The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 11, 1905, Image 6
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GROWING POSTAL RECEIPTS.
An Index of the Growth of Sumter,
lost Quarter Shows Gain of S3
Per Cent. Over Same Quar?
ter in 1904.
The postoffice receipts, taken in
connection with the bank deposits and
railroad freight and passenger busi?
ness, are generally regarded as the
hest and most reliable index of a
town's commercial growth and pros?
perity. Judged by this standard
Sumter is now enjoying her greatest
?ra oi prosperity. The bank state
..ments for the quarter ending Sep?
tember 30th showed that there was
then more money on deposit in the
hanks of this city than ever before
at the same date. The railroads have
"been overtaxed with business and dur?
ing the year ending September 30th
they have handled more business in
and out of Sumter than ever before.
The growth of the commercial in?
terests of the town, as well as the in?
crease in population, is more truly
reflected by the growth of postal re?
ceipts than by the prosperity of the
banks or by the railroad traffic.
The following comparitative state?
ment compiled by Postmaster Shore
shows clearly how the business devel?
opment and increase in population
lias affected the postoffice.
Quarter's Ending:
3>ec. 31, '03......$ 3,702.75
iaarch 31, '04. 3,908.95
Ame 30, :04. 3,361.96
September 30, '04. 3,455.30
$14.428.96
Dec. 31, '04.$ 4,458.13 |
March 31- '05. 4,274.17
June 30, '05. 4,019.61
Sept. 30, '05. 4,605.75
? . $17,357.66
Gain over previous year $2,929.70.
The gain for the year ending Sep?
tember 30, 1905 over the year ending
September 30, 1904 was $2,929.70
which was a gain of more than 20 per
cent. The gain for quarter ending
September 30, 1905 was $1,243.79, or
a sain of more 33 per cent. For the
past ten years there has been a steady
increase, in the postal receipts, but
the percentage for the past year was,]
greater than in any previous year and
the gain in the; last quarter was great?
er than for any previous quarter.'
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County. ( ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
lie is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State
? 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 Hall's
Catarrh Cure.; Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
m . my presence, this 16th day of De?
cember, A. D. 1886.
A. W. Gleason,
(Seal.) Notary Public
* Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- j
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, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti?
pation. 9 18-lm
The Phoenix company of Florence
l>egan on Thursday the erection of a
:new and commodious building for
their enlarged plant The building
will be 75x125 feet substantially
built The new plant will have a ca?
pacity of 50 tons of ice a day which
will be one of the largest factories in
the State.
A Brice law election has been or?
dered to be held in Edgefield county
on December 7 th.
?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.
Tte home of Mr. Oscar Holly, of
Aiken, was burned Thursday morn?
ing. Loss, $4.200.
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 help but cure indigestion and
dyspepsia. It is curing hundreds ana
Thousands-some had 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.
A big wholesale drug company has
been organized in Florence with a
capital stock of $10,000.
A Judicious Inquiry.
*A well known traveling man who
visits the drug trade says he has often
heard druggists inquire of customers
who asked for a cough medicine,
whether it was wanted for a child or
for an adult, and if for a child they
almost invariably recommend Cham?
berlain's Cough Remedy. Tho rea?
son for this is that they know there
is no danger from it and that it al?
ways cures. There is not the leasi
danger in giving it, and for coughs
colds and croup it is unsurpassed
J5pr. sale by all druggists. \
THE FREIGHT CONGESTION.
Chamber ci Commerce Makes Formal
. Complaint to Atlantic Coast Line.
President R. L Manning of the
Bank of Sumter. President G. A. Lem
mon of the Sumter Savings Bank,
Chairman Neil O'Donnell, of the com?
mittee of internal trade and improve?
ments of the Chamber of Commerce,
a number of cotton buying merchants,
and expert cotton buyers had a con?
ference with Secretary E. I. Reardon
of the Chamber of Commerce Wed?
nesday afternoon to consider the de?
plorably congested condition of cotton
at the Atlantic Coast Line freight de?
pot, and the great delay in shipping
out cotton and other freight from
Sumter owing to the lack of cars and
the fact there is not enough force
employed at the depot to facilitate
rapid handling and shipping of cotton
and other freight. Also in regard to
the delay in delivery of freight con?
signed to Sumter wholesale and retail
merchants.
The situation was thoroughly con?
sidered and the serious effects upon
the business interests of Sumter
pointed out so that the Chamber of
Commerce would know what to do
in the matter. Secretary Reardon
stated that the Chamber of Commerce
was alive to the situation and had on
September 28th taken the matter u>
with the Atlantic Coast Line Com
pany, and had been informed by let?
ter from General Freight Agent R. A.
Brand that General Superintendent
Anderson had been requested to look
into the complaints and to remedy
the same. However, the secretary
asked for written complaints to be
filed with him by some of the repre?
sentative business men setting forth
the injurious effects upon the business
interests of Sumter by the insufficien?
cy of the service rendered by the
railroads. President R. I. Manning
of the Bank of Sumter, and Presi?
dent G. A. Lemmon of the Sumter
Savings Bank, representing ail parties
concerned, immediately reduced to
writing a statement of the status of
affairs, and the secretary wrote Gen?
eral manager W. N. Royal of the At?
lantic Coast Company, last night urg?
ing immedite action to relieve the sit
j uation. The\ written complaints of
j the two bank presidents were sent to
; Manager Royal together with- a state?
ment of the verbal complaints made j
by a number of merchants.
