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CITY COUNCIL MEETING. City Council held a regular me ing 6 o'clock p.m., Wednesday. Present: Mayor Dick, Alderm 2L D. Barnett, R. P. Haynsworth, CL Rowland, W. G. Stubbs and R. Wilder. Absent: H. W. Hood, P.. P. Fi ?nd E. W. Hurst. Mr. W. A. Meli wain came befe Council and requested permission set out the fence on his premises Hampton avenue 6 or 8 inches up ti? sidewalk, in order to take into 1 ^ard some large trees now on t present fence line; and which we "thrown upon the line several yea ago, by giving three feet of the lot the "city for a sidewalk. The Cle .was instructed to write Mr. Mcllwa that in the judgment of Council t fence should not be moved, and th break the line of a whole block, par cu?arly as another removal will considered necessary as the tre grow larger; but that he might lea the trees outside of his fence. Mr. Jas. E. Jervey stated to Cou; r cD that on the night of October 21 he had sustained serious injury to h left arm by falling into an open dra on Liberty street; by reason of tl fact -that the light was out the corner of Liberty . ai Harvin streets at the time. He as] od that council allow him such dan trgea as they think right for the e: penseVand loss of time which he ha suffered in consequence of the ace dent. The matter was referred to tl police committee. Minutes of October 11th and* 16t . "were read and approved. The finance committee reported tb clerk and treasurer's report for Sei itember examined and found corree And that all bills referred to them es cept a bill for repair of a police b: cycle, had been approved. The bi Ipr bicycle repairs was referred to th police commission. ?3Ir. Stubbs reported that he is i correspondence with manufacturer In regard to fire escapes for th Opera house and had sent on for blu print*. Mr. Barnett for the police commit tee, reported purchase of winter uni forms for the force at $17.00^ an< recommended that Special Officer W GT Pierson be added to the regula force. The report was adopted. Mr. Haynsworth, for the commit tee of public works, reported drain v. Calhoun street and macadam on Lib erty street were being laid as rapidly -as possible, though delayed by th? . difficulty in gelling cars to haul ma --Aerial. Mr. Huynsworth stated tha ? land owners are ; desirous of extend lng Purdy street to Broad street, am the committee o: public works wa: authorized to proceed with the mat ter according to t'.ieir judgment. Mr. Wilder sug~:-sted that some ac? ion should be tah. n to preserve gooc * order during the coming carnival un? der auspices of t.;.e Sumter Lteht In. iantry and after full discussion thi following was adopted: "Resolved, That the throwing ol confetti, powder, il o ur or other things on people, or striking persons with Tubber balls, feather dusters,whips oi any other thing liable to result in dis? order are prohibited, and the polj?e ?[; are directed to arrest any person sc Hi doing as in other case of disorder!} I'. conduct-" The following claims were referrec to the finance'committee: Sumter Ice, Light and Power Company.$12 3C Sumter Iron Works. 4 72 Sumter Machinery Co. 3 81 Sumter Brick Works. 7 0C Council then adjourned. Dr. Walter Cheyne met with a ver} serious accident last week whil? driving Solicitor Wilson in his auto *o*obile to the home of Judge Pur-iy. The electric light was not burning on -a corner and the glare of lights from other corners, together with no dis? tinguishing mark separating the street and the sidewalk rendered it impossible for him to see where his car was going. One of the front .wheels went into a ditch and the spring caught in the culvert, which precipitated Dr. Cheyne headforemost over the dashboard. Solicitor Wilson luckily managed to retain his seat. As soon as the Doctor could pick him *self up he had sufficient presence of mind to run to the machine and stop Iiis engine, thereby preventing further damage. The inefficiency of the elec? tric light service is deplorable. Bill Seale's usual luck followed him in his encounter with the pickpocket He got his money back and captured .the thief. Sumter's postal receipts for the fis? cal year ending June 30th were nearly 51,000 greater than the combined re? ceipts of Darlington and Florence. To Mr. Pickpocket: Stay away from Sumter! It is easy for the alert police force of this city to ian<l all who may come this way. Bilious Attack Quickly Cured. *A few weeks ago I had a bilious attack that was so severe I was not able to go to the office for two day-. Failing to get relief from my family physician's treatment. I took three o1 Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the next day I felt like a new man.-H. C. Bailey, editor of th? News. Chaplin. S. C. These tablets are for sale by all Druggists. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. To His Honor, Judge R. C. Watts, j presiding judge of the Court of Com jUion Pleas and General Sessions for ! Sumter county at the October term of i court: j We, your grand jury beg to make this our final presentment for 1905. We have examined into and passed upon all bills given us and returned them to the court. Through our cimmittee we have visited the several county offices, jail, chain gang, dispensary and county alms house. The records in the county super? visor's office show the disbursements for the three quarters to be: First Quarter.$6,690.21 Second Quarter. 