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RIGHT TO SELL TO CITY. A Firm One of Whose Members is in Caty Council Cannot Furnish City Supplies. City Attorney Edmunds bas given an opinion as to the right of a city official to sell supplies to the city. The opinion is regarded as highly im i ortant and is of interest, noe onlv to Columbia bufe to every city in "the state because of tbe fact tba* there is a state law on the mather fon nd in the code of laws of South Carolina 1902 volume 1 section 2002. There is also a city ordinance passed in 1S99. The : aiport of the law and the ordinance : 9 that no municipal officer shall make s contract with the city provided tbat i j cities ol ever 30,000 inhabitants -ach contracts shall be allowed by the - nanimous vote of council. The ordinance provides for a fine but Mr. Edmunds says that there, a re :rave doubts as to the power of conn- j il to carry out this provision. Mr. Edmunds is of the opinion that the Sa tu te doesn't apply when a corpo ra? tio?, of wbicb a member of council is :. stockholder, makes a contract with ~ie city. The opinion then concludes -3 follows: "In the case of a firm, however, in a contract with the city, a member of .^ach firm being a city official, I a?? f the opinion that the statute dots Hpply. A suit for the purpose of a recovery on a contract entered into .itu the municipality would be that cf tbe individual members of the firm ? s co-partners, and the interest of the farther, who is also a city official, is X) closely connected in such contract to take it oat of the statute." Since the opinion seems .to be thar firm, one member of which is a city fficial. cannot contract with the city, : 3 now remains to be seen what wiii e done by the members of council ..'bo requested the opinion. It is be .eved t?at there will be other deve l jpments before long.-Columbia Re? cord. AS TO INFIRMARIES. Ai . Erroneous Statement Probably Due to Ignorance. The subjoined extract from the florence correspondence of the News nd Courier is evidence of surprising - gnorane on the part of the corres? pondent. Surely he ought to be ac uaiated wita the fact that the Sumter -lospirai, one of the largest and the raost modern and best equipped in? firmary in the State was opened only a few weeks ago, for the fact was orominenly noted in the News a> d 'ouri er and the State as well as he Sumter papers. He ought to have known also, that for fully ten years, )r. J. A. Mood and Dr. S. C. Baker ave each maintained large and per eetly appointed infirmaries in which . pt a few Florence people have been < reated. "Dr. Frank H. McLeod, of this itv, who owns a valuable piece of property at the northwest corner of dargan and Cheeves streets, has recently purchased the large dwelling -nd property adjoining, fronting on Obeeves street, ??nd will, on January ?i next, erect a large and up-to-date l?rmarv thereon. Dr. McLeod has a very large practice n this s?ctirtn of tbe State, and he :ias decided that it is necessary that e shonid have a sanitarium or in ::nnary ?o that he can concentrate his sedier. 1 practice, Tber-? is rofe an infirmary nearer ikhan Chnrlestoo or Wilmington, and need of such' an institution i" lorer?' - becomes more and more of necessity every day. A Card. ?This is to certify that all druggists re authorized to refund your your zoney if Foley's Honey and Tar fails o cure your cough or cold. It stops he cough, heals the lungs and pre? en ts serious results from a cola, rures la grippe cough and prevents .neumonia and consumption. Con ains no opiates. The genuine is in . yellow package. Refuse substi utes. Durant's Pharmacy. St. Petersburg, September 28.-The uiglo-Japan treaty produced a bad mpression here. The newspapers xpress the hope that Russia will now Hy herself with Germany in order 3 counter-balance the alliance he ween Great Britain and Japan. Full of Tragic Meaning Are these lines from J. H. Sim ions, of Casey, Ia. Think what light have resulted from his terrible ough if he had not taken the medi? cine about which he writes: "I had a fearful cough, that disturbed my night's rest. I tried everything, but nothing would relieve it, until I took Dr. King's New Discovery for con? sumption, coughs and colds, which ?omplletely cured me." Instantly re ieves and permanently cures all hroat and lung diseases; prevents rrip and pneumonia. At all drug rists; guaranteed; 50c. and $1. Trial ?ottle free. John Piper has been sentenced to erve five years in the penitentiary for illing Tom Hartley in Aiken county ist June. Do You Want Strength? ?If you want to increase your rength you must add to and not take om the physical. In other words. ie food that you eat must be digest f? assimilated and appropriated by e nerves, blood and tissues before .ing expelled from the intestines, odol Dyspepsia Cure adds to the lysical. It gives strength to and :ilds up strength in the human sys m. It is pleasant to the taste and latable. and the only combination - digestants that will digest the >d and enable the system to ap }priate all of its health and ength-giving qualities. Sold by all lggists. MEDICATED BOOZE. Hosteler's Bitters, Pernna and Other Proprietary Medicines Have Too Much Alcohol. Columbia, Sept. 26.