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A JOINT MEETING. Railroad Commission and Patrons ol the Northwestern Railroad Try? ing to Get To ire i: ?er. - From the -D-^a^IS?^ I^ivT 15. Railroad Cjjirrmissioners Wharton andi SarTe met in the court house to clay with representative business men from the various towns on the west .ern branch of the Xorthwestern rail? road- and endeavored to arrange a schedule convenient and suitable to all of the patrons. Those present were: Messrs. Rich B. Smyth, A. P. Bur? gess, D. O. Rhame, T. S. Ragan, O. C. Scarborough and J. A. James, of ( Summerton, C. M. Davis of Davis Station, David Levi of St. Paul, R. C. Richardson, Jr., and Mellette Le sesne of Silver, H. D. Tindle of Tin? dal, L. S. Barwick of Paxville and P. P. Finn, J. W. McKeiver, M. H. Beck, G. A. Lemmon, W. A. Bow? man, R. I. Manning G. W. Dick, JB. I. Reardon, Neill O'Donnell, A. W. Crosswell and C. G. Rowland, representing the business interests of Sumter. Mr. W. A. Bowman called the meeting to order at 1:15 o'clock and called upon Mr. E. I. Reardon, Sec? retary of the Chamber of Commerce, to state the object of the meeting, ?which he did as follows: "Mr. Chairman: In the absence of President Knight, of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and owing to the fact that Chairman Bowman of this meeting ls not entirely familiar -with the circumstances attending the tailing of this joint meeting between the railroad commissioners, President "Wilson, of the Northwestern railway, and representative business men .from Sumter, Summerton, St Pauls, Silver, Paxville and Tindals, I, as sec? retary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, desire to say in advance that this meeting was called by a committee from the Sumter Chamber of Commerce in order that our friends from the towns above mentioned might confer with us in a spirit of ? friendship- an^l good will to the .needs of all concerned, and with jus? tice to the Northwestern railway, to? ward whom the people of Sumter 3tave the friendliest feelings as. we liave/towards all railroads and legit-' \ imate corporations. Appreciating as .we do the trade and friendship on the line of the^Northwestern^railway, and itesiring to hold your trade and good -will, and realizing further tnat the present schedule does not give the people along the line, the country -merchant nor the farmer, sufficient terrie to transact their business and So their trading in Sumter, between Trains, We hope by a friendly and intelligent discussion of the situation I to be able to make suggestions to j President Wilson, and the railroad j com missioners also, if their services he needed, which will be of such a ^nature that the merchants and con? sumers along the line of the North? -western railway will be given a sched? ule which will enable those who de? sire to trade at Sumter to do so, and -?hose who wish to trade at Summer? ton, Silver, Tindals, St. Pauls and Paxville to do so. The business men of Sumter do not desire to take ad -vantage of Summerton merchants, or the merchants of any other place j along the line, but we do want a j schedule which will give the retail ,. . . " ? ??rv I merchant along the line of this im? portant railway and the farmers also, ample time to do their trading in Sumter when they start to Sumter, and a schedule which will give Sum? ter's wholesale and retail merchants .and manufacturers an opportunity to ^deliver goods sold to those merchants and consumers along the line of this road through the medium of a public carrier--the Northwestern railway -in such a manner and within a time irmit which will enable the merchants of Sumter to compete with the mer? chants of Charleston. Then again Sumter as an important cotton mar? get wants the farmers along the line of the Northwestern railway to be ?given time to sell their cotton in Sum? ter between trains, and this the farm? ers nor the merchants within the business territory directly tributary to Sumter, have not been able to do with the schedules as operated be? tween Wilson's Mill and Sumter. We are not asking to discriminate against Summerton and other towns either as against the merchant or the con? sumer, for we believe in and rather Joster legitimate competition in busi? ness, and we further appreciate and realize that the merchants of Sum? merton, St. Paul, Silver, Paxville and Tindals buy a great deal of their ?goods from Sumter's wholesale mer? chants. Therefore, I would have you all to understand that this meeting is inteded to look to the interest of sec? tions concerned. We, che people or Sumter, sincerely hoping that the re? sults of this meeting will redound to the good of all sections and in the es? tablishment of schedules which will enable our merchant and farmer friends from Summerton, Silver, St. Paul, Paxville and Tindals to come to Sumter quickly, and stay long, ana allow you time to spend every nick? le of your 12 cent cotton with us that ?you desire to spend, or to visit us whether you have any money or none. 1 will now read you an important er from President Thos. Wilson, which I de.;i.'j to say contains info: mation, and intimations as to the ia advisability of a cha::~o of schedule v\-hich it behooves the representative.: ?rj?osent from Sumter to weigh wc li While I desire that President yVoi son's letter should receive due