks.
Mayor Rhett, who. is greatly inter?
ested in the project, as he is in any
and every matter pertaining to the up?
building and progress of the city, vis?
ited Mr. Zimmerman at Cincinnati a
few weeks ago, and bad a most satis?
factory talk with tpe railroad presi?
dent in regard to the proposed through
line from the coal fields to the ?ea
Mr. Zimmerman indicated his wil?
lingness to come to Charleston and
explain the matter fully to all inter?
ested, and while it was not deemed ex?
pedient for.the visit to be made while
a great number of business men were
away for the snmmei, the president of
the C., H. and D. will come within
a-few weeks and give his %-iews of the
excellence and pricticability of the
new line.
Mayor Rhett went ont to Ironton.
where the C.. H. and D., has already
conraoted for a million-cellar bridge
and has also let contracts for con?
struction toward the coal fields. Hz
is not only hopeful, but enthusiastic
on the subject, and says unreservedly
that the building of these connections
and the establishment of this through
line between Chicago and Charleston
must be of the greatest possible benefit
to this city.-^ews and Courier.
THE COTTON WAREHOUSE.
Thc Company Organized and Officers
Elected.
Ata meeting of the stockholder* of
tie Sumter Cotton Warhouse Company
neld Monday evening, the corporation
was formally organized under author?
ity of tee commission granted by tbe
Secretary of State and the following
directors were elecetd : R. I. Manning
Neill O'Donnell, W. A. Bowman,
W. D. Gamble, W. T. Brogdon, H.
D. Barnett, E. C. Haynswortb, G.
A. Lem mon and H. J. Harby.
The officers ?lected by the board of
directors are :
President-R. I. Manning.
vice-President and General Manager
-R. F. Haynsworth.
Secretary and Treasurer-G. A.
Lemmon.
Tbe company has purchased four
acres of land lying between the Allan
tic Ccast Line and Southern Railway,
upon which a standard warehouse with
a capacity of 5.C00 bales will be
erected at once. The location is the
most convenient and desirable for the i
purpose that could have been obtained
in tbe city.
Are You Engaged ?
?Engaged people should remember,
that, after marriage, many quarrels
can V- avoided by keeping their di?
gestions in good conditio? with Elec?
tric Bitters. S. A. Brown, of Ben
nettsville, s. C., says: "For years my
wife suffered intensely -rom dyspep
sia. complicated with a torpid liver,
.util she lost her strength and vigor,
xnd became a mere v.-reek of her
former self. Then she ;ned Electxic
Bitters, which helped her at once,
and finally made her entirely well.
She is now strong and healthy." All
druggists sell and guarantee them, at
50c. a bottle.
EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.
? A Majority of the Merchants Have
Signed an Agreement to Close at
Soven O'clock.
From the Dally Item September 13.
We. the undersigned merchants of
Sumter, do hereby agree to close our
places of business at 7 o'clock p. m.
on and after September 15th, 1905,
and do agree to close promptly at
above hour, Saturdays excepted.
V. H. Phelps.
Levi Bros.
Bewley Hardware Company.
Williams & Patton.
Knight Bros.
W: H. Tates.
L. W. Folsom.
Burns Hardware Company.
Bultman Bros.
Ducker & Bultman.
The DuRant Hardware Company.
B. J. Barnett.
The Cash Grocery Store.
The Sumter Dry Goods Company.
The Sumter Clothing Company.
Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Com?
pany.
E. A. Bultman.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Com?
pany.
W. A. Thompson.
Levy & Moses.
The Minor Store.
Whilden Furniture Company (un?
less abosolutely necessary to the con?
trary. )
The above agreement was circulated
by Mr. V. H. Phelps this morning,
and, as will be seen at a glance, a
majority of the business houses of
the city have readily consented to
close at 7 o'clock. Only a few firms
declined to join in with the popular
movement, and several expressed a
preference for making 6 o'clock the
hour for closing all the year. Mr.
Phelps called on practically all of the
merchants with the agreement, but
failed to see a few of them, but as
there was such unanimity of opinion
in favor of closing he felt that those
he failed to see will also close.
