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ALCOLU TO WRIGHT'S BLUFF. The Alderman Railroad to Be Extend? ed to Santee River. Will the Alcolu Railroad Company | bring their road by Manning? Yester- j day the surveyors of the said company j i were here looking up the route. The : road will be extended from Alcolu to I ? Wright's Bluff via Summerton. Man? ning may be taken in and without a doubt will, for the railroad can no more afford to miss Manning than Manning can afford to miss the road. --Manning Sentinel. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that ls Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now knows to i 4e medical fraternity. Ca? tarrh bein/, a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of . the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu? tion and assisting nature in doing its j work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address 7\ J. CHENEY, Toledo. O. For sale ?jy all Druggists, 75 c. Take Hal''s Family Pills for Consti? pation. 3 18-lm ALCOLU RAILROAD. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Effective February 9, 1906. No. 1. No 3. No. 5. Mixed Mixed Mixeo A. M. P. ?. P. M. Lv 1100 Lv 1230 Lv 745 Alcolu ll 05 **. 1235 4- 7 50 McLeod* ? 1115 .* 12 45 " 8 00 Harby* " 1120 - 1250 " 8 05 Durant* "1145 " 115 .* 8 30 Sardinia* " 1155 " 125 " 8 40 New Zion* <*i 120O " 130 " 845 Beard* w 1215 .* 145 " 9 00 Seloc* " 100 230 .* 9 45 Hudson* Ar .130 Ar 300 Ar 1015 Beulah Mondays, Na 3; Wednesdays, Na 1; . Thursdays, No. 1; Fridays, Na 3; Satur? days. No. 5. No. 2. Na 4. No. 6. Mixed Mixed Mixed P. M A. M. A. M. Lv 300 Lv 630 Lv 720 Beulah " 315 u 6 45 " 735 Hudson* " 340 " 710 " 8 00 ' Seloc* " 355 *? /25 815 Beard* " 4 00 ?* 730 " 820 New Zion* " 410 " 740 * \ 330 Sardinia* " 435 " &05 " 355 . Durant* - 4 40 " 810 ** 900 Harbj'* " 450 " S15 " 910 McLeod* Ar 500 Ar S30 Ar 920 Alcolu Mondays, Na 6; Tuesdays, No. 4; Wednes? days. Na 2; Thursdays, No. 2; Saturdays, Na 4. - * Flag-stations. F. L. COLLINS, Supt. P. B. ALDERMAN. T. M. R. B. BELSEB. B. 0. EPPS. Attorneys and Counsellors ai law Phone 309. SUMTER. S. C. Harby Bldg. ! Uempiere Mistest Sift Geo. S. Hacker & Son, - <t AMO?AOTUREBS OT<- : DOOSSj SASH, 8L?NDS, Moulding & Building Material. o?Bce aod v^HrtTU'xns, Kiog, oppoai?e C*r ooo Street. ; CHARLESTON, S. ?3f" Par';- ?ii<a, which we euarac?? 80.?*?rior ?i> yif sold South, -irr.* ?ber?cr -?uve money Window and Fancy Sbss a Specialty (V tabor td feT^a:*ith>,;oirii.soc. Takeno'othe-. Reftuc - & f. a"1J?er"ri* t>aWt?tut?on? and Intra. fK Tlun*. Eur or joor i>ruKgi.t. or ??ad 4c. in \^_h .,.* ?rn Mall. 1?.0???> tv-ctiaooiaM. S?wibv ^Motion tttj yu: rr Manu-,. ^.Jt,^?.. i-sri'.A.. MA FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE WILL CURE YOU of any case of Kidney or Bladder disease that is not beyond the reach of medi? cine. Take it at once. Do not risk having Bright's Dis? ease or Diabetes. There is nothing gained by delay. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles, REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. DURANT'S PHARMACY. THE GROWING OF ALFALFA. Some Valuable Suggestions as to How Tliis Crop May Kc Made Profitable in South Carolina. Having been a contsant reader of your valuable paper for some time I desire to submit, in a brief and prac? tical way, my experience in growing alfalfa hay for the past two years. Preparation of Soil: The essentianl feature in grawing alfalfa is to have a thoroughly prepared seed bed. This may be done by broadcasting cow peas on the land a few months before alfal? fa is planted. The cow pea, owing to its quick growth, will soon shade the land, prevent na ave grasses and weeds from growing. Alfalfa requires hu? mus and a deep soil. The land should be prepared by deep and thorough plowing, to enable the roots to penetrate the soil. The land should be well pulverized, by harrowing, before the seed are sown. Whatever treatment the land is given in preparation for this crop it should be such as to . afford a deep, mellow seed bed, as free as possible from crab grass and weeds. Commercial fertilizers maj* be ap? plied ty harrowing in at the time that the land is being pulverized previous to seeding. It would not be advisa? ble to use barn yard manure on land previous to seeding alfalfa: while the manure would improve the physical condition of the soil, it would aid the weeds in choking out the alfalfa. Barn