consid eration, I deem it my duty to eau tion the business men of Sumter tha* President "Wilson's intimation as TO the change of schedule on the Cam? den branch of his road, brooks no good for Sumter. While I see no n - i cessity for any radical change of i schedule on the Northwestern rail? way at either end of the line, a::.l while we of Sumter have only asked - that trains be run on schedule time, which they never do, in order that Sumter's customers may be abie to come here to .rade,, and while we do want more time for them to do their trading, still I do not ,see any nece s? sity for President Wilson to reverse the entire schedule of his entire line and hurt Sumter for asking for that which /the Northwestern railway promises in its schedule but never has delivered; namely, decent accommo? dations for passengers, and a reason? able time limit to travel twenty miles, and time between trains to come up town when the patrons of the North? western railway reach Sumter after having been on the road long enough to go to Savannah, Ga." At the suggestion of Mr. P. I. Man? ning, Chairman Bowman first called upon the visiting gentlement for an expression of their views. Mr. Smyth, from Summerton, stated that he desired to repeat only what he had said before the commissioners in Columbia, and that was to the ef? fect that the present schedule best subserved the interests of the people of Summerton, that they had worked hard to obtain it and that they would put up a good fight before it was changed, unless Summerton was to be "benefitted thereby. A change such as Sumter desired, would give them only one freight and one mail a da;>. and would greatly disturb their freight business. He thought that a change would be damaging to the in? terest of Summerton, Sumter and all other points on the road. Mr. O. C. Scarborough, of Summer? ton, contended that he wanted a train that could come to Sumter without such great and seemingly unneces? sary delays. The schedule as pub? lished by the road provides for a stay in Sumter of three hours, whereas the patrons of the road rarely have more than- 40 minutes in which to at? tend to their business affairs in Sum? ter. He desired good. passenger ser? vice. Mr. R. C. Richardson, Jr., said that the passenger service on the North? western w&s the poorest of the poor, and stated that if the people were en? titled to good passenbger service that he wanted it, and would like to know, how h? could legallay demand it. A letter from Mr. Thomas Wilson was read, which was as follows*. Sumter, S. C., Nov. 13, 1905. Mr. E. I. Reardon, Secretary Chamber of Commerc , Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of 4th instant inviting me to at? tend a meeting to be held in Sumter on the loth instant for the purpose cf discussing a change of schedule on the Northwestern railroad. I would, with pleasure, attend the meeting, but as I leave the State to? night to be away for some days, it is doubtful that I can return in time to he present at the meeting. Some months ago we had c^nes pondence with you about this mat? ter and stated at that time, that the schedule put in effect was the mest satisfactory that we could operate. This schedule gives passengers three hours in Sumter between trains and this seems ample time for their pur? poses. We could operate a train out from Wilson's Mill to connect with No. 52 at Sumter, running on through to Camden, and, returning, connect at Sumter with No. 53, but we could not make No. 53 connection with Ithis train at both Sumter and Wilson's Mill. This arrangement, you will see, would upset the present mail,express and passenger connections and would prove most unsatisfactory to all pat? rons. It would be necessary that trains run through from Wilson's Mill to Camden as the run to Wilson's Mill from Sumter would be too much for one crew to double, and this would necessitate the keeping of the j crew over at Wilson's Mill and at ! Camden, and make no connections j save with No. 52 and No. 53 at Sum . ter. Summerton is the largest town j on the line of our road, Wilson's Mill . to Sumter, and we have on several I occasions stated to the people of Sum ! merton that if they desired a change ; of schedule and would submit the j proposed change, that we would give their request due consideration. Af , ter much thought and attention, I jam of the opinion that our present j schedule is the most desirable one to ! operate, for the interests of Sumter j ?.nd all concerned. Our earning do ?not justify the putting on an addition? al crew and an additional train and i the present schedule appears to give ali the patrons of the road ample time , for the transaction of their business without serious inconvenience, but as you state that representatives from tho different stations between [Wil? son's Mill and Sumter will be present at this meeting, I shall be pleased to iiive due consideration t<> any sugges? tions made by them as to a change of chedule. I would not, however, maka any change without first having an ex? pression from the people between Sumter and Camden as I am con? vinced that a change would be un? satisfactory with them and. in my opinion. Would operate against the interests of the city of Sumter. Yours truly. Thomas Wilson, President. Mr. O'Donnell informed the visit ng gentlemen that all Sumter desired was a schedule that would