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THE WHISKEY PURCHASES. Commissi oner Tatum Makes a State? ment About Board. Columbia. Nov. 23.-Commissioner Tatum was seen at tbe dispensary to? day in regard to the statement of Chairman Evans as published the oth?r day. It will be recalled that tne interview stated that the impress sion had gotten out that Commission? er Tatura was holding down the beard as to pnrcbases. Mr. Tatum said this morning that this was the first he knew ^ of such an impression. The board.^he thought, was very conserva? tive-this year and their purchases were made entirely independent of his office except that he was often con suited as to the goods bought. There was also a statement as re? gards the increase in the number of laborers now at "tb c. wholesale dispen? sary. This is doe to the new bottling plant which now turns ont nearly all of the whiskey except the very high class brands The whiskey is now nearly all South Carolina made so far as the bottling is concerned and while there have been more employes it is because the work is done in this state and the money kept at hom? instead of being sent to Baltimore, Cincinnati or other places. ? Every Ounce You Eat. ?Every ounce of food you eat that ,* fails to digest does a pound of harm. It'turns the entire meal into poison. This not only deprives the blood of ie necessary tissue-building mate? rial, but it poisons it. Kodol Dyspep? sia Cure is a perfect digestant. It di gests the food regardless of the condi? tion of the stomach. It allows that organ to rest and get strong again. Relieves belching, heart burn, sour tomacit, indigestion palpitation of the ^heart, etc. Sold by all druggists. TO REMOVE Freckles and Pimples UV TEX DAYS, USE NADINOLA THE COMPLEXION BEAUTIFIER. (Formerly advertised and sold as SATINOLA. j No change in formula or package. The name only has been changed to A-avoid confusion, as we cannot afford ^to have so valuable preparation con? fused with any other.) XADINOLA is guaranteed, and mon? ey will be refunded in every case where it fails to remove freckles, & pimples, liver spots, collar discolora Ations, back-heads, disfiguring erup J^tions, etc. The worst cases in 20 days Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy, and restores the beauty of youth. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Sold in each city by all leading druggists, or by mail. * Prepared -only by ff National Toilet Co., Paris, Tenn. Sold in Sumter by China's Drus Store and leading druggists. Mon-Thurs-Sat-Wkly. THE NAD?NOLA G!PL THE "BOSS" COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST, STR0K6EST, BEST THC MURKAY GINNING SYSTEM Gins, Feeders, Condensers, Etc. GIBBER MACHINERY CO. Colombia, S, C. "He Lamest ffl? Most Cuplets ? . Is?aiilistat Mi Geo. S. flacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORSj SASflj BUNSSj Moulding & Building r o fan o ? office dad W*rerooni3, K?Q& oppc?i?s Cs? CHARIiSSTCr?j S. C? ?3?~ Pr.rrsa^ 0'?r make, chico wc gsarant? sappier ?o a?j sold South, aad tborefcj a?>?? rr.oncs. Wisden and Fancy Glsss a Spsc?ait? October IS -o THE PANAMA CANAL. j The Report of thc Consulting Engi I neers Favors Sea Level Pian. j Washington, November 19.-The board cf consulting engineers of the Isthmian Canal commission have ! decided to substituto Busseis for Paris as the meeting place tor the foreign members next January. Tne reason for this decision is that Brussels is ! more convenently situated -for several of the members. The American en? gineer, who will go to Brussels wit i ~tb? documents to be sigecd bas net yet been chosen. During this week a committee cf three members of the board, with Gen. Davi9 as their chairman, will make a rough draft of the final report, which will then have to be worked out in detail and is ex pected to be ready about the end of December. The sea level canal, which has been voted upon by the members will have- a width at the bottom of 150, feet, except in the Culebra cut, where trat width will be two bundrtd feet. The greater width in the Cule? bra cut is necessary to allow two ships to pass each other safely between the high banks of the canal, which will be formed by the very deep excava? tion. The plan as adopted by the board would make Limoh Bay one of the greatest harbors of the world. Al? most through the middle of the bay a breakwater will be built from San Christobal, which is America terri? tory, thereby leving Colon, whjch be? longs to the Republic of Pnm, out? side of the American