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MR REARDON DEMANDS PROOF. He Denies the Correctness of Popula tion Estimates Made by Secretary Woods of Rock Hill Commer? cial Club. Editor Daily Item: In justice to the thriving cities of Sumter and Anderson, the fifth and sixth cities in population in South Carolina, according to the official United States census of 1900. I beg space in your paper to ask certain questions of Mr. John Wood, of Rock Hil?, the secretary of the S?uth Car? olina Industrial and Commercial As? sociation, and also secretary of the Commercial Club of Rock Hill, S. C. On page 12 of a pamphlet, entitled ""South Carolina, An Invitation to Homeseekers and Investors," and printed upon the face of this pam? phlet is "Issued by the South Carolina Industrial and Commercial Associa? tion, John Wood, Secretary and Treas urere, with endorsement of the State Department of Agriculture, Com? merce and Immigration," will bt> found the following lines: "The following gives a most con? servative estimate of the population of the several thriving and rapidly de? veloping cities and principal towns of the State, based upon the census of 1900 and the average decennial rate of increase in normal times." Among the cities and town men? tioned here will be found the esti mated population of the following cities for 1905, according to the latest "Official Wood Census." Union 7,295, Rock Hill 6,855, An? derson 6,78S, Sumter 8,609. The United States census of 1900 gives the population of those cities as follows: Sumter 5,673, Anderson 5,498, Rock Hill 5,4S5. According to the United States census of 1900, Sumter was fifth in population, Anderson sixth, Rock Hill seventh and Union eighth. But now, according to Mr. Wood's census, Union then the eighth place is now fifth in population, and Sum? ter, the fifth in population is now eighth,. while Anderson, the sixth in population, is now seventh, and Rock Hill then seventh in population, is now sixth. An official city census in 1903, made by order of the city council of Sumter, by four reliable, intelligent white ci? tizens, by a house to house canvass, for the information of the United States govett ment shows by actual count of; names that Sumter had in 1903, 7.281 ' population in the city limits, and the suburban population, practically a part of the city, was 767, making the city and suburban popula? ron S.04S. What I would like for Mr. Wood to do is to show how he changes the positions of Sumter and Anderson to the eighth and seventh places respectively in population, and puts Union, the eighth in population, as fifth in population. I Mr. Wood had before him correct 5 information, . or should have had, when he made his remarkable esti? mate of population of towns and cities, as I sent him a printed pam? phlet containing information as to the population of Sumter, etc., based on the official city census of 1903 <7,281) of the city of Sumter, S. C. I am, therefore, at a loss to know how he arrives at the estimates which he has sent all over the State, and per? haps over the United States, which places Union and Rock Hill so far above Sumter and Anderson in popu? lation. It may be possible, but I have seen no indication of the very su? perior growth in population of Union and Rock Hill over Sumter and An? derson. If he bases his estimates ac? cording to the census of 1900. unless he knew of his own knowledge what the actual increase in population of the several cities was or knew of some special reason why the population of Union and Rock Hill had jumped up so much over Sumter and Anderson, he should have allowed the several cities to remain as they were by the census of 3^00 according to rank, with additional estimates as to growth in population. In the case of ,Sumter he had the printed information of an official nature* that Sumter's popula? tion in 1903 was7.2Sl and that the es? timated population in 1905 was 10.0?O; I think we can prove to the satisfac? tion of anyone that Sumter's present population is 10,000. yet Mr. Wood puts Sumter down as having in 1905 6.609 population. He may be correct in his estimates of the population of Rock Hill, Union and Anderson, and many other cities and towns which he mentions in his pamphlet^ but he is very much mistaken in his estimate of Sumter, when he puts Sumter down at 6.609, or eighth in population. Sum? ter has always had a very close com? petitor for fifth place in Anderson, and as we are kept under ;t nervous strain all of the time to keep Ander? son, the sixth town in population, from getting ahead of us, and while we know that li<>ck Hill and Union were working over time t" catch up with the hustling Garni- Cock City of Sumter, we never lost any sleep <?ver the probable defeat in population which Mr. Woods lias figured out. I have heard a great deal ab??ur th. manufacturing growth and the com? mercial increase in business of An? derson, and I know what Sumter ha? done in the way of increase of popu Iation, manufacturing* enterprises, in? crease in business, railroad facilities, railroad freight and passenger busi? ness, cotton rceipts, increase in the school attendance, increase in num? ber of skilled mechanics, nev.- mer? chants, new stores new residences, wholesale houses and many other things which commercial travelers tell us has given Sumter the reputa? tion of pushing Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg very close. But I would like for Mr. Woods to show what great increase in commercial and manufacturing growth or other things in Rock Hill and Union have led him to believe that Sumter and Anderson have dropped so far below Union and Rock Hill in population. The population of Sumter is in? creasing very rapidly annually, not only because of our commercial and industrial growth, our healthful con? ditions, our superior graded school system, our superior railroad facili? ties, with eight separate lines of rail? roads, under the control of three sep? arate systems, our famous drinking water, but because Sumter is situated 'in the centre of perhaps the most prosperous agricult?ral and cotton growing belt iii South Carolina, and owing to our geographical position, and being a great railroad centre, drawing trade from the largest por? tion of eastern South Carolina. I am, therefore, loath to believe that Sum? ter has dropped so far behind Rock Hill, Union and Anderson, particular ly the first two in population, and we will not yield the fifth place in popu? lation to Union unless Mr. Wood can show conclusively that his estimates of population are correct. His pam? phlet having the endorsement of Com? missioner E. J. Watson, perhaps Mi Watson may be able to help Mr. Wood prove that Mr. Wood is right and I am wrong. Should I be proven to be mistaken I will make ample reparation by public acknowledge? ment of my errors. In th meantime Mr. Wood's pamphlet should be pigeon-holed until he makes good his statement?? which I claim are erron? eous and an injustice to Sumter and Anderson. E. I. Reardon, Sec. Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Sumter, September 27, 1905. NUMBERING MAIL BOXES. Protests Piled Against th;* IVoposed Order of the Department. Washington, ' September 27.-The order promised by the pos townee de? partment providing for the number? ing of rural delivery mail boxes, has been delayed. Fourth Assistant Post? master General DeGraw has received protests from several sources point? ing out the ease with which mail order firms could thus reach the rural population to the injury of local merchants. Despite the objection, it is probable the order will be issued, Mr. DeGraw replying that the same objection might apply with equal force to the numbering of houses in cities. . WITTE WED?OMED HOME. Immense Crowds Greeted Him When He Arrived in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, September 28.-M. Witte arrived this morning at an hour when most of the citizens of St. Pe? tersburg were asleep. The railway? station was filled with, officials and friends of Count Witte, but in the streets there were immense crowds to welcome the return of the great peace envoy. He proceeded at once to his home. The Czar is highly pleased at the meeting between Count Witte and Kaiser William. It is said that the visit caused a deeper im? pression here than did M. Witte's work at Portsmouth. Faith Not Necessary. ?You may be just as skeptical and pessimistic as you please. Kodol will digest what you eat whether you eat or not. You can put your food in a bowl, pour a little Kodol Dyspep? sia Cure on it and it will digest it the same as it will in your stomach. It can't h'dp but cure indigestion and dyspepsia It is curing hundreds ana thousands-some ha.d faith and some didn't. Kodol will cure you if med? icine can cure you. whether you have faith or not. Sold by all druggists. Harrisburg. Iii.. September 28. Burglars entered the banking house of C. P. Burnett & Sons at Eldorado, north .?! her?-, early this morning. They wrecked the safe and carried iway between $8.000 and $10,000 in currency and gold. A number of ci? tizens were awakened wh< n the safe was blown open and arrived at the bank as the robbers were leaving. They gave pursuit and shots -.vere ex? changed but nu one was hit. Blood hounds have been put <>n the track "f the burglars. Por Infants and Children. His Kind Y?? Hays Always Bought Bearr, the S~pf y^^z. Signatare cf C^a^^/T^^^^^ stops t ;b.c co?i?3i .;r.i .r.cci?s?ua?a BIG COTTON SYNDICATE. Cotton Holding Plan Likely to Go Through-Jordan and Cheatham in New York to Confer With Hoadley. New York. September 27.-Harvie Jordan, president, and Richard Cheatham. secretary, of the Southern Cotton Association, arrived in New York on Saturday, and have since been in close consultation with the capitalists who are interested in the 1,000,000 bales purchasing syndicate project. John Martin, agent of the Farmers' Union, is also in New York, and is interested in the same matter. Although the plan was not formally presented at the Asheville meeting, Mr. Jordan has been-in constant com? munication with those interested since that time. He would have been in New York before had it not been that his many duties detained him in the South. The project seems to meet with the hearty approval of all those who are interested in a higher price to the cot? ton producer for his staple, and it is said that the New York capitalists who are interested in the matter have their money ready and are willing to at once put up $1,000,000 if it is de, sired to bind themselves to carry