Schwartz Bros. would not sign the
agreement as they had already an?
nounced their intention to close at 6
o'clock p. m., which they will carry
out as stated regardless of the hours
that other stores close.
MR. WINDHAM'S STATEMENT.
Editor Daily Item :
In your paper of the 12th inst., I
notice a card frcm Mr. Geo. W. Rear?
don in which he denies, iu part, the
statement, I made in my evidence be?
fore the investigating committee,
when it was in Sumter, in regard t?
an incident in which he figures. I
beg to say that the evidence I gave
before tbe committee in reference to
this matter was absolutely true, and
I propose to stand by every word cf it
I also state further the verv brief
interview I had with Mr. Reardon
took place on tbe front porch vf mv
(then; residence after dark on the
night before tbe election for dispenser
was to take place.
In conclusion I will say that I shall
have no more to say on this subject,
as I can see no good in tbe discuter
and my opiniaon is tbat there was no
use in bringing this matter out at all.
and whoever was responsible for bring?
ing it out is, in my judgment, a mis?
chief making busy-body.
Respectfully,
E. T. Windham.
Sumter, S. C., Sept. 14, 1905. .
Tlie College Committee.
The following gentlemen hi've been
appointed to appear before the com?
mittee in Columbia on tbe 28tb of
September in the interest of the re?
moval of the college now at Clinton
to Sumter :
W. B. Boyle.
G. W. Dick.
S. H. Edmunds.
W. M. Graham.
H. J. Harby.
E. C. Haynsworth.
C. M. Hurst.
J. M. Knight.
R. D. Lee.
R. I. Manning.
Marion Moise.
Neill O'Donnell.
L. I. Parrott.
R. 0. Purdy.
E. I. Reardon.
C. G Rowland.
H. F. Wilson.
H. D. Barnett.
This committee will meet at the j
office of the city clerk on Friday after- j
noon at 5 o'clock to formulate definite i
plans of action.
Alumni Association Matters.
It lias been decided by the Executive
Committee of the Alumni Association
cf the city scnools of Sumter to bave
a banquet during the week immediate?
ly following the commencement in
1906, and that thereafter this shall
be an invariable custom. The com?
mittees already appointed will hold
over for next year.
The treaspier intends placing all j
funds on hand in a saving hank the ?
first cf next month, so that it would I
be well for every one to send in their !
dues to Mr. Herbert A. Mcs.-s, the
treasur-r. before that date. These wiso
have not joined may rio so by ?rending,
their name> to Mr. Meses
N tunero us and Worthless.
?Everything is in the name when
it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E.
C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discov?
ered some years ago how to make a
salve from witch hazel that is a spe?
cific for piles, for blind bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, eczema,
cuts, burns, bruises and all skin dis?
eases Dewitt's Salve has no equal.
This has given rise to numerous
worthless counterfeits. Ask for De
Witt's-the genuine. Sold by all
druggists.
COUNCIL MEETING.
j Sumter Light Infantry Given $200.
Others Matters o? Importance ^
Disposed ol'.
From The Daiiy Item September 14.
The city council held a regular
i meeting at 6 p. rn. yesterday. Present:
j Mayor Geo. W. Dick, Aldermen H. D.
j Barnett, R. F. Haynsworth. H. W.
Hood, C. G. Rowland, W. G. Stubbs,
and R. K. Wilder. Absent: Aldermen
P. P. Finn and E. W. Hurst,
j A license was refused Mr. W. F.
Costin to operate a device for dispos?
ing of prizes by numbers indicated by
j a revolving arrow.
Maj. H. F. Wilson, Capt. C. B. Yea?
don and Mr. S. H. Edmunds, repre?
senting the Sumter Light Infantry,
asked for an annual appropriation of
$200 for the use of the company. The
request was granted.
Ail claims were reported paid, ex?
cept that of Mr. C. R. Myers of $150,
for a horse killed on Church street
by reason of a defect in the road. Mr.
Rowland moved that the city offer to
pay half the amount, and that Mr. T.
C. Cuttino, the plumber, be caliea
upon to pay the other half.