6,640.31 Third Quarter.8,109.63 Making a total of the disburse? ments for the three quarters $21, 440.15. We find the county practically out \ of debt, as there are no outstanding claims except a bond issue of $15, 000, with interest, due July 1, 1906, which will be paid with funds already in the bank for that purpose, and $8,000 borrowed from the sinkint fund commission at 4 per cent and $6,00 from banks at 7 per cent, both will be paid as soon as the taxes are collected. We find that some of the magistrates are not carrying out the law in makixig proper monthly re? turns to the county treasurer and au? ditor, both of which laws are found in volume 2 of the Civil Code, section 409 at page 369, and requires all moneys collected by them for fines, forfeitures, etc., to be reported to the auditor and treasurer on the first Monday of each month or within ten days therefrom. The same rule gov . erns the sheriff as found in same vol? ume, section 402, page 367 except he is required to make his reports *on the first Tuesday of each month or within ten days therefrom and we find he has done that in part only, having only reported to the treasurer. Both of the above rules seem to have been made as a check against the treasurer and we, therefore, rec? ommend their observance. The jail we find in a better condi? tion than last reported, it still needs the bedding we recommended. In out? last presentment we recommended that the sheriff be instructed to re? move the present jailor and secure a more competent one which has not been done and our presentment ig? nored. A conference with the she; . iff has failed to show us any grounds for such action and we, therefore, in? sist on our former recommendation. We also, insist upon the purchase of proper bedding as formally recom? mended, a great many prisoners being forced to sleep on the bare floor. We find; the dispensary is using tht request books in part only and we urge their use in all cases, and the law carried out fully. The foreman was present with the comptroller gen? eral and witnessed the settlement be? tween the treasurer and the auditor showing a balance on hand for county purposes July 1, 1905, of $9,247.34. All other officers and institutions of the county we find in good condition and well regulated. We desire to extend our thanks io his Honor, Judge Watts, the solicitor and the court officials generally for all courtesies extended. M. B. Randie, Foreman THE EMPLOYING PRINTERS. The Next Meeting to Be Held on No ( vember 17th. Columbia, October 25.-The Em? ploying Printers' Association held a second meeting in the Chamber of Commerce this morning. The com? mittee on constitution and by-laws submitted its report, which will be printed and sent to each employing printer in the State. A letter will also be sent urging each publisher or other employing printer to become a member of the association. Capt. Ambrose E. Gonzales, of Co? lumbia, was elected president of tht association, and R. L. Freeman, of Bennettsville, secretary. The next meeting will be- held in Columbia on the evening of Friday, November 17. The purpose of the as? sociation will be to improve and ad? vance the interests of the printing and publishing business of the State in ev? ery way possible. The organization is not for any special purpose, but for the mutual good of the publishers and printers in every branch of the craft. Chapped Hands. .Wash your hands with warm wa? ter, dry with atowtl and apply Chamberlain's Salve just before go ingto bed, and a speedy cure is cer? tain. This salve is also unequaled for skia diseases. For sale by all drug? gists. Eugene Simpkins was shot and fa I tally wounded by Dave Elam in Co? lumbia Thursday. Both are negroes* . \ Disastrous Calamity. . j *It is disastrous calamity when j you lose your health, beean indiges? tion and constipation have sapped it away. Prompt relief can i o had ia Dr. King's New Life Pills. They build up your digestive organs, and eure headache, dizziness, colic, constipa? tion, etc. Guaranteed at all druggists; 25C. . r m 0 NO TEMPERANCE CANDIDATE. Prohibitionists Declare Against a State Ticket. Columbia, October 27.-The State executive committee appointed under the resolution adopted at a conference here last June met under the call of the chairman, Mr. C. A. Smith of Timmonsville, last night in the read? ing room of the Y. M. C. A. The re? sult of the meeting is given in the res? olutions adopted, declaring against the nomination of a state ticket. The meting was called to order by Mr. Smith, who stated the object of the meeting and gave the outline of the resolution under which he had is? sued the call, the resolution providing for the appointment of the commit? tee which was to call a State conven? tion of prohibitionists. After Mr. Smith's remarks Mr. R. T. Jaynes of Oconee was made secretary of the committee. There was considerable discussion of several resolutions brought before the committee, and the following, in? troduced by Mr. C. C. Featherstone ! of Laurens, was finally adopted: "Resolved, That it is the sense of j this meeting that it would be unwise to put in the field a State prohibtion ticket. Resolved further, That it is the sense of this meeting that the effort ought to be made to elect members of the general assembly and executive and county officers who are in accord with our views. "Resolved further, That we ought to organize for the purpose of enforc? ing the lav,- in the counties where pro- ! hibition prevails, and to foster and j encourage the sentiment in other counties. "Resolved, That when we adjourn ! we do adjourn subject to the call of the president and that a committee? man be appointed by the president for any county not having an appoint? ment; and that any appointee not be? ing able to attend be empowered to appoint his substitute." After the adoption of this resolu? tion the meeting adjourned. ll M CB? - Rig Money in Trees, Pecans Are Valuable. The Peach Grower. In the' new industry of planting pe? can groves there is no tree their equal for permanent income on so small an outlay that is of such value.. A grove of the choicest va- j rieties of thin shell pecans planted ! by the equilatrat triangle method, with the trees 20x20 and 125 to the acre will under cultivation easily car- ( ry 20 per cent on intrinsic valuation j of $1,000 per acre. Not only that. j but such a grove advances the value j of every other acre of a farm on which such a graye is planted. A favorite nut wherever known., a I&ng keeper, 'there never will be an overplus, as consumption increases ? faster than the supply. Soon we will ! have one hundred millions of people j in the United States, all consumer.