canal works. Under the plan as adopted by the board, San Christobal is expected to become the chief city of the Atlantic side of the canal, ano the promontory on which arises the statue of (.Colum? bus "Will be covered with official buildings, docks, coaling stations and all the works necessary for an impor? tant harbor. The canal constructs by the French begins at San Christobal. It is now proposed by the board to build a short direct canal from Midi to Limou Bay, thereby making the distance shorter by a few hundred yards and also facili? tating navigation and makiner it possi? ble for ships to sail into the canal without hating to make any difficult turns. The breakwaters necessary for thc formation of this harbor of San'Chris? tobal will be an item of great expense. ?They were the subject of lengthy discussions in the meeting of the board. They would have^been neces? sary, however, in case a lock canal had been chosen. On the Pacific side at Panama the plans as adopted yesterday are also different from those of the French Canal Company. The French canal ends at La Boca, and it was found as one of the difficulties that the Rio Grande with its many barnches crosses the canal, and in the rainy season inundates it and dees great damage to the works already constructed by the French. Therefore it was decided that the canal should be built nearer to the city of Panama and should run between tcjhills, one called Sosa and the other the well known Aucon. Ancon is the higher of the two. On it the American hospitals are built and it is one of the most healthy places on the Isthmus. At this place the one lock,uecessitatedthrough the difference in the tides of the Atlantic and Paci? fic, will be built This lock, however, will not retard the progress of ships through the canal. In the first place ships coming from the Pacific will have to stop some time anyway to be visited by health offices and other au? thorities and furthermore during a large part of the day this" lock will be entirely opec as the levels of both oceans will be equally high., At the Panama side no plans have as yet been made foi breakwaters. The pian for constructing a leek canal at thirty feet altitude were never discussed and from the beginning the beard was divided into two groups of eight and five members one in favor of the sea level pain and the other in farvor of a lock canal. A compromise plan was never brought up at any time. It can be authoritatively reiterated that none of the foreign delegates to the board came here with specific in? structions from their Governments. The members of the board came here at the bidding of the United States and their Governments gave them a long leave of absence so that ther might give their services to this coun? try sending them without any instruc j tions whatever. Thny will leave I Washington by next Sundav and stay a few days in New York before leaving for Eurone. On Tuesday night next Gen. Davis chairman of the board of consulting engineers, will entertain the foreign delegates at a farewel dinner at bis j home. The cost of the sea-level canal is es- j timated by the engineers at about 8*2:30,000,000. Although this amount seems much larger than the amount necessary for the construction of the lock canal, ifc is claimed by the advo? cates of the sea level plan to be in reality comparatively slightly higher. It was pointed out in the meetings of the board that a lock canal would nec? essitate between 830.000.000 and ?10, 000,000 as payment for pi vate grounds and the lands belonging to the Re? public of Panama, which would be inundated by the construction of the leek system. This item in the view of the majority of the board is entire? ly done way by the adoption of the sea-level canal. As for the time it will take to con? struct the sea level canal several mem? bers of the board today expressed the opinion that the construction of the sea level canal will not, in reality, take so very much more time than tuat of the lock canal, and that if no unexpected difficulties are met with it should not require more than two or three yeais additional. The locks would have been so larne, in their view, that even the drawing of the plans for them would have taken con? siderably more t!;an a year and the building of cement constructions calls for a higher class of workmen than the ordinary laborers used for che digging of the canal. Tho tropical conditions of the isthmus, tha sea lfn-el people contend also militare more against this class of labor. 