yard manure may be applied the third year, and in each year afterwards, be? cause there will then be less danger of the alfalfa being choked out by weeds. Sowing the Seed: Having put the seed bed in the very best possible con? dition, the alfalfa seed should be sown in drills 14 to IS inches apart, the first week in October. Alfalfa sown broad? cast will certainly prove a complete .failure in this locality. There are two reasons why alfalfa should be plant? ed in October; the first to enable the plant to withstand the following win? ter, second, to enable it to escape the intense mid-summer heat and drought. The amount of seed should be 20 to 25 pounds per acre. The stand must be thick enough to enable the crop to withstand the weeds that would other? wise take possession of the land. Af? ter seeding the land should be rolled, in order that the'alfalfa may come up uniformly. Cultivation. Cultivation is one of the essential features of growing alfalfa. Unless it is cultivated" with absolute thorough? ness the first year it is useless to at? tempt to grow this plant.where the land is infested with crab grass and weeds. ' This cultivation may be done with a small scrape for the fisst two years. The third year and afterwards the cultivation may be done with a disk harrow drawn by two horses. Set the harrow to run just deep enough to de? stroy the weeds and cultivate the alfalfa. Harvesting:. Alfalfa hay when cut at the proper time, and well cured, has a feeding value superior to any forage crop grown in the South. The harvesting season for this locality is from the middle of April until October. It should be cut for hay as soon as it comes into bloom, and if allowed to stand until full bloom the leaves will drop off. Feeding Value. Alfalfa hay can be fed profitably to all kinds of farm stock. My practical experience feeding this crop, both green and dry, for the past two years, has been entirely satsifactory, and 1 can safely recommend this plant to be relished by all kinds of farm stock. Last year I cut 6 1- 2tons of dry ham? per acre, valued at $120 per ton-$130. Why not reduce your cotton acreage and plant a few acres pf this valuable hay crop? ?Don't tie a cough or a cold up in your system by taking a remedy that binds the bowels. Take Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. It is differ? ent from all other cough syrups. It iz better. It opens the bowels-expels ail cold from the system, relieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, etc. An ideal remedy for young and old. Children like it. Sold by all druggists. MURDER IN BAMBERG. Bamberg. April ll.-A young white man by the name of Cutter was kill? ed at Midway, in this county, last night about 12 o'clock, there being two negroes implicated. One of these negroes is in jail, while the other has not yet been caught. Cutter, who was almost 21 vea rs of age. is said to have been the only son of a widowed mother, who lives near St. George. He was at Midway with a dog and pony show, having joined that company only a few days previous to his death. ?Don't drug the stomach to cure a cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the mucus, draws the inflammation out of the throat, lungs and bronchial tubes, healsoothes and cures. A quick cure for croup and whooping cough. Its constantly increasing use for many > ?ars tells of the fact of its absolute usefulness. Sold by all drug? gists. 1 SUMMER HEALTH NOTES. Seasonable Suggestions by the Health Officer. Now, and from now on, during the j entire warm months, is the time to clear up your premises of all empty cans, bottles, old pots, and every oth .er useless thing which holds water in which mosquitoes may breed. While not generally known, never? theless it is a fact, that gutters on res? idences, stores, warehouses and other buildings, which get clogged up with leaves hold water in which millions of mosquitoes breed, and that loose or sagging gutters hold water with the seme results. Therefore clean out and look after your gutters very often. A half pint of kerosene oil poured into your cesspool once every week will prevent mosquitoes breeding there? in. In the meantime examine the cov? ers of all cess pools for cracks or holes. A hole in the op of a cess pool cover no large r than a four-penny nail ad? mits mosquitos which begin the in? crease of the mosquito population very fast. Horse and cow troughs are great breeding