give per? sons who desire to trade here suffic? ient time in which to transact their business. He did not want a schedule that would operate against any point on the road. The subject of a convenient sched? ule was debated for a long time by noa.:- every gentleman present, and it was not long before it was evident that ii was impossible to arrange a schedule suitable to all. and that an enforcement of the present schedule was the best solution of the problem. Tho commissioners were anxious and willing to do all in their power to make an agreeable adjustment o J the entire affair, hut they were pow? erless to act until the gentlemen rep? resenting the diversified interest of the several cities .could reach an agreement among themselves. They have concluded, however, to make Mr. Wilson run his trains on schedule time, and if they succeed in accomplishing this, everyone will be highly elated. The meeting adjourned at 2:30 o'clock. DAM?X AXD PYTHIAS. The Great Pythian Drama to Be Re? produced. "Damon and Pythias" which was played here with great success by local talent ten years ago? will be re? produced for the benet of Game Cock Lodge on December 7tb. A majority of those who took part in the former production will be in the cast for the reproduction andan artistic and drama? tic success is asured. The leading roles will be played by Messrs. H. D. Moise, Bartow Walsh, C. M. Hurst, Mrs. B. M. Lebby an? Mrs. A. S. Ledbetter. Mr. H. C. H?ynsworth will act as stage manager and Dr. Walter Cheyne will have geueral sup? ervision of the play and the arrange? ments therefor. HIS FOOT CRUSHED. Terrible Accident to Mr. Preston E. Tisdale. From The Daily Item Nov. 16. One of the worst and most careless ! accidents that has ever occurred in i Sumter happened at the Atlantic Coast Line depot this morning. Mr. [ Preston E. Tisdale, car inspector for the railroad, while engaged in bis nsual work of making an exami? nation of the cars that came into tbe yard, li ell a victim to the carelessuesa of a fellow employee of the company. A freight had just come into the yard at about 9 o'clock, and while Mr. Tisdale was in between two box cars, acting within the scope of his duty as inspector, the engine was signalled forward by a flagman, and Mr. Tisdale's foot was horribly crush? ed. He was removed to the Sumter Hospital for attention, and his in? juries were of such a severe nature as to make it necessary to amputate the foot above the ankle. Mr. Tisdale is suffering greatly from both his wound and snock, and it will be many days before he is able to leave the hospital. HOW MR. TISDALE WAS HURT. In looking over the Sumter Daily Item this morning of yesterday's date I noticed account of accident to Mr. Preston Tisdale, which is incorrect and would ask you in justice to all concerned to publish correct account as follows: Mr. Tisdale was coupler on yard engine (and not car inspector as re? port states) nor was it carelessness on the part of any of his fellow work I 1 men, but Mr. Tisdale went in between was caught under wheel and mashed, j and gave the signal to go ahead which ! signal switchman passed to engineer and failing to uncouple car when en? gine started ahead Mr. Tisdale's foot was caught under wheel and mashed which was regretted by every man on the work; and I will be glad if you state these facts in justice to the yard crew on Sumter yard. Yours very truly, W. Li. Gregg, Jr., Yard Master A. C. L. Sumter, S. C., Nov. 17, 1905. How's This? We offer one hundred dollars re? ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and fmacially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale ?Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the blooa and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price. T5c. per botle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. 11-18-lm A BOY SUICIDES. Charlie Hodge Kills Himself in a Ci cen Street House. . From The Daily Item Nov. 16. j Charlie Hodge, a white boy about j IS years old. shot himself through j the head with a revolver about 2 o'clock today at the house of Madge j Patterson. HS Creen ; ti cot. He placed the barrel of the revolver iu his r;??ht nostril and ;.u!io I the trig? ger, the bullet passing through the head from front to ba; k. Death was almost instantaneous. Tho woman, Madge Patterson, was j in the room at the time, ouz was en? gaged in sewing and was not paying jany attention to what the hoy was doing. She says that ne nulle i open a bureau draw and took out the re volver and a few minutes .atar said to her that he believed he would shoot himself. Slie waj no: looking I at him when he made the remark, hut told him to put up the pistol and quit his foolishness. She went on sewing and in the course of a few minutes Charlie repeated his remark about shooting himself several times and said once he haa a notion to shoot her too. She thought he was just pranking and did not take thc trouble to look around to see what he ws.s doing. Then she heard tho pistol dis? charged and turning around she saw Charlie reel and fail to the fi o or. A doctor was called at once, but nothing could be done for the boy. as he was dead before the doctor ar? rived. Coroner Flowers was notified and held an inquest at once. The verdict of the jury was that Charlie Hcd?e came to his death by a gun shot wound inflicted by his own hands. 