1 be majority of the engineers take thy position that the bnilding of the sea-lev? I canal should noe take more than 15 y< s It is expected t!?at ships wijl be able to ?-o through the canal under their own power. When two ships j will have to pass each other in the I canal, one will have to stop and wait to alluw free navigable -.cnditions J or tiie iadiviaual su ip in the rtstrict ed Sluice. [NIGHT IX A MARCONI STATIOX. Watching the Process of Transmit? ting Messages from thc Sea. A night in the Marconi long dis? tance wireless telegraph station at ?South W^ellfleet, on Cape Cod, is a nighs spent in a realm of wonder?. It is a night cf mysterious sights and sounds emanating from things that are little known, from thing that are in advancce of the age. Even the men who are employed there, whose duty it is to receive and transmit these wonderful, winged air messages over vast stretches of gray sea, have never become accustomedgto the wende r" to the Mystery of it all, and the impres? sion one gets of them at their work is that of a band of men daly sensible of the fact that they are in close touch with perhaps the greatest dis? covery of all time. The band of wonder-workers at South Wellfieet numbers eight men. They are the manager, Mr. Paget : an assistant manager; Mr. Bangay, chief assistant electrician; two cpera atcrs trom the wireless telegraph school at isabylon L. I. ; an engineer, and old "Cap'n Bill," late of the salt seas, whose duty it is to guard the inclosajre and to see that strangers not properly accredited do not enter the Marconi preserves. For there are rival wireless telergaph companies, and Marconi has secrets that some of them would like to have. It is not a large place, this myster? ious operating room, where the opera? tor now begins his work of talking to vessels far out at sea, and every inch of space is utilized. There are mys? terious tanks of oii, and sheets of zine, and strange appliances and tele? graph keys and sounders, and the like, and the concrete floor is covered ad with rubber mats which wind in and out among the apparatus in ways as devious as those of a labyrinth. Suddenly a little brazen hell clangs cat a warning that some vessel wishes to talk. Far ont at sei, in the dark? ness, 1,000 miles or more away, some man has pressed a key, a spark has shot to the masthead wires, and then another and another-each spark starting in shoreward flight, dots and dashes which, i>eing caught on the overhead wire? have been sucked down into the^ operating roora of the station, clanging the brazen bell in their coarse and then flashing through various appliances designed to record them, in the shape of sound, on tlie telegraph instrument. The message is from the captain of the Umbria, and strangs it seems to hear, as it were, a voice from the deep. Even tho operator has never got over the novelty of this. Here is the message: "Report ail well. High bead seas. Nasty tonight Sighted a derelict in mid-ocean, spok? the Deutschland." Then comes messages from the passengers to friend-! and relatives a3hore, and the mental impressions all this arouses among the attaches of the station are ever the same, night after night; thei' minds are carried far out over the dark ocean, out iuto the in? visible beyond, and they picture the gieat liner rolling ber lonely way among the gray-backed combers, the cabin light flickering fitfully over the waters, the officers on the bridge in their oilskins, with eyes straining for unseen dangers anead. ANOTHER STATE HOUSE ROW. State House Commission to Settle a Dispute About Cases. Columbia, Novembper 23.-There is a promise of a controversy over the metal cases that are now being in- i stalled -in the secretary of state's I office that will have to be settled by ! the state house commission at a meet- I ing Friday. Yesterday, afternoon while the workmen were installing the cases arranged for the office Secretary Gantt stopped them and insisted that the work wait until the commission cocld be called together. The work was finally stopped and the commis? sion was officially notified of the ac? tion of the secretary of state. Mr. Gantt said today that the cases were not suitable for his cffic9 and that none cf the large books could go in the cases without the partitions being removed. Re said that he had, at the re? nest of the historical commission, giv^n up one of his rooms, but that unless the large grant books, several hundred years old, ~ere taken out of his office he would not have norn to work his force properly. Be had no fault to find with the commission, be said, because they had ?sent for him when they purchased the cases and ac? cepted his plans for the c-ir-es. The plans had been changed without his knowledge and the cases now being installed were unfit for use. The cases were purchased by the commission for the offices of secretary of state, comptroller general and sec? retary of the historical commission. Each outfit cost 82,500. 