-. i besides which we have the world for our market, as the nuts are grown on? ly upon this continent, and we now import $30,000,000 worth of other nuts. Close planting, heading in of the trees when two or three years old, which opens up the center, the outer limbs turn inward and grow vertically instead of laterally, as is usual. This also dwarfs the trees, which do not grow very tall, and truit can be gath? ered with ar long cane pole. Many advantages from close plant? ing. Because the nearness of thc tree the pollen is profusely distributed j by the air currents, resulting in heav- I ier crops than can be obtained where [ tress are more widely separated. No other trees, unless it be the olive, lives to so great an age as the pecan. The rings upon the stump of the tree cut down (because it had been struck by lightning) in this state were in number over six hundred. The stump of another has been found here measuring nine feet in diameter, probably over 1,000 years old. No better patrimony can parents leave their children and children's children than a large pecan grove the cultiva? tion of crops upon the same ground cultivating the trees also. While the planting of the nuts is the cheapest way of starting a grove, the trees coming into bearing when six years old, there is much gain in time by planting the grafted trees, as those grown upon three to five year old roots will begin to bear when they are three years old. As the de" mand for the nuts is so groat, the dif? ference in cost will soon be made up. A grove of ten acres wi il contain 1,250 trees. If planted with the nuts the cost .rill be $30.00; if trees ave planted toe cost will be much rn"*.e. When tin- trees earn only one dolla* a tree it pays handsomely if the cost had beni ten times greater. The abundance of the wild growth of pecan trees in Missouri. 1 Minois. Oklahoma, indian Territory and Ark? ansas is sufficient evidence that the choicest varieties can be grown at great profit, by which every land? owner can add materially jo bis in? come nt small cost. Herbert post. Fort Wortb. Texas. Don?las Strother, colored, shot and killed bis brother Tom Strother ar Timincnsville Monday night. i A Logical Conclusion. I All over the State we hear the cry "vote out the dispensary." Why? Because there has been stealing in it. Why not abolish the office of Super 9 visor? These officers in Greenville, in Richland and in Horry counties have been grafting. Why not abolish the office of county treasurer? The treasurers in Edgefield and in Dor [ chester counties are short in their ac? counts. Why not do away with life ! insurance companies? Three of the ! biggest and supposed strongest com ! panies in the world have not only been stealing money from the poiicy I holders, but have been applying : thousands-a great part of which was ! stolen from Southern Democrats-to I elect a Republican president. Why not abolish everything that has cor I ruption and graft in it and go into barbarism; have but one law "the sur? vival of the fittest." We think, how? ever, since it's impossible to abolish everything that has corruption in it, that it would be better to purify and to put honest, straightforward men at the head of our instutions. Men whm money can't buy, whom bribes can't corrupt, whom graft can't en? tice. We have honest men all over the State who can be trusted. Put them in the places of trust and let the wheels of progress roll on. Un? der our present status of morals pro? hibition is not practicable, probable nor possible, therefore let us substi? tute an honest, clean county dispen? sary system in place of our State dis? pensary', and give to those who will have it pure whiskey sold by honest men.-Manning Farmer. -i --? -I Thank the Lord!" * Cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock. A?*.*, "for the relief I got from Buck len's Arnica Salve. It cured my fear? ful running sores, which nothing else would heal, and from which I sufferea for five years." It is a marvelous healer for cuts, burns and wounds. Guaranteed at all druggists; 2~>c. ? -T? II M o? Nachrichten far Hand*-1 tfnd Indus? trie, an official German naper, says that the cotton crop in Egypt U in very good condition. The important ginning concerns have formed a com? bination called the Associated Cotton Ginne rs of Esypt, Limited, with a capital of ?1,751,940. The combine s expected to improve and cheapen the cotton product ot Egypt. - mi iiii mm Croup. *A reliable mericine and one that should always be kept in the home for immediate use is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will prevent the attack if given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears. For sale by all druggist. I ? I? ! ! Hore Horses and Mules and Better Horses and Mules. Two earfully selected carbads just in. They are right, the price is right and they need selling badly. A full line of Buggies, Wai om* and Harness always on hand* I sell the celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. Il i ' Received Tuesday, October the ?7th, Two Oa,i* ILiOc^cls OF CHOICE I Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot. 0* msSEB Review of Reviews Cosmopolitan Woman's Home Companion The Watchman and Southron Regular Price $6.50. Pto lor 9 Uri u i For all to One Address. 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