-Those patent medicines being sold in this State which are snpposed to contain alcohol have been put under ban. In addition to the order issned by the internal revenue department, rbich notifies all druggists that they must close ont all stock by December 1st or pay a license, Chief Constable Hammet has issued an order to all constables giv? ing a list of medicines that can be sold only by prescription. The legislative investigating com? mittee has brought out the statement that certain proprietary medicines are sold in dispensaries-and also in drug stores. Sometime ago Mr. Hammet had Stace Chemist Barney auaiyze a num? ber of brands and the fellowing was the result of the investigation : Medicine. Pc. Alcohol. Hostetters' Bitter-, 82.60 De Witt Stomach Bitters, 65.20 Cuban Gingeric, Gl. IO Peraua, 52. CO As a result a circular bas been sent to all constables stating that these medciues must net be sold as a bever? age and only by prescription. The order will create a sensation among-a number of druggists and may result in many of them going out of. the patent medicine business al? together. MORGAN PREDICTS FAILURE. Alabama Senator Declines to Go on Canal Excursion. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 28* Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, hs written letter to Chairman T. P. Shouts, of the Panama Canal Com? mission, declining the invitation to accompany the commission, which left New York today for Panama. The Senator thinks nothing will be accomplished by the trip His letter says in part: .'In your telegram of the 22d in staLt you speak of a large party who are to sail with the commission and th ? aavisory board to Colon, and aie to have comfortable faciliites for making tours of inspection and exami? nion of the canal. Ia the matter of sight-se?iug, such facilities will axford much pleasure,, which I regret I am not prepared to enjoy ; but 1 do not suppose that such a surface inspection of the apperance bf conditions in Panam would give me any data from which I could form any "judgment as to the practicability of n loekenaal, or a sea level canal, cr the preference dne to either plan, or as to the cost, or the time required for the comple? tion of the canal on tither plan. "I could not wisely, intelligently or justly give an opinion to any com niissioner or to any member of the ad? visory board as to the p:s3ibiiity cf a dam at Bohio, one hundred and sixty eight feet above the level of the sea, that wonld supply a canal at ninety feet above sea level; or as to a dam tt or below Gatun, that would supply a canal at thirty feet above ?ea level; or as to a dam at Gamboa that would control tne waters of tne Cbagres Ri ver ; or as to a possible tunnel to either oceau to carry off ihe&e flocd watt rs. "I could not inform the able, cour? ageous and distinguished chief of th 3 hygienic service m the canal zone whether, if we should flood all the breeding places of the stegomyia fas ciata wich great lakes, we wi cid not increase them a thousand fold along the margins of tue great bodies of* fresh water, in the tropics! under? growth that would spring up around them in a few hours. ,41 must say that I distrust the ex? pected advantages to Congress or to tue country of such an excursion, or the value of any opinion that may be formed on great engineering prob? lems, by a body of gentlemen who arc non profession al and must form their conclusions from surface ap? pearances "Since the ratification of the Hay Varilla treaty, which I oppesed, I have done all that I C3ti?d, and much more than I thought could be of ad? vantage to the country, to sustain the Government in i?.s pu:po?* to con? struct a canal ac Panama. Yet I have not believed thac success could crown their effirts, even in thfdr most costly and desperate form. You may nud the key to unlock the barriers that nature ba- interposed at Panama. If you should be so fortunate I will applaud your genius and courage, I will vote to provide you with every reasonable authority and power to ac? complish your task and to meet your tremendous responsibility. "In the effort toaos?.er your friend? ly invitation with perfect frankness, if I have said any th ug that jars npon your sensibilities, I have not so in? tended it and would regret it. I beg to assure you ot my sincere respect, and to say that I will rejoice with you in the successful completion of tne great work in your charge. Sincerely yours. "John T. Morgan." Doctors Said He Would Not Live. *Peter Fry. Woodruff, Pa., writes: "After doctoring for two years with the best physicians in Waynesburg, and still getting worse, the doctors advised me if I had any business to attend to I had better attend to it at once, as I could not possibly live an? other month, as there was no cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended to me by a friend, and I immediately sent my son to the store for it, and after taking three bottles I began to get better and con? tinued to improve until I was en? tirely well." Durant 's Pharmacy. The steamer running between Co? lumbia and Georgetown has done so well that another boat will be put on. A Pleasure To All. *Xo pill is as pleasant and positive as* Dewitt's Little Early Risers. These famous little pills are so mild and effective that children, delicate ladies and weak people enjoy their cleans? ing effect, while strong people say they are the best liver pills sold. Sold by all druggists. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. : Practical Illustration of the Operation of Railways. A recent statement by the Cana? dian Minister of Railways and Canals, Mr. Emmerson, in the Dominion House of Commons, indicates that the experiment of governmental owner? ship and operation of railroads has been a complete failure in Canada. According to Mr. Emmerson's state? ment, the Intercolonial railway, owned and operated by the Canadian gov? ernment, was run during the past fis? cal year at a net loss of about $2,000, 000, and that amount will have to be made good out of the revenues of the Dominion, imposing an additional bur? den on the taxpayers. Mr. Emmer? son was not able to express the hope that deficits can be avoided in the fu? ture, but seemed to regard them as inseparable from the governmental management of the linc. On account of the similarity of eco I nomic conditions in Canada and in the United States and of the advocacy of governmental ownership and opera? tion in this country. Mr. Emmerson's i statement has unusual interest, espec? ially in so far as it throws light on the reasi ns why the Intercolonial Rail ! way has failed to earn enough to pay [expenses. He attributed the'deficit ?in part to increased wage cost. Aside from the question as to the relative efficiency of labor on the government road and on either lines, Mr. Emmer? son said: "The very moment you increase, by even a farthing, the wages of any 01 the employes, you have what is prac? tically not a controllable element; that is to say, it becomes a fixed charge. You can never reduce. A government railway never could." Mr. Emmerson has found that thb compensation of government employ? es on the Intercolonial Railway, just like the compensation of government employes generally, can be changed in only one direction. Their compensa? tion can be increased, but it can not be cut down. That has certainly beer, the experience in the United States with all classes of public servants,* and there is no reason to believe that employes on government railways would be an exception if the policy advocated by Mr. Bryan should be adopted. In times of depression, when the earning capacity of men in all lines of business is curtailed, the government employe alone is exempt. There is neither any reduction in the working force nor any scaling down of wages. This would be thc condi? tion on government railways. Traffic might fall off and the general level of wages might be such as to warrant a reduction in force and in wages, but there would be neither on a govern? ment line, and the wage cost of oper? ating it would be the same as in times of the greatest prosperity when the iine was working to the fullest capac? ity, while the deficit to be made up by the taxpayers would be swelled in proportion. The government line could not reduce freight charges in such times for the reason that its managers would be under obligations to keep the deficit down to the lowest possible level and they would have to earn a^ much as possible on the de? creased volume of traffic. Mr. Emmerson's statement illus? trates the tendency of all transporta? tion charges made by a governmental agency to become petrified, whether the government actually operates the railway line or only prescribes the charges. He said: "I think I can say frankly that there is no subject upon which the people are more sensitive than that of in? creasing freight rates on a ' govern? ment railway. From one end of the railway to the other, from the Sidneys to St. John, and from Halifax to Mon? treal, the very moment the suggestion of an increase is made, that moment you meet with opposition. That is j necessarily the outcome of govern- I ment operation of railways." This statement by Mr. Emmerson is of particular interest in connection with the agitation in the United Stares of the proposal to give the In- 1 Lersiate Commerce Commission au? thority to prescribe transportation charges. Where rates are made b> governmental authority it is next to impossible to advance them, even though commercial conditions are i nch as to justify such advances. It is ainu st as difficult to reduce govern? mental rates as ic is to advance them This has been the experience of Ger? many, where, since the government acquired the railway lines, rates have r< mained at the .same high level thai prevailed when the lines first passed un.1er governmental control, and where much of the traffic that would otherwise go by rail has been driven to the rivers and canals. In a slightly less degree the same difficulty has characterized the ex. perience of Great Britain since tho passage of the Acts of 1801 and 1S04. These Acts have left the British rail? ways absolutely free to lower their charges, but every increase is subject to review by the Court of the Railway Commission on the complaint of any shipper. As some shipper would cor~ taily complain ? on any in? crease that might be made and no rate could be advanced again if it .bould once be lowered by a road without encountering a law suit, the rates are not lowered. They have re? mained practically stationary in Great Britain ever since the passage of this legislation, with only occasional reduc? tions where the roads have been cer? tain that reduced rates would in? crease net income. In the same period the American railways, being free to either raise or lower rates, subject to the provisions of the Interstate Com? merce Act prohibiting unreasonable rates, have reduced the average rate per ton per mile nearly 20 per cent. As a result of Mr. Emmerson's statment showing that the Intercolo? nial Railway is a burden on the tax? payers of the Dominion, demands are now being made that the government shall go out of thc railway business and tum the line over to a private company. There is little doubt that if the government of the United States j should go into the business of railroad operation or of prescribing charges there would soon be a similar demand for a return to the present system. In fact, one of the most prominent of the opponents of the Esch-Townsend bill* a man who does not believe that it is possible to solve economic problems by Act of congress, has seriously ad? vised that the best way to set at rest,, once for all. the agitation in favor of such legislation would be to pass the Esch-Townsend bill. He is of the' opinion that it would not be in opera? tion long before the president would be urged by all of the business inter? ests of the country to call an extra session of congress for its repeal. New York Journal of Commerce. HOMICIDE IX LAUREXS. Two Yoimg Laurens Farmers Renew an Old Difficulty With Fatal Results. Laurens Sept. 28.