places for mosquitoes. Emp? ty these troughs every day or so and scrub out the bottoms. Otherwise you will notice by close observation that there are "wiggle-tails" in the water, and that if you merely turn in fresh water without scrubbing out the bot ! toms of the troughs that the "wiggle I tails" are left on the bottoms and be? gin to grow as soon as fresh water is turned in the trough. Place a barrel or box of such size as j can be conveniently carried out by your back door, or on your back piaz? za, and instead of throwing empty cans, bottles and waste paper, or oth? er refuse into the yard, throw them into the box or barrel and then take or have taken, the trash box or barrel every day or several times a week to the edge of the sidewalk where the scavenger carts will take off the bar 1 bage and other refuse. Put out your garbage of all kinds, except liquid slops, every day if you like, but don't throw it around your premises. Remember that the scavenger carts areshere for sanitary purposes and that all refuse of any nature from the house, but particularly fast decaying garbage, should be put out daily be ' fore 10 o'clock, and sooner if possi? ble, so that the carts can get it. Wa? termelon rinds can be kept on the premises for forty-eighty hours, but not longer, and it is better to put them out daily. Please remember that crockery crates, old box cars, piano boxes, dry goods boxes which hold more than a scavenger cart, and other large recep? tions are not allowed for trash boxes. Only boxes or barrels of much size and weight as can be lifted and emp- j tied by the cart drivers can be put out. It is the duty of the driver to place your empty trash box or barrel inside your yard, and it must not be return? ed to the street, empty or full, during i the day, but must be put out with gar? bage before 10 o'clock the next morn? ing. . ? If you have a low place in youi ! yard or on any of your property, or a hole, or old flower pit which holds weter, drain it, cover it up, or kero? sene oil kept therein will keep mosqui? toes out. As the scavenger carts are not equipped with hoisting engines and railroad derricks, it is impossible for a cart drver to lift up and empty a box which holds enough yard trash to make a team of mules stall going down a greasy hill. Put out your trash and garbage every day or so, and you won't have to hire a man to work by ; the day to clean up your yard every j now and then. . | Don't stick your wash pot or foot tub half way under the house wherb j rain water can fall into it and breed 1 mosquitoes. Keep all rain barrels cov ! ered so that mosquitoes cannot get in. j At depoTs. factories, warehouses, cot- ; ton platforms, storage sheds, gin hous es. cotton compresses and all places I the water barrels kept for tire purposes'must either be kept covered or kerosene oil kept in the same so i that mosquitoes will not breed therein, j Otherwise these barrels will be turn- J ed over and emptied so often by the i board of health that there will not of? ten be water enough in them to put out a cigarette. If your cesspool cr dry well runs over, stop ihe use of the well, and put plenty of lime or other disin? fectant ar.ound the well. All cesspools should be thoroughly disinfected each week with a standard disinfectant, and kerosene oil. Have your well cleaned nut if it gets full. Remember that an overflowing dry well scatters disease through flies lighting on the overflow and carrying the germs of disease from the well to the houses by light? ing in your milk and on your food. Keep your milk and food carefully proteceted from flies, and protect yourself from mosquito bites, and over half the battles of health have been fought and won. Separate your garbage from your dish water and other liquid matter from your kitchen, and put <>ut your garbage every flay for the scavenger carts to haul off. TOBACCO TRADE'S EXPCiiiC Affair Aili lUii.k Amon? i.-. ..iws? ??t teresting Imiustiial ?J.v;i..>iis. Much interest has already been manifested by manufacturers and dealers in cigars and tobacco, and by growers of leaf tobacco in the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico, in the Tobacco Trades Exposition to be held in Madison Square Garden, Xew York, next September. I s One of the strongest features of the Exposition, and one which will be de? cidedly educational, is a progressive display of tobacco from the several tobacco growