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TO ADVERTISE THE STATE, Iff ul lin ot the South Carolina Indus? trial and Commercial Association in Columbio? Columbia, & C., January 23.-Sum? mer had a larger representation than ^Sd even Columbia at a meeting of the South Carolina Industrial and Com? mercial Association, which was held ja the council chamber in the city hall ^at 2 o'clock today. Matters pertinent to the maintenance of the association -and means of deriving revenue for its support are now being thoroughly dis? cussed. The Sumter delegates are greatly in sympathy with the project, and are doing their utmost to insure its permanent establishment The most important work of the or? ganization is to collect data concern? ing the natural advantages and at? tractions that the different cities of ~ihe State offer to those who are seek? ing new locations, and to have that in? formation in such a shape that it can be sent out immediately upon request and without necessitS?ng a long de? lay. In order to accomplish the de? sired results, it is the intention of the >s association to have a State secretary? centrally located, preferably in Colum? bia, and to have him keep in touch .*witfa the secretaries of Chambers of Commerce of all the towns and cities! of the State. The association will work along the line that the united efforts -and combined financial resources of all the cities of the State will accom? plish much more good than separate efforts to advertise by each town and .dty. The delegates are being entertained tonight at a banquet at the Columbia Hotel which is given by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Those who aae attending from Sumter are: Mayor Geo. W. Dick, Aldermen H. D. Bar? nett and P. P. Finn; Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce E. L Reardon, Messrs. J. Lu Alnut, H. G. Hill, J. K. Cresswell, R. I. Manning, J. H. Clif? ton, T. B. Fraser, E. W. Dabbs, J. C. Huger and Geo. D. Levy. The convention was called to order at sJxmt 2 o?clock in the city council - chamber by President W. D. Morgan *x? tfeorge?oT?-n. - .At the request of the ?hair, Secretary John Wood of Green? ville stated the objects of the meet? ing. He reviewed the work done since tte organization in August last; out fined the plans then adopted and spoke of the wonderful . interest the labor of such a short time had created Sn. the outside world. He said the prob? lem now was not what could be done, but how to do it, or in short, what plans should be adopted for taking caire of the work in the manner made necessary by the success up to the present time. At this point, Commissioner E. J. Watson took the floor and spoke feel? ingly of th? organization 'and of the .great work before it. He, also, de? clared that it was now time to raise the money to conduct the association upon its proper basis and that there should be an office in Columbia, with a secretary in charge at all times. He Trent so far as to say he would be j glad to share his office with this offi? cer, give him access to nis data and ^records and assist him in every way possible. President Morgan, Mr. Al? nut, of Sumter, and others showed that they agreed with Mr. Watson and that they had no idea but that the needed funds should and could be "raised. It being suggested that as there was much work ahead, it ^ t^id 1? best to adjourn until afternoon, and accordingly, the convention decid? ed to take a recess until 4:30. In the afternoon the question of finance was the first to come up, and after much discussion it was resolved not only that the association was the most important factor of its kind con? ceived- of in South Carolina in many years, but that the meeting then be? ing held was one of the most import? ant in years. It was decided that a canvass of the State should be made and a r?solu-, lion offered by Mr. L. M. Pinckney of Charleston was adopted, directing that a personal letter signed by the seer*, tary and president of the association iand endorsed by Commissioner Wat json be sent to" each mayor or intend? ant requesting him to endeavor to raise a, certain amount for the work tnrough boards of trades, if such ex? ists, and through town councils and private business houses and citizens inhere commercial bodies do not ex? ist. This will be done at once. Upon motion of Commissioner Wat? son, President Morgan was asked to make a personal visit to many towns and cities in the same cause. This Mr. .Morgan will do and special appoint? ments will be made for him. Mr. Wat? son will accompany him whenever j possible. The sum to be raised was fired at not less than $5,000, and it was tnought by all that the active cam? paign as outlined above would result in raising far more than this amount besides doing a vast amount of good in other respects, as Mr. Morgan is one of the most prominent and influ? ential citizens of the State. His con ? sent to undertake this tour means the assurance of the future of the asso? ciation. This being settled, Mr. Al? nut, of Sumter, asked the privilege of the floor to introduce the following resolution concerning the department of agriculture, commerce and immi? gration. He said: "It would be superfluous for any one to exploit the general good that South Carolina has received from the department of agriculture, commerce and immigration, and especially from the unceasing work of Mr. Watson. We therefore feel duty bound to give honor where honor is due, therefore be it " 'Resolved, That is the pleasure and the sense of the South Carolina Industrial and Commercial Associa? tion to record our appreciation of the ?value of^Mr. Watson's work for the good of the State at large, and to ex ! tend to him our thanks for his efficient work for the interest of the State and his valuable interest in our associa? tion/ " The resolution was adopted with en? thusiasm, Mr. Watson responding hap? pily. Secretary Wood then introduced the following: "Resolved, That the thanks of the association be tendered the Columbia Chamber of Commerce for the gener? ous hospitality extended the delegates to this convention and the assistance It has rendered us in our efforts to se? cure a representative meeting; and, also, that the newspapers of Columbia and other cities of the State be as? sured of the association's appreciation of their sympathy with the cause it is seeking to promote. "Be it resolved, further, That the association acquaint the Columbia city council with its appreciation of its in? vitation to make use of < its rooms, which have added greatly to the pleas? ure of the convention." At this point there were several in? teresting and instructive addresses made, Mr. E. I. Reardon, of Sumter, speaking for a system of authentic re? porting of vital statistics. This ad? dress was ordered copied and sent ta all the commercial bodies in the State. Mr. Alnut, of Sumter, delivered a striking address upon what Sumter has accomplished and was given the thanks of the convention most enthu siastically for the example of adver? tising thus set for other towns. Short talks were also made by Mr. Thack stori, of the Southern railway, Mr. Gaertjens, of the Clyde Steamship company; Mr. Curtis, of the Seaboard Air Line and by President Morgan. The convention adjourned at 7:30, each of those present going away im? bued with the determination to see the association carried forward to the future for which it was intended at the* time of its organization. G. D. L. THE MA.GISTTEATL7S COURT. Cow Litigation-The Case Against Owens and Minis Dismissed. From The Daily Item January 25. Magistrate Harby yesterday after? noon heard the case of Irving A. Keith vs. Eugene Hogan, in claim and delivery proceedings to recover pos? session of a cow. The cow in question had been seized under mortgage by Mr. T. B. Jenkins as the property of Janie Robinson by whom it was mort-* gaged to Mr. Jenkins. M#-. Jekins sold the cow to/satisfy the debt and it was bought by Mr. Hogan. It appears that Janie Robinson had previously mortgaged a cow. to O'Donnell & Co., who had transferred the mortgage to Irving A Keith, the father of Janie Robinson. Keith set up the claim that the cow seized under the Jenkins' mortgage was the same cow previous" ly mortgaged to O'Donnell & Co., al? though the cow mortgaged to Jenk? ins was described in the mortgage as a black cow and in the O'Donnell as a mouse colored cow. The cow seized was described by witnesses as a cow with black sides, mouse colored belly and orange colored back. ; There were suerai nice points of law involved in the case respecting the rule requiring accuracy of de? scription in a mortgage and it was decided that the description in the O'Donnell & Co. mortgage was not sufficiently definite and accurate to make good a prior claim against the Jenkins mortgage, and a verdict was therefore rendered in favor of the de? fendant, Eugene Hogan. The trial of the case of the State vs" Mims and Owens, for assault and bat? tery was set for today. When the hour for trial arrived the prosecution was. not ready to go to trial owing to the^ absence of several witnesses. The de? fense offered to admit as facts a state? ment of what tue absent witnesses would probably testify to, but thc prosecution refused to go to trial on those conditions. Magistrate Harby, therefore, arraigned the defendants and as no one appeared against thom hey were adjudged not guilty ar-1 ,.;.s c.iarged. A Grim Tragedy Is daily enacted in thousands of homes, as death claims, in eacn ene, another victim of consumption or neumonia. But when coughs and 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 Xew 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 50c. and $1 by all druggists. Trial bottle ree. ? MOUNTAINEER LUMBERMEN. i Gang of Men From Balsam Mountain j En Route to Santee River Lumber Mill. From The Daily Item January 24. A gang of 25 or 30 white men whv were on their way to the Santee Rivei Cypress Lumber Mill ' at Ferguson, came in on the 8:20 train from Colum? bia. These men were from the moun? tains around Asheville, N. C., and have been working with the big lumber companies that are operating in the Balsam mountains. A few of them claim Asheville as their home, but all the others are typical North Carolina mountaineers. When they arrived here the boss of the gang was too drunk to take charge of the crew or to take care of himself, for that matter, and the men were stranded and did not know what to do or where to go. They were out of money and had no tickets to their des? tination. In fact one of the. men stated that they had tickets to Colum? bia only and there they had to chip in to pay the fare of the crowd to this point. One of the men sent a telegram to Ferguson to ask for instructions and for the money to take the crowd to the mill and while awaiting a reply they were making themselves as com? fortable as possible in the 'waiting room . The boss of the gang was stretched out on one of the seats sleep? ing off his drunk. The men, most of whom are robust young fellows, wore the regulation lumbermen's dress, and high-topped spiked shoes. All of them had sprigs of balsam stuck in their hat bands. They are familiar with lumbering in a mountainous contry but know noth? ing about getting out timber in the river swamp. They made many in? quiries about the country into which they are going. One of them remark? ed that the man who employed them said it was "a powerful tough ?ttd hard country, and reckoned he didn't tell a lie." The Grip. ?Harriet Howard, of W. 34th street, New York, at one time had her beau? ty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had salt rheum or eczema for years, but nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve." A quick and sure healer for cuts, burns and sores. 25c at all druggists. Messrs. I. A. Ryttenberg and Frank Carr have formed a co-partnership to engage in the business of contracting and building. How to Prevent Billiqus Attacks. ?One who is subject to bilious at acks will notice that for a day or .nore before the attack he is not hun *ry at meal times and feels dull after ating. A dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when these irst symptoms appear will ward or. he attack. They are for sale by all d .-uggists. The activity in real estate circles shows no abatement and it is expected that several large tracts in the out? skirts of the city will soon be divided into building lots. \ Jamacian Lady Speaks Highly of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy. ?Mrs. Michael Hart, wife of the su? perintendent of Cart Service at Kings? ton, Jamaica, Wes? Indies Islands, ays that she has for some years used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for oughs, croup and whooping cough and has found it very beneficial. She has implicit confidence in it anc? would not be without a bottle of it in her home. Sold by all druggists. The office of the water works has been transferred to the city* clerk and treasurer's office, city hall. 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 a new man. It has done me $1,000 worth of good." Durant's Pharmacy. The tax returns for Sumter county will show a remarkable increase this year over previous years. Auditor Wilder says that the increase in valua? tion runs from 50 to 400 per cent. Spoiled Her Beauty. *Before we can sjvnpathize with others, we must have suffered our? selves." Xo one can realize the suf? fering attendant upon an attack ?>f grip, unless he has had the actual ex? perience. There is probably no dis? ease that causes so much physical and mental agony, or which so successful? ly defies medica] aid. All danger from the grip, however, may be avoided by the prompt usc of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Ann mg the tens of housands who have used this remedy, not one case has ever been reported that has resulted in pneumonia or that has not recovered. For s;He by all druggists. CITY BUILDERS. An Enterprise That is Doing a Great Deal for Sumter. Mr. Editor: I wish to call your attention in K few words to- a very worthy enterprise jin our city, which up to this time has received but little notice from our news distributors, except at so much per line. I refer to the Sumter Ce? ment Block Company-Messrs. Whil den, Weathers and Tyron-three hus? tlers. Men who, two of them, at least, newcomers to our city, hav?. shown sufficient faith in us to invesi |in a large body of city property, and with their own money to improve it with handsome stone residences, beau? tifying our city, and causing it to be widely advertised throughout the country. A gentleman of our city a few days ago had occasion to visit Beaufort, way down in the southern part of the State, and while sitting in the hotel lobby listened to a very ani? mated conversation between several traveling men (who are admitted to be the best news circulators on the globe) concerning Sumter, and her artificial stone buildings. One of them said, in characteristic drummer dialect. 'Til tell you, Sumter is miles to the front in almost everything that is new, and it looks good to me for a safe bet that in ten years she will be the largest town in this -State, as she is already the best." Now, that sort of talk hurts a town a whole lot, don't it ? Who is the man behind the gun that brings the talk to be talked. Is it the man who loafs in somebody's store, sitting on a counter picking his teeth, thinking about the barrel of money he has in the bank on small interest, or is it the man who invests all that he has in a piece of the town's property, and puts his whole time into the improvement of it? I am not writing this- for an adver? tisement for the Sumter Cement Eolck Company, for I note that with their other good investments, they have in? vested in some newspaper space, and are putting their modest scheme be? fore the critical public at so much per space per issue. I simply like to see credit fall where it is due, and it is certainly due to these men. Now, a word about their scheme. They have 52 of the prettiest lots in the city, and are offering them at a price of $350 each, and in addition to the lot sold, the buyer has an equai chance to win a beautiful stone resi? dence, worth at the lowest figure $3,500. Also equal chances to draw one of six of the front lots, worth $60o j each. Now please don't anybody go out and help the Sumter Cement Block Company by buying a lot worth $600 for $350 with a chance for a house free. They don't need any help. You will be helping yourself. Buy goltl dollars for 50 cents apiece, with a chance for a gold eagle for nothing. Good luck to the Sumter Cement Block Co. Citizen. Sumter, January 24, 1904. Berlin, January 24.-Advices re? ceived this morning state that all the villages in the Island of Savaii, one of the Samoan group in the Pacific, have been destroyed by a volcanic eruption. All the plantations have been ruined and 13,000 inhabitants are destitute and in most extreme distress. Perfection Attained. ?Perfection can only be attained n the physical by allowing nature to appropriate and not dissipate her own ?esources. Cathartics gripe, weaken -dissipate, while Dewitt's Little Early Risers simply expel all putrid matter and bile, thus allowing the iver to assume normal activity. Good for the complexion. W. H. Howell, iouston, 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 si si s. SATURE TELLS YOU. As Many a Sumter Reader Knows Too WeU. When the kidneys are sick. Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills. J. L. Hollis, residing at 221 Checves street. Florence. S. C . says: "Doan's Kidney Pills which I used for kidney and bladder Troubles have greatly benefited me. T was very bad? ly lam on the railroad a number of years airo, bad my hack injured and I think my kidneys were badly hurt at the same time. My back frot well enough for me to get around, hui being paralyzed from my hips down I am unable to walk. I have suffered greatly with backache during the past eight or ten years. The secretions from the kid? neys were in a bad condition, very dark col? ored, full of sediment and accompanied with burningpain. I used numberless remedies, but none of them did ire any good until 1 read aboul Donn's Kidney Pills and sent io a drugstore for them. They gave mc relief. The kidney secretions cleared np. t hc hum? ing sensation left an?! I d'i not SU ffer Tr. ?re t lie terrible backaches. I attribute these satis? factory results .entirely to the Use of Donn's Kidney l'?'s. You are welcome to use my name as an endorser of the claims made for then;." Plenty more proof like this from Sumter people." Call at Dr. A. .1. China's drug store and ask what his customers report. For sale hy all dealers: price50 ?...ats. Fos ter-Milburn Co.. [iuftalo, N Y-. sole agents for t he I'uited Mates. Uemember the name-Doan's. and take no othei 2G "On tlie Tip of the Tongue." (By Victor Smith.) Alexander Southern Thweatt's snow? storm arrived at the precise moment of the departure of the Palm Limited for Miami, Palm Beach, Aiken, Au? gusta, Nassau, Havana, Savannah, Jacksonville, Ormond and St Augus? tine on Monday. I was inveigled into going to Jersey City to inspect' fhe; hew train, and found a St Regis on trucks. Too fine for my blood-now that ev? erybody must pay. Thweatt took as much pride in that train as if it had been a new baby on Washington Heights-the coolest part of New York. Male passengers gave a satis? fied grunt, and the females said: "Ah!" This is the train that arrives at Jack? sonville and St Augustine on time. ? Chronic Constipation Cured. ! *One who suffers from chronic con tipation Is in danger of many serious .ilments. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup ures chronic constipation as it aids ligestion and stimulates the liver and >owels, restoring the natural action ot hese organs. Commence taking it to j&y and you will feel better at once. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not i?useate or gripe and is very pleasant o take. Refuse substitutes. Du? nant's Pharmacy. If Sumter puts in a bid for the Cas? tle Hall, of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, it should be a winning bid. But before the bid is made there should be some assurance that there is no Clinton College monkey-business connected with the proposition. A large taxpayer who was discuss? ing the sewerage question a few days ago declared himself heartily in favor of bonding the city to pay for the sewerage system, but branched off from that subject to say that in his opinion the most important matter that the city council to be elected in April will have to decide during their term will be the electric contract. The council will have to decided between a renewal of the contract with the Sumter Electric Light, Ice and Power Company and the installation of a city lighting plant as an adjunct to the Greatly in Demand, j * Nothing is more in demand than a j medicine which meets modern re j quirements for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure otomach and liver troubles. Try them. At all druggists, 25c, guaran? teed. Congressman Lever is trying to en? courage dairy business in this State through government experimental work. Indigestion Overcome. ?Indigestion is easily overcome hy e use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, be use this remedy digests what you t and gives the stomach a rest ows it to recuperate and grow ong again. Kod?? *elieves Indi stion, belching 01 gas, sour stomach, art-burn etc., and enables the di stive organs to transform all foods to the kind of rich, red blood that akes health and strength. Sold by 1 druggists. ii ? Ita ! ! flore Horses and Mules and Better Horses and Mutes. Two earfully selected carloads just in. They are right, the price is right and they need selling badly. A full line of Buggies, Wagons and Harness always on hand. I seil the celebrated MILBURN WAGON. Respectfully, Now is the time to list your farm lands for sale in order that ihey may be properly advertised tor the coming season's busi? ness. Write for Description Blank (contract attached) Xo property listed without a contract. In order to do business, must have matters in business shape. Rave now for sale a number of nice farces ranging ia size from ICO to GOO acres. If you want to buy or sell Real Estate, Stocks or Bonds, call and see me. ATTORNtY-AT-LAY.' r> D DCS CPD HARBY BLG COURT SQ K. ?>. DCLJCK, REAL ESTATE BROKtR PHONE NO. 309.