out their part of the project. Mr. Jordan is very confident that the farmers will hold for ll cents anyway, but thinks that this purchas? ing syndicate would insure an 11 cent minimum price. The plan, as has been explained before, is an agreement between a syndicate and the Southern Cotton Association and the Farmers' Union, by which the syndicate agrees to buy 1,000,000 bales of cotton at minimum price of ll cents a pound. The as? sociation will obtain the c?tton from its members, each man selling only a part of his crop to the syndicate, and holding . the rest for the minimum price. The project, which is a most elab? orate one in its details, and which would make the syndicate the biggest and most powerful spot cotton factoi in the world, has been submitted to some of the leading financiers and bankers of New York and approved by them. It is expected that an im? portant announcement will be made in the matter in a few days. Neither Mr. Jordan nor Mr. Cheat? ham was about the Cotton Exchange on' Saturday. Last night they took dinner with Joseph H. Hoadley and some- of the other local capitalists rho are interested in the project, and c:>u:d not be found at their hotel. A man in a position to know gave it as his opinion that the matter would be arranged this week, and that 1.000.000 bales of cotton would prac? tically be taken off the market all at once. The cotton market has been some? what sceptical about the matter, so that the realization that it is not sim? ply a talk, would come in the nature of a surprise, which fnight accentuate its effect on the market. The men be? hind the pian certainly seem to be very much in earnest, and much care has been taken in the perfection of the details. ?Sick headache is caused by a dis? ordered condition of the stomach and is quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by all druggists. Will Seacravts, the Columbia negro who was shot through tbe spine about ten days ago, died Thursday afternoon. How to Cure Corns and Bunions. * First, soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it; then pare it down as closely as possible without drawing blood and apply Chamber? lain's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each application. A corn plaster should be worn a few days to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness and rheu? matism. Pain Balm is unequaled. For ^aie by all druggists. A committee of business men from Summerton went to Columbia to con? fer with the railroad commissioners in regard to the insufficient depot ac? commodations in that town and the lack of passenger trains in the North? western railroad. Some Seasonable Advice. . *It may be a piece of superfluous advice to urge people at this season of the year to lay in a supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it is almost sure to be needed before win? ter is over, and much more prompt and satisfactory results are obtain? ed when taken as soon as a enid is conti acted and I '-foiv it has become set tied in the system, which can only he done by keeping the remedy at hand. This remedy is so widely known and s<> altogether good that ?o one should hesitate about buying it in preference to any other: It is for sale by all druggists. Robert Pender, of the Jacksonville baseball i?-:?m will manage the Char? leston South Atlantic Baseball teajn next season. Chief of Police Dean has warned the Spart?nburg gamblers i<< cease operations and close their joints at once. X When you place your O. K. on anything you are posi? tive it is correct and as it should be. You are willing to stand by your mark-your 0. K. When the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY puts this trade mark in red and white on each end of a package of Bis? cuit, Crackers or Wafers it has affixed its final 0. K. which abso? lutely guarantees the contents of the package to be the very super? lative of excellence. To learn what this trade mark really means try a package of GRAHAM CRACKERS or SOCIAL TEA BISCUIT. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Veting Out the Dispensary. It is probable that one-third of the counties will soon vote out dispen? saries under the Brice act. The whiskey question would be easily solved if voting could d<> it. Tvi these elections the earnest c msciemi prohibitionists will vote against the dispensai y. The men who desire whiskey sold under license by private individu?is will oppose the dispen? sary, thinking that getting rid of them is the first step to saloons. Then there are many persons who will vote against the dispensary al? though they once thought it the best method of controlling the sale of whiskey. They see so much corrup? tion and dishonesty in its manage I ment that they will oppose it. The i dispensa; y will have many support ers, sober, clean, honest men; who still believe that it is better to have whiskey sold by the State rather than by private barkeepers. The evils of the saloon, with the gambling rooms attached and kept open day and/night with a side entrance on Sunday, and all the inducements and allurements possible held out to peo? ple to drink, are remembered by them and they prefer any thing to that condition. But it is not the coming election and the arguments in " favor of, or against the dispensary that