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 ail druggist.' Commander J. A. H. Nickles has. taken charge of the Charleston Navy Yard as commandant. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. ?Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy* and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless ? mitations have similar sounding ?ames. Beware of them. The gen? uine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and re ufse anv substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. Du? rant's Pharmacy A $20,000 bank will be established at Townsville, Anderson county, which is ten miles distant from any railroad. Sells More of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy than of All Others Put Together. ?Mr. Thos. George, a merchant at Mt. Elgin, Ontario, says: "I have had he local agency for Chamberlain's Toughs Remedy ever since it was in? troduced into Canada, and I sell as much of it as I do of all other lines I ave on my shelves put together. Of the many dozens sold under guaran? tee, I have not had one bottle return? ed. I can personally recommend this medicine as I have used it myself an'1 given it to my children and always with the bestresults." For sale by all Druggists. Checks Consumption Cures Indigestion $1.00 at your dealer's. "We supply a sample bottle free. Write today sure. Checkers Medicine Co. Winston-Salem. N. C. PEKKYROYAL PIUS 13 .-/^Cv Or-ijrlnal nn<l Only Genuine. ,>Sfc<rV8AFE. Alvar-reliable Ladle?. a*k Dn:rri?t ,nr CmCHJ?TEirS ENGLISH la Ii":? art &u!'? T.*tall ie bon-., ?eald ftf'n *,'th ri!*T. Tusona other. Rc rune OVik V.M, Rcneoron* Snhfttltutfan* and Ira lt? ~ ?T tl.'n*. i' i? M your D-J.-.-?-?. cr <*o.i 4o. rn \ v* KM Mi-t "llcrf??? fnr l?a?!!e?,""* i>??r. bjr re -\ y m <?m >.'H>1. I u.o..<. iV'fitiwniaU. s '-n.i "_., ~~~ i.V. -. ? h!.-!<?-?trr ? ht-nitriu C*^ No appetite, loss of strength, nervous? ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol cures indigestion. This new discov? ery represents the natural juices of diges? tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy cures all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Eaii. of Ravens-wood. W. Va., says: " I was troubled with sour str.mach for twenty years. Kodol cured me and we are now using it in milk for baby." Kodol Digests What You Eat. Bottles only. $1.00 Size holding 2}6 times the trial size, wnich sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. C. OeWITT & CO.. CHICAGO. For Sale by all Druggists. flore Horses and Males and Better ----^Horses and Mules?= Two carfully selected carl ; o's ju>t in They are right, the price is right and thev need s him badi v. A full line of Buggies, V\'a o ann j ar: ess always on hand, I sell [Le celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Respectfully, uesday ?rv Two Oa,x* 3La OF CHOICE Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot. Booth Live Stock Gt A FAIR PROPOSITION. If you have PROPERTY FOR SALE, it is my business to sell it for you. But in order to make the sale, I must have the matter in business shape. Write me for Description Blank, sign the contract on the back of same, and return to me. If the price given is reason? able, I will advertise and sell the property for you. The contract I wish you to sign is as follows : The State of South Carolina, County of Sumter. r.hereby list for sale the within described property with R. B. Belser for a period of.months from date and authorize him to negotiate a sale for same at the rate of.dollars per acre or.dollars for the whole property, on terms as follows: And further agree that during the period herein above mentioned, I will not offer the said property to any one at a price lower than that above specified, nor on terms more favor? able than above authorized, and that I will refer all applicants to K. B. Belser: Provided it is understood and agreed, that I shall have the privilege of revoking the authority above 4 conferred after having given thirty days written notice of such intention ; but no attempted withdrawal will be effective under this agreement without such previous notice. And further, in case of sale made by R. B. Belser. or through any agency employed by him, whether through personal solicitations, by advertising or otherwise: or if he basin any way contributed to a sale of said property, even though concluded by myself, I agree to pav to said R. B. Belser. as compensation for his services in affecting the sale.per cent, commission on the purchase price for said property, to be paid to him immediately up? on the receipt of the first installment paid in by the purchaser of the said property. Witness my hand and seal this.day of.190 In the presence of: .[Seal! .[Seal] I HAVE DEMAND for several NICE FARMS, E. g : A10 horse farm in high state of cultivation in good community. ATTORNtY-AT-LAW ry ry O CI CPD REAL E8TATE BR0I(ER? HARBY B4.G COURT SO K. ?>. OJCLStlK, PHONE NO. 309. DALZELL MERCANTILE C0.% Dalzell, S. C. Come to Dalzell and call on us for your Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods and ^ Notions. Just recived full line of Windsor and other fancy candies, put up in 1 and 1=2 lb. boxes. Prices 75c. per lb. i SPECIALTIES : Fresh Cream Cheese, fresh Butter, Macaroni, Evaporated Apples, best Columbia River Salmon, Can Peaches and Oysters, and, also, Evaporated Cream. ^