The clerk was dircted to prepare an
ordinance requiring all plumbers to
enter into a bond of $500 to indem?
nify the city against any loss that
might be occasioned by their work on
the streets or sidewalks.
Other business of minor importance
was transacted. Council then ad?
journed.
Cured of Lame Back After Fifteen
Years of Suffering.
*"I had been troubled with lame
back for 15 years and I found a com?
plete recovery in the use of Cham?
berlain's Pain Balm," says John G. ;
Bisher, Gillam, Ind. This liniment is '
also without an equal* for sprains and
bruises. It is for sale by all drug?
gists. _ . .
To\n Welch was convicted in Eish- ?
ooville Wednesdav of attempting to ;
j
commit a criminal assault.
Can You Eat?
* J. B. Taylor, a prominent mer- ?
chant of Chriesman, Tex., says: "I j
could not eat because of a w?ak
stomach. I lost all strength and ran !
down in weight. All that money ,'
i
could do was done, but all hope of |
recovery vanished. Hearing of some
wonderful cures effected by use of ?
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, 1 concluded j
to try it. The first bottle benefitted :
me, and after taking four bottles, I j
am fully restored to my usual .
strength, weight and health." Kodol ;
L^sj-eiria Cure digests what you !
eat and cures. Sold by all druggists.
Attacked by a Mob j
* And beaten in a labor riot, until j
covered with sores, a Chicago street ;
car conductor applied Bucklen's Ar- :
nica Salve, and was soon sound and i
well. "I use it in my family," j
writes G. J. Welch, of Tekonsha, '
Mich., "and find it perfect." Simply !
i
great for cuts and burns. Only 25c '?
at all druggists.
?wa- ll ? ll WUtK--P--BC---i
In Sumter.
Every Claim is Backed by Lo
cal Testimony.
i
If the reader wan** etro-ger proof thai, :
the foliowiLg -t?ttm?ni ano expeiience < i
a resident of Sumte- what- c n i' be ?
Geo. Ingram, farmer, well-known in SUIT- !
ter, .says: *"J believe you have a most vaiua
ble medicine for backache, for I never had I
anything do me so much good as Doan's Kid?
ney Pills which I procured at Dr. A. J. China's
Drug Store. My back has caused me a lot of
suffering; I did not know that it was my kid?
neys but thought I had malaria all through
my bones for they ached so. The aching ex?
tended all up and down my back clear into
my shoulders and down my lep> I do not
think I had a spot about me w) ere the pain
did not strike and every once in a while I had
a dull ?mawing kind of a pain across the
small of my back and then airain, sharp shoot?
ing pains all over. I used numerous rem?
edies and make-shifts but found nothing to
do me any good. The kidney secretions be?
came dark and strong and iooked like liver
when left to stand and get cold. They were too
frequent in action and disturbed my
re&t nijrhts. The first nifrht after I used
Doan's Kidney Pills I told my wife I felt bet?
ter. I thought it might be imagination un?
til after usinir the pills a couple of days when
J knew the pains were lessened and the se- |
cretions from the kidneys soon ceased to an- !
noy me as they formerly did. I have not had ?
a return of the aching ann pain since I used i
Doan's Kidney Pills." j
Por sale bj' all dealers. Price 50 cents ?
Postfr-.Milburn Co.. Butfaio.X. V.. sole agents '
for the United States
Remember the name-Dean's-and take no
other. 27
Fletcher Eyrd and Palmer Cress?
well, colored, were sentence! to
hang in Greenville November 10 for
the murder of another negro. Rufus
Jackson was sentenced to 30 years
in the penitentiary for attempted as?
sault on Mrs. Brothers, a wihte lady
living near Grove station.
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AND WHIPS.
REPAIR WORK
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May 17-rf. 3
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Hours 8 to % 30 ; 3.30 to 6.
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C. G. Rowland. Prst. R. F. Haynsworth. V. Prst.
R. L. Edmunds. Cashier.
Deposits June 30, end of first
quarter after organization, ?11-3,
459.17.
Liability of stockholders, in"
addition to capital stock, ?60,000.
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