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SUMTER DISTRICT. Quarterly Conferences, 1606, H. B. Browne, Presidias Elder. Camden, December 31. Jordan at Jordan, January 6, . Manning, January 7. Bethany, at" St "Matthews, January A .14. Bishopville, January 14, 15. Richland, at Mill Creek, January 20, 21. Kew Zion, at^Pine Grove, Januarv 7/28. Lynchburg, at Lynchburg, January rs,: 29. ieath Springs, at Hanging Rock, february 3, 4. wm Make You NEWMOYW [Ctetitfrom. your druggist, or write fear free sample bottle. Don't delay. I Checiors Medicine Co.Wmston-Salen?, N. C ee. S. fia?er & Son --M AK?PACT?RSES OP 8808^ SASf^ BUNSSj Moulding & Building office da l VTarerooms, King, apposite Cst gt ;* noa Street, If ; CHARLESTON, &. C, RpW Parcfcaw* oar make, ?hieb we gnaraaU Hp 8ctpcrior to any sold South, and J thereby pare money. IjBb&H? and Fancy Sass a Specialty ? October 16-o iff?' * ps I MS*x S* - . - -TOR'S ENGLISH ? |^???'3a^?;in 1 , luMt?le box?. *??e4 3 ? & ^W?t I -^?S*?01?* Kcfcwc ? ?T WB8^ -a?*t?tnt?on? and Irait? ? / m ??*?V jw Dro??fat. ar ?tod 4?. >s Kershaw, February 4, 5. Providence, at McLeod's, February 10, ll. St. John and Rembert, at Saiem, ?February ll, 12. I Pinewood, at Paxville, February^ 17, J18. j Santee, at Summerton, February [IS, 19. Oswego, at Mayesville, February ? 24. 25. ? Sumter, February 25. The Sumter District Conference ! -will be held at Bishopville April 25 to ! 29, 1906. Sickening, Shivering Fits . * Of ague and malaria can be relieved j and cured with Electric Bitters. This : is a pure, tonic medicine, of special ! benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true ! curative influence on the disease, driv i lng it entirely out of the system. It is \ much to be preferred to quinine, hav ' ing none of this drug's bad after-ef? fects. E. S. - Munday, of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My brother. Was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saved his life. At all druggists; orice 50c, guaranteed.* W< -; The Carolina Water Power Com , pany, Controlling water and light j franchises in Florence, Darlington j and Marion, has absorbed the Rock j Hill Water, Light and Power Compa . ny. and will take charge january 1st. ; Messrs. R. T. Fe well and J. M. Cherry, formerly the largest stock? holders, retain a small interest in the property. Mr. S. T. Frew, manager at Rock Hill for the old company, will I go to Florence with the new concern. Tkere In Your Reason Why* Ia those three words is the whole teeret of this wonderful Cure for" colds, sore throat, croup, pneumonia--all diseases that spring from colds. It ?roes ?c. Rub Gowan's Pncunfonia Gore over chest or throat-and forget it. Next day you're well. You don't have to wait until a sticky mess is digested. It works wonders at once. Gowan's Pneumon?a Cure is the great household remedy for all the "cold" ills, BEAD WHAT NEIGHBORS SAY ? - 'T have used Gowan's Pneumonia Car*: for eclds-and croup With most gratifying rcsnits. It gives inmediate and penni? j neat relief. t'?sv. N. C. YSAXBT, -, "Hillsboro, N. Cn "I have used Gowan's Pneumonie. Care with splendid, results for coughs, colds and severe pains ia chest and lungs. It never fails to relieve. "Jvo. P. SCOTT, " Greensboro, N. C.* AH druggists sell Gowan's. Regular bottks, $1.00. Croup size, 25 cents. By mail, if desired.Gowan- Medical Co.. Durham* KC._ j INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. I _ ! Of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M. I Oyster Supper. The officers elected hy Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M., for the year 1906 were duly installed in the Ma? sonic Temple Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. ! The officers are as follows: Worshipful Master-George L. Ricker. . Senior Warden-L. I. Parrott. Junior Warden-C. P. Osteen. Treasurer-Abe Ryttenberg. ! Secretary-W. F. Rhame. Senior Deacon-S. M. McLeod. Junior Deacon-J. G. DeLorme. Stewards-B. F. Estridge and D . C. Stephenson. . After the installation exercises were over the lodge adjourned to the Sum? ter restaurant where a delightful oys? ter supper was . served, the same being given by the newly elected officers. A Grim Tragedy * Is daily enacted in thousands of homes, as death claims, in each ene, anocher victim of consumption or i pneumonia. But when coughs and j. . . dolds are properly treated the tragedy is averted. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklan don, Ind., writes: "My wife had the consumption, and .three doctors gave her up. Finally she took Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, which cured her, and today she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all diseases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed at 50t*. and $l'by all druggists. Trial bottle free. How to Treat Your Town. Improve it Talk about it Trade at home. Tell of its^business resources. Tell -of its natural advantages. Trade* and induce others to trade here. When strangers come to town use them well. Don't call your best friends frauds and imposters. Support the local institutions that benefit your town. Look ahead of yourself when all the town is to be considered. Don't forget you live on the people here, , and you should help others as they help you. Don't advertise in the local paper "to help the proprietor," but to help yourself. Let's get together and keep things moving, bustling all the time; cheer? fully keeping .a stiff upper lip, wait? ing for the good time coming for the old town. Let's try it Do it now. Exchange. 4? Review of Reviews Cosmopolitan . Woman's* Home Companion The Watchman and Southron Regular Price lil Pfc tor a Limit For all to One Address. We are very fortunate in being able to arrange with the publishers of these three well known magazines to offer a subscription for the coming year at th s sensa? tional, price. We have decided to let our racers have the lull advantage of tha r^duc rion and to cut the price of the Watch:nan,and Southron as well, in order to get quick? ly a large body of paid-in-advance subscribers. You ask how is this offer possible if the three magazines have a fixed value and are not like the commodities usually offered at bargain prices. * THE EXPLANATION. It is well known to eveiy one in business that in fixing a selling price there must be added to the manufacturing cost the cost of marketing. The cost of marketing a magazine is a big item, and these th?ee publishing houses decided to unify their efforts to get new readers, making one organization do the work, and divide the cost of marketing by three. That is why this year you can buy three magazines that fit the needs of every home for half price. The Review of Reviews. The Cosmopolitan. Woman's Home Companion. Many other publicatiors are d?sira- A leading magazine for 18 years. QTh? Woman's Homo Companion is ble, and you may prefer this or prefer With the recent change of ownership it for every member of the family. For that fiction and, art publication, but has been improved, it is far better in our bright, earnest, cultured, home? the Review of Reviews is necessary, every respect, ?Dd aims, to be the best loving American woman it is an ideal Substantial American men and women m its field. Every year or BO there's entertainer and helper in a thousand are going to keep up with the times one notable advance in the forward COQgenial ways ; tnt the fathers and and they are going to take the shortest movmnent among the many magazine?. ... , ..... .. cutr-wmch is the Review of Reviews. This year it is the OosmopoUta?. And brothers and pons mm m its perusal by Twelve hundred pictures a year ; de- * this shall be a splendid permanent sue- tne fireside, and the children eagerly partments giving the best that i? m all cess Its gains in news-stand sales and tarn to the pages that are written for the other important magazine* all over in aubscripii.ns have been remarkable, them. the world ; timely and informing ar- Ai.d these are due only to the new life m. " . - . tides, almo*t as fresh and fail of news and real merit. The Cosmopolitan is The 188ue* for the forthcoming year interest as a daily paper ; and Dr. Al- printing WHAT THE PEOPLE will be unique iu conception and exe bert SbaVs interpretation of the pub- WANT. It contains regularly the best cution, rich and varied in contents, lio men, events and issues of the fiction, best spei? 1 articles on timely and brilliant with the finest, most elab mcntb, in "The Progress of the topics and best illustrations that mon- orate and artistic illustrations obtama Woxld.n ey can buy. ble. Don't wait; the offer is good for new and renewal subscriptions. Arrange for your magazine reading now. You are really getting Jhe Watchman and Southron FREE and still saving money on your mag? azines oy accepting this offer, so great is the reduc? tion. Your name and address on this coupon, accompa? nied with $3.50; entitles you to this special price, if order is sent this month. NA MK. POSTOFFICE. STATE. A TRIUMPH OF ENGINEERING. Dream of a Road Across Great Salt Lake Realized at Last. When the first survey of thc Union Pacific railroad came out cf the mouth of Weher ' Canyon, a little southeast of the present city of Ogcen, it found the Great Salt Lake lying across its path westward to a junction with the Central Pacific. Even at that early date some idea of the possibli ties of the later day triumphs of rail? road const ruction, seems to have oc? curred to the engineers of the sur? vey, for they discussed a little, though pcrhaps more jocularly than .serious? ly, ihe feasibility of driving straight across the lake, dr at least across its eastern arm. Of course they gave it up. The idea then was almost chim? erical. There was neither the genius in finance bold enough to undertake a stupendous work nor the traffic to warrant such an expenditure. It may be doubted, too, if there was engi? neering faith equal to the task. So the line was built up through the hills around, the north end of the lake. But that light talk of the early 6 O's was not without its fruit. The idea remained the dream, the hope, the faith, of one of the young men em? ployed in building the Central Pacific. William Hood was of that company of "across the Isthmus"7 pioneers who have made their mark and their fame in the development of California and the Pacific slope. As he worked his way up to the responsible post of chief engineer of the Southern Pacific sys? tem, owner of the old Central Pacific, he never lost sight of the possibility - of that line across Salt Lake. Collis P. Huntington, the master of the Pa? cific railroads, was inclined to think that it might be done, but the time was not yet ripe, the traffic was not heavy enough to justify the expense, and such enterprises were not easy to finance. But after Mr. Hunting? ton' death there came to the head of Southern Pacific affairs a man whose financial ability and boldness matched Mr. Hood. In Mr. Harri man Mr. Hood found a man who sympathized with and believed in his plans, and who was able and willing to prove the money. The times had changed. The day of great and bold enterprises had come? The old era of pinching and often false economy, that let roadbed and rolling stock run down in order to squeeze out an unjustified dividend, was ended. The condition had been reached Where it was only necessary for the engineer to show how the inter? est on the investment could be made to be told to go ahead. Traffic had increased to such a point that opera? tion over the steep and crooked old line was becoming constantly more and more vexations and difficult. Re? lief must be had. Financier agreed with engineer as/to how it could be obtained, and thc" result is the "Lucin Cut-off" as it is called, the line that runs from Ogden straight over Great Salt Lake, which crosses on a trestle nearly tweive miles long and on twen? ty miles of "fill," and over the desert flats, 102 miies in all. to Lucin, where it rejoins the old road. It is a "cut? off" indeed. Forty-three miles in dis? tance are lopped off, heart-breaking grades avoided, curves eliminated, hours of time in transit saved, and untold worry and vexation prevented, at the same time that expenses of operation are reduced more than enough to pay interest on the whole cost twice over.-Century. How to Avoid Pneumonia. ?We have never heard of a single instance of a cold resulting in pneu? monia or other lung trouble when Foley's Honey and Tar has been ta? ken. It not only stops the cough, but heals and strengthens the lungs. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any substitute offered. Dr. C. J. Bish? op, of Agnew, Mich., writes: "I have used Foley's Honey and Tar in three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in every case." Durant's Pharmacy. Soothing and Comforting. ?The soothing and comforting ef? fects of Dewitt's Witch Hadel Salve, when applied to piles, sores, cuts, boils, etc., subdues pain almost in? stantly. This salve draws out the in? flammation, reduces swelling and acts as a rubefacient, thus circulating the blood through the diseased parts, per? mitting or aiding nature to perma? nently remove the trouble entirely. Sold by all druggists. Sheriff Creech . of Barnwell, has sent a bill to Governor Heyward for $52 for expenses incurred in saving the negro Jim Hall from a mob about ten days ago. Perfection Attained. .Perfection can only be attained in the physical by allowing nature to appropriate and not dissipate her own resources. Cathartics gripe, weaken -dissipate, while Dewitt's Little Early Risers simply expel all putrid matter and bile, thus allowing the liver to assume normal activity. Good for the complexion. W. H. Howell, Houston. Tex., says: "For years I have used Little Early Riser Pills in my family. No better pill can be used for constipation." Sold by all drug? gists. ?e T?;e Kind You Have Always Bocglit, and Tvhich. has been in use for over 80 years, has borne tte Signatare cf and has oeen made under his per? sonal supervision six?ce its infancy? Alio wno one to deceive you m this? Ail Counterfeits, Imitations and"Just-as-good"arc b?? Experiments that trifle with and eo^ai?ger the heat iii <? Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment* Casioria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oi}:. Pare? goric, Drops aud Soothing* Syrups, It is Pleasant? Ti* contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Kar<?oticr substance. Its age is its ?jnarant?e. It destroys Yi!<<cm& and allays Feverishness? It cures Diarrhoea and W.in? Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates th? Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children5? Panacea-The 31otiier's Friend, ALWAYS GENUINE CAST Bears the Signature of The Kind Yon Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC eoiTAUft COMPANY, rr MURKAY STREET, new YOUR CITY. W. A. B0WMIN9 Prest G. W. BOSHAMER, Sec. S Treas The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Sumter, g, CL ??^a^Capital Stock $50,000?? mw*mm Wholesale Grocers, Fertilize ersand Farmers' Supplies Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wilt 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 Bankin Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY I MORPHINE] CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC A RD TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. J HABIT. I HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence Rolicr?e* BANK FAILURES IX MEMPHIS. Two Banks Suspend and Cause Some Uneasiness. Memphis, Tenn.. December 27.-An? ticipation cf a b^avy ran on the Mer? chants' Trust Company, ll Madison street, preliminary intimation o* which was given by tho withdrawal of many deposits on Tuesday afternoon, was the immediate canse of the suspension of that bank and the appointment of a receiver today. The American Savinps Bank and Trust Company. 176 South Main street, which is dominated by th? di? rectors of the Merchants' Trust Com? pany, fearing that the failure of the other institution would cause a run on its own deposits, also suspended pay? ment until the affairs ot the Mer? chants' Trust Company shall have been adjusted. The American Savings Bank and Trust Company, it develops, recently absorbed the Mechanics' Sav? ings Bank, at Main and Calhoun streets, aud took charge of the latter company's business. It is stated by the officials of both institutions that the depositors will be fully protected and paid dollar for dollar. A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good. *A. H. Thurnes, a well known coal operator of Buffalo, O., writes: "I have been afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble for years, passing gravel and stones with excruciating pain. I got no relief from medicine until I began taking Foley's Kidney Cure, then the result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust like fine stones and now I have no pain across my kidneys and I feel like new man. It has done me $1,000 worth of good." Durant's Pharmacy. The Original, ?Foley & Co., Chicago, originated J 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 offeredt for the genuine. These worthless imitations have similar sounding: names. Beware of them. The gen? uine 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. An advertisement in The Daily Items s a good investment. Try it. "DR??GT Laxative Fruit Spp Pleasant to take The new laxative. Do? not gripe or nauseate? Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con? stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom~ ach, liver and bowels? Refuse substitutes. Price 500? DURANTS PHARMACY.