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 skin diseases. For sale by all drug? gists. j General Superintendent Baker will 'leave the Southern to accept more im? portant position with another road. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. *Foley & Co.. Chicago, originated Honey ami Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the grent 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? ni:'!" Foley^l Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and re ufse anv substitute., it is tho best remedy for coughs and colds. Du : ant's Phacnmcy. A. C. IJ. ELECTIONS. j T. Emmerson, Formerly Fourth Vice President, Elected President, Vice IL T. Erwin, Resigned. Richmond, Va , Nov. 21.-At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line today T. M. Emerson of Wii<?>int?cn, N. C,. was _ elected president; vice R, T. Erwin, resigned. Mr. Emerson was formerly fourth vice president and traffic manager. He succeeded Mr. Erwin cn the board of directors. All the other officers abd directors were reelected. Alex Hamilton, former second vice president, was promoted to he first vice president. C. S. Gadsden was promoted from third to second vice president. J. R. Kenly was made third vice president. A dividend of 3 per cent, was declared on the stock, placing it on a 6 instead of a 5 per cent, basis. The annual report showed an increase in mileage, gross and net receipts. President Emerson started with the road as a clerk in the freight offices in Wil jmington, N. C., at 875 per mouth. The Atlantic Coast Line directors today elected George B. Elliott of this city assistant general manager of the company, with headquarters at Wilmintgon, N. C. He will take charge of his new office December 1. THE DISPENSARY FIGHT. Chief Justice Pope Grants Restraining Order to Prevent Closing Green? ville Dispensary. Columbia, November 23.-A new move was made yesterday in the legal fight the object of which is to prove that the "Brice /law" is unconstitu? tional. In the litigation . which has started prior to this time the attempt has been made to have reopened the dispensaries which have already been closed. The new move means that an attempt will be made to prevent the dispensaries from being closed at all. At Newberry last night Chief Jus? tice Pope at chambers granted a tem? porary injonction restraining the connty board from closing the dispen? sary until the board could show cause why the dispensaries in that county should be closed. The date set for the return to the order is December 4th at 10 o'clock a. m., before the Supreme Court in Columbia. By that it will be seen that the dispensaries in Greenville will be kept open for at least another fortnight. Mr. R. H. Welch, representing the firm of Bellinger & Welch, presented the complaint to Chief Justice Pope last night and received the temporary restraining order. Mr. Bellinger, who was seen at his office last night, was asked the direct question if his firm had besn employed by the State dis? pensary to bring this systemtic fight against the "Brice law.". He stated that he had been asked the same qnes ton many times and he bas bat one answer, an empatie denial. However, he dd not mention the names of his clients as that was immaterial insofar as it is not the State board by whom the firm is employed. In this particular case Lon is R. Cox, a citizen and taxpayer of Green? ville county, is named as the plaintiff and the respondents are James Hod? ges, J. A. Harris and E. D. Cox, the members* cf the connty board of that county. It is all?gea that the plaintiff bas in school in that county grandchildren to whose snpport he contributes and that the closing of the dispensaries under the operations of the Brice law would mean that the schools of that county would be dis? criminated against in the distribution of school funds, as the surpius fund is cut off entirely by the law. The complaint urges the same char? ges against the law as were specified in th9 case to compel the reopening of the Newberry dispensary, viz. that it is unconstitutional to assess a special tax of y? of a mill to assits in the enforcement of a general and State law. And that this is special legislation and is depriving a citizen of his pioperty without his consent. Don't Be Deceived. *Do not be deceived by counterfeits when you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The name of E. C. DeWitt & Co. is on ev ry box of the genuine. Piles in their worst form will soon pass away if you will apply Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve night and morning. Best for cuts, burns, boils, tetter, eczema, etc. Miss H. M. Middleton, Thebes, 111., says: .'I was seriously afflicted with a fevei ore that was very painful. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me in a few days." Sold by all druggists. - I--, In Sumter Every Claim is Backed by Lo? cal Testimony. If the reader want? stronger proof than the following statement and experience of a resident of Sumter, what can it be ? Geo. Ingram, farmer, well-known In Sum? ter, says: *T believe you have a most valua? ble medicine for backache, for I never bad anything do me so much good as Dean's Kid? ney Pills which I procured at Dr. A. J. China's Drug Store. My back has caused me a lot of suffering: I did not know that it was my kid? neys but thought I had malaria all through my bones for they ached so. The aching ex? tended all up and down my bark clear into my shoulders and down my legs. I do not think I liad a spot about me where the pain did not strike and every once in a while I had a dull gnawing kind of a pain across the smail of my hack and then again sharp shoot? ing pains all over. I used numerous rem? edies and make-shifts but found nothing to do mt- any good. Thc kidney secretions be? came dark and strong and looked like liver when left to stund and gel cold. They wet 'too frequeni in action and disturbed my r.--.! nights. The first night after ! used !>>>ai!'-. Kidney Pills I told my wife 1 felt bet? ter. I Ihcugfcl ; i might be imagination un? til af ter using the pi i !N :t couple of days when ! knew tee pains were lessened and the se? cretions f:?'i:: thc kidneys soon ceased to an loy me as they formerly did: I have v.<n had . r turn of the uciih : and pain since I used I loan's Kidm y r;i?>."' For sale by ???!! dealers. Price 50 cents 'oster-Milbufn Co.. Hu??alo.N. V.. sole agents "or ' hC Tidied Si MI Remember ;?;'" name Donn's-and take no >tker. -> WJ. BOW Prest C. W. BOSNIER, Sec. S Treas The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Sumter? S. C. ^?^?^Capital Stock $50,000?*??*^?* Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ers and Farmers5 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' Supples, 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. Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY 1 MORPHINE! CIGARETTE I ALL DR?C AAD TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. | HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS. atlantic Coast Line. Effective August 6, 1905. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter? Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am " 54 Columbia to Wilmington 44 8 10 am " *77 Florence to Sumter 44 9 20 an? *57 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 SID 41 52 Charleston to Greenville Leaves 9 31 am " 46 Orangebnr?rtoCharleston?Tnesd'yjThursd^Sauird'y) " 9 35 am 44 *78 Sumter to Lucknow Leaves 9 10 amt ?? *77 Lucknow to Sumter Arrives 6 CO pm? 44 53 Greenville and Colombia to Charleston 44 6 30 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence 44 6 30 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson 44 6 50 pm " *78 Sumter to Florence Leaves 7 lo pm " 47 ChRrla^lontoCrangebnra; (Tnetfd'y,Tht?rFd?y,Satu.Jy) 44 8 20 pm ' 55 Wilmington to Columbia M y 35 pm " 78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am <4 77 Bishopville to Sumter Arriv?e 6 00 rm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville . . ? ^-. * 15 ss? 44 *r.) Sumter to Robbins l e: v.- 10 00 am " ? *20 Robbins to Sumter - 7 '<lc? " *25 Kar?svi?e to Sumter - s) 10 psr Northwestern Ballway, Train *70 Ca:r.cbr. to Sumter . c 9 ;'>' ': *7: Sumter to Camden jijares 36 sm " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 'J) FK " *72 Wilson Mi? to Sumtei Arrives II? SO pm 44 *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill ;Leaves 3 30 pir, ? Sn cter to C:im?e?i 31 pas Train? m&rJ:? i *. ? ii > es? ?pt v? v. :y ; r.u o-?ter .r<::.>. usu;. For earths* information, apply to X T. CHINA, Ticlx?t Agent ?. CL u?