is the most serious question. Dispensat? or no dispensary, there are too many men capable of highest attainments and usefulness, who are weakening the foundations of character and sinking to lower moral levels every year by the habitual use of whiskey. There are genial, honest, good busi? ness men, professional men. skilled and able, farmers who are models in some respects, that are gradually go? ing downward because the whiskey habit is fixed on them. It is bad enough to see a young man. the hope of his mother, giving way by degrees to this habit; but it is worse to see the husband, with children growing up in the home, bringing shame to his family by this constantly increas? ing habit. It is said that, if a man drinks regularly and moderately un? til he is 45 years old, he will drink himself into the grave before he is 60. There are some notable excep? tions, but where one reforms at that time of life forty-nine go down. We appeal to business men. professional men and farmers especially to come out on the side of total abstinence in their private lives, instead of going downward and hastening tn the end of the journey by fast living. The man who drinks habituallv. although I * .- j lie is never seen intoxicated, goes thdough life with his higher qualities of mind and heart dwarfed and even dead. Hfs influence for good in his family and neighborhood is negative. ii not positively and continually evil. - Carolina Spartan. A Judicious Inquiry. *A well known traveling man who visits the drug trade says he bas often ..card druggists inquire of customers vho asked for ? cough medicine, whether ii was wanted for a child or for ah adult, and if for a child tiley ilmost invariably recommend Cham? berlain's Cough Keine.ly. The rear .on i"r chis is that they know there s no danger from i; and that it al vays enies. There is not tin- least langer in giving it. and for coughs, ?olds and croup it is unsurpassed, ror sai< l'y ali druggists. Regif?ates the BOWELS Cores Constipation and Sick Headache l?elsbere Checkers Medicine Company, WI as ton -Salem, N. C atlantic Corni JLine. Effective August 6, 1905. Pcii.senger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. T'jv.n 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am " 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 10 am <l ?77 Floretee to Sumter " 9 20 an? fc *57 Gibson to Sumter ** 9 20 am " 52 Charleston to c?reeeviiie Leaves 9 SI ans 44 46 Orangeburgto Charleston (Tuesd-^Thnrsd'y-.Saturd'y) " 9 35 am " *78 Sumter to Lucknow Leaves 9 :0 am " *77 Lucknow to Sumter Arrives 6 GO pm " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston ** 6 30 pm ,v 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm " *56 f>o rater to Gibson u 6 50 pw *? *7e> Sumter to Fiorerce Leaves 7 10 pm " 47 Charleston to Crangebcrg(Tuesd'y,Thnrsd'y.Sattixa'y) " 8 20 pu * 55 Wilmington to Columbia " 9 35 pm " 78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am " 77 Bishopville to Sumter Arrhes 6 00 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Kartsviile Leaves 8 15 am " *19 Sumter to Kobb'nc Leaves 10 00 am " *20 Bobbins to Sumter Armes 7 30 am " *25 Hartville to Sumter Arrives 9 10 ppr Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 au " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm ** *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 30 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden * 6 31 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket A?ent A. C. L ll - ki mpM ?'IF? -'. A. J " -. -J :? *? ' t ? -, -.Vi! Wt ? - .J?'.aV'.:: ! V: : ^|r-.: ; / WE GUARD OUR PATRONS' INTEREST? Tile Farmers' Bank and Trust Gc. Capital Stock S60.0G0. -: -:- Undivided Profits $4,000. C. G. Rowland. Prst. R. F. Haynsworth, V. Prst. R. L. Edmunds. Cashier. Deposits June 30, end of first quarter after organization, $113, 459.17. Liability of stockholders, in addition to capital stock, S60.000. A general bank inn business. Solicits your patronage and guarantees every courtesy con? sistent with good business meth? ods. G. R. BARRINGER, Surgeon Dentist. Office over China's Drug Store. Telephone No. 350. 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 5.30 p. m. Judge Gary Could Not Identify Either j Calumbia, September 29.-It looks of Them. as Richland might join the steadily Columbia, Sept. 29.-John Ca- increasing number of "dry" counties rey and John Lurksie. the ChicagoJ and go on iver,! as opposed to the toughs held by the police, ns suspect- [graft-laden dispensary. A meeting, cd of doing the recent daring hold-ups worked up by the Kev. E'Ason of the in Columbia, were today confronted { State Law and Ord?? League, is to be by Ju.icc Gary. The smaller man was j held i:i the v. M. C. A. rooms here extremely nervous in the Judges {tomorrow tor the purpose of consid proser.ee but though the Judge said j-ort ns -; " ^xbiliiy of putting out a ........ petition for an election under the ........ Brice act Inasmuch as this is now ;,, x will ? regarded as the principal dispensary ., st-n nghoM in the State, with the pos Aikon will have a million gallon [suit of the fight here will bc watched warer reservoir. I with great interest. this man w??s the same siz< who robbed him he cou; tively identify < i:b r. an b- ?th be r? 'Teased t ! ii