-John P. South was shot and instantly killed at iO o'clock today at Boyd's mill. 32 miles west of the city by Levell D. Walker. Walker surrendered and was brought to jail by Dexter Elledge acting con? stable. The men were neighbors and both industrious young farmers. It is understood that they had a previous difficulty and South who was drinking seems to have started out tn renew the difficulty. After running Mrs. Walker from the house he proceeded to the field, 200 yards distant, armed with a grass hook, and told Walker that he proposed to kill him. Walker managed to get oat of the way and ran to his house, where he secured a gun and when South approached be shot South dead. South was unmarried. Walker is Ta married man and has a family. .Tach is abc ut 30 vears of age and both come from good families. They lived in the Popular Springs section of Laurens county Don't be Imposed L'pon. *Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and pQpolarity of Foley's Hon? ey and Tar many imitations are of? fered for the genuine. These worth? less imitations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genu? ine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and re? fuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. Du? rant's Pharmacy. The plant of the Columbia Gas Company will le remodeled and modernized. Insomnia and Indigestion Cured. *"Last year I bad a very severe at? tack of indigestion. I could no: sleep at night and suffered most excruiat ing pains for three hours after each meal. I was troubled tbs way fo? about three months when I used Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and received immediate re? lief," says John Dixon, Tullamore. Ontario. Canada. For Sale by all druggists. Columia, September 27.-rGovernor Heyward today removed James S. Boyd, supervisor of Horry county, against whom they are two indict? ments for breach of trust with fraud? ulent intent. Nature's Warning Sum:er People Must Recognize and Heed lt. Kidney-lils come quietly-mysteriously, But na'turc always warns \ou through the urine. Notice >he kidney secretions. See if the color is unhealthy - If there are settlings and regiment. Passages too frequenr, *cantv, ]>ainful. Ifs time th?n to use Loan's Kidnt y Pills. To ward off Briant's disease or diabetes. Doan's have doue great wcrx M\ Sumter Elias Hudgins. gardener and fanner, well known in Sumterand vicinity, says: "I suf? fered for eight or ten y, ars fro::: lum Sap) in roy back so bad that 1 could not sex ont of bcd at times. There was no strength in any back and it ached constantly. When I mov? ed around a kiirc would sinke me right) across the sinai 1 of my **ack just likesomeone ' sti'-kin^' a knife into it. The secretions from the kidneys were dark colored, smelled strong and contained a sediment besides causing me to get up several times during the night. I could not begin to tell you the number of remedies I used hat nothing did me much good until I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Dr. ?. J. China's drug store. The Mist few doses helped me and since taking thc remedy 1 have not had any trouble with my kidneys and the pains disappeared from my bark. You are welcome to the use of my name as one who can endorse what is claimed for this remedy." For sale by all dealers. 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I U VtSl FacSrmi?e Signature oF || Thirty YhSr? KEW YORK._1 I II i I ?S 1 G G! W ^ " ' ^ rc??-,v-'. MCW YORK CTY. FARMS FOR SALE. List 149. Tract '3 acres 1 mile N. E. of City, 25-3Q acres cleared. All easily brought ander cultivation. Drainage facilities good. Fer a quick sale S2.?00. List 148. Tract 577 acres; 300 cleared. Buildings worth ?3000. Piacs on Mayesville road 7 miles from Sumter and 3 from Mayesville. Price $30 per acre.$17310. List 147. Tract 170 acres, 60 cleared, 4 miles from city on Bishopville and Brewmg ton road?. Frice $50 per acre. $3400. List 145. Tract 265 acres on Moses road 3 miles from city, 100 cleared, good build? ings. Price 830.. $7950. List 164. Tract 256 acres within half mile of city. 160 acress in high state of culti? vation. Buildings insured for $3000. $12500. List 112. 105 acres 4 miles from city, near Bishopville and Brewington roads, 50 acres cleared, new 3 room dwelling. $2650 SEE CITY LOTS IN DAILY ITEM AND EVENING NEWS, R. B. BBLSER, Attorney at Law Real Estate Broker Harby Bldg. Court Pqr. Phone 309. 1.1 MEI Prest S, I. BOSSIES, See. I Ireas ^^s^Capita! Stock $50,000^^^^ Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ers and 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. S unter, S. C. WHISKEY j MORPHINE! CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. j HABIT. j HABIT. | HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited The Watchman and Southron Has a Larger Circulation Than Any Other News? paper Published in Sum? ter. For That Reason Ad? vertising Space In It IS VALUABLE.