-m iiii m
In the Recorder's Court.
From the Daily Item October 5.
Recorder Hurst held a preliminary
investigation this morning in the case
of the State vs. David Sande'rs and
Osborne Porter, charged with house- j
breaking and larceny.
On August 23d, last, the house of
Daniel Singleton, who seems to be a I
very hard working and industrious
negro, was entered by breaking the
glass in a front window and removing
the bar that secured the door. His
trunk was taken out and carried to a
nearby field, where it was opened and
shoes and clothing to the amount of
?25 was removed from it.
Singleton had no idea who had
committed the theft, and not until he
saw two young negroes on the street
recently, both of whom were wearing
his clothes, did he have any grounds
for basing a suspicion. He then went
to Recorder Hurst to obtain' a war?
rant for the arrest of the men; but,
not knowing their names, Officer
Weeks went with him to establish
their identity. When the boys saw
Singleton approaching with an officer
they ran and thus evaded capture;
but they voluntarily appeared in court
this morning accompanied by their
mother and the prosecutor. An agree?
ment had been consummated btween
th prosecutor and the defendants,
whereby the case would be dropped
upon payment for the clothes stolen,
but Recorder Hurst, rightly, could
not see it that way. The crime was
freely and frankly admitted and
when Mr. Hurst informed the defend?
ants that they would be committed to
jail to await trial at the next term of
the Court of General Sessions in de?
fault of a bond of $500 they were
greatly surprised.
Recorder Hurst does not conceiv?.
it to be his duty as an officer Of the
law to permit a compromise of a
felonous case.
Doctors Said He Would Not Live.
*Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa., writes:
"After doctoring for two years with
th? 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?
tinual to improve until I was en
tirely well." Durant's Pharmacy.
Wards Off Pneumonia.
?All coughs, c.,his and pulmonary
complaints that aro curable are quick?
ly cured by One Minute Cough Cure.
Clears the phlegm, draws out inflam?
mation and heals and soothes tin
affected parts, strengthens the lungs,
wards off pneumonia. Harmless and
pleasant to take. Sold by all drug
MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD.
Solomons' House Sold to Mr. Ed?
munds-Bids Approved. Claims
Paid and Oilier Matters
of Interest.
The County Board of Commissioners
mer Tuesday with Snnervisor Seal6
and Commissioners F. E. Thomas and
Jno. I. Brogdou present. -
Bond of M. M. Witherspoon, cotton
weigher at Msyesville, with J. W.
Cooper and W. D Rhodes as sureties,
penalty $300 and bond of Geo. P.
M?.Kagen, as dispenser at Mayesville,
?iso W. S. Chandler, R. F. Des
Champs, H. A. Wells, and I. C.
Strauss as sureties m the sum of
S3,i>00, were duly approved.
Petition from sundry citizens peti?
tioning that a road be 'opened.at the
earliest date possible from the Black
River road to Puddiug Swamp road,
beginning at McBride's avenue, and
ending near the residence of Tom Du
Bose, said route being surveyed and
cut by private parties the distance be?
ing less than 4^ miles, and reducing
the ronnd trip to Sumter from Shiloh
IO miles Col. R. D. Lee was before
tue board, representing the petitioners
without tee and without reward, sim?
ply to try to forward the best inter?
est of the county. The board decided
to visit the road through Messrs.Seale,
Brogdon or Thomas, and make neces?
sary examination.
The matter of bids on the Solomons
House was brought up, and the bid
of Mr. S. H. Edmunds was read offer?
ing $800 for the property and to pay
Mr. Belser, real estate agent, bis
commission. By a vote of 2 to 1 the
bid of Mr. Edmunds was accepted,
and the house was declared sold for
$800.
Mr. Belser stated that funds on
hand from original payments on Court
House lots was 81,689.50. Payments
of $50 cash on lots that soid for 8450
and 840 on (2) lots-$2,217.50. He
had paid out on Solomons contract
SI,25?) and on McFaddin right of way
8250, having a balance of 8717.50 de?
posited in bank to bis credit as at?
torney, j
Petition to admit J. E Windham
j and wife to the county alms house
was, for good and sufficient reason,
refused.'
Application of Edgar S. Joues for
i aid as an ex-Confederate soldier under
act cf General /.ssembly, was granted
at 83 per mouth from date.
Petition of M. O Gadsden to be
admitted to alms house was recieved,
action was deferred pending investiga?
tion by Supervisor Seale, and if a
worthy subject of charity, he may ad?
mit him.
A number of claims were ordered
paid.
'POSSUM HUNTER KILLED.
Lyucburg, Oct. 4.-Saturday night
j James Epps, a colored lad about 18
years old, while out hunting with
several others near Shiloh eight miles
from this place, attempted to climb a
tree in which the dogs bad treed a
possum, and after be had ascended to
a considerable height, by some mea:-s
lost his tndd, fel^T to the ground ano
broke his neck. He lived only a few
minutes. His father was in town to
get a coffin and gave this correspondent
the particulars as he obtained them.
He said all that he knew of his own
kncwleage was that Iiis sen left bis
booie Saturday night bright ana cheer?
ful and was brought back a corpse.
A Card.
?This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your your
money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails
to cure your cough or cold. It stops
the cough, heals the lungs and pre?
vents serious results from a cola.
Cures la grippe cough and prevents
pneumonia and consumption. Con?
tains no opiates. The genuine is in
a yellow package. Refuse substi?
tutes. Durant's Pharmacy.
List of Jurors.
List of jurors for first of week of
Court of General Sessions and Com?
mon Pleas:
R. F. Chandler.
T. P. Sanders.
E. J. Hodge.
W. M. DeLorme.
S. B. Newman.
H. G. Hill.
P. A. Thigpen.
W. G. S. Seymour.
W. M. Hodge.
S. C. Tisdale.
W. L. Jackson.
W. A. Mcilwaine.
E. A. Edwards.
S. D. McElveen.
J. B. Player.
W. F. Dennis.
C. C. Beck.
R. B. Dinkins.
J B. Hodge.
J. B. Baker.
Robert Geddings.
W. E. Kolb.
H. C. Wadford.
J. H. Chandler.
G. E. 'Cox.
J. K. Newman.
W. D. Scarborough.
E. M. McElveen.
H Y. Oxendine.
J. M. Geddings.
J. J. Team.
J. A. M iras.
C. 1). Lide
lt. J. Geddings.
Samuel Sanders.
D. M. Blanding.
Makes Homely Women Pretty.
*No woman no matter how regular
her features may be can be called
pretty if her complexion is bad. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion
and clears sallow, blotched complex?
ions by stimulating the liver and
bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not nauseate or gripe and is mild
and pleasant to take. Remember
the name Orino and refuse to accept
any substitute. Durant's Pharmacy.
Conviction Follows Trial
When buying loose coffee or anything your grocer happens
to have in his hin, how do you know what you are
getting ? Some queer stories about coffee that is sold in bulk,
could be told, if the people who handle it (grocers), cared to
speak out.
Could any amount of mero talk have persuaded millions of
housekeepers to use
Lion Coffee,
the leader of all package coffees for over a quarter
of a century, if they had not found it superior to all other brands in
Purity, Strength, Flavor and Uniformity?
This popular success of LION COFFEE
can be due only to Inherent merit. There
ls no stronger proof of merit than con*
throed and increasing popularity.
If the verdict of MILLIONS OP
HOUSEKEEPERS does not convince
yon of the merits of HON COFFEE?
lt costs yon but a trifle to buy a
package. It Is the easiest way to
convince yourself, and to make
yon a PERMANENT PURCHASER.
LION COFFEE is sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages,
and reaches you as pure ana clean as when it left oar
factory.
Lion-head on every package.
Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums
SOLD BY GROCERS
EVERYWHERE
WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio.
AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING
COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.
New Store! New Goods!
DALZELL
CANTILE CO.,
Dalzell, Ss C.
Full line Staple and Fan?y Groceries, Dry
Goods, Notions and Shoes.
SPECIALTIES :
Fresh Cream Cheese, fresh Butter, best Co?
lumbia River Salmon, Jell-0 for Desserts,
Ammunition.
Soda Water and Coca-Cola always on ice.
PRICES ARE RIGHT.
THE FIRST DOLLAR SAVED iS
.THE SEST.
The Sumter Rankins and Mercan?
tile Company, of Sumter. S. C.. wilt
open a saving department and receive
deposits of one dollar and ov?>r on
which 5 {ter cent- per annum ?viii be
ellon ed, payable-quarterly.
Tiie way to have a ban?i aceouai
i- to start, and you will find it easy
enough to keep it growing. Save you*
pennies and nickles and you will soon
lave dollars.
Call and get particulars as to m~
erest. deposits, etc.
Deposits, subject to check solicitent
SUMTER BANKING AND MERCAN?
TILE COMPANY,
Sumter, S. C.
Mar 21-tf
PENNYROYAL PILLS
flC&Z^^r^S?Z??t}*^, Ladle?. Mk Drusi*
I^^^X-Stt"1- CVrn .*n<1 Gold ???Mic boxei. f-e^e?
?nh blur ribbon. Take no other. Eefuje
Rangeront Substitution* and Imita?
tion*. Buy of yonr D-uu;.t. or ?-o t 4?.. ?a.
.ad "Relief for Ladle*." in utur, bT re
_ - ., Ttun? Mall. Ift.Mtft Trttiai00jk?t SoU1 S
lotion tbi. ?^S^V^1^ ?'"?^ ??
J.U1MM
DEALERS IN
LHP ROSES
REPAIR WORK
A SPECIALTY.
ll East Liberty Street.
May IT-tf.
-:- DR. J. I
DENTIST,
105i N. Main Street, over
Knight's Book Store
Hours 8 to 2.30 ; 3.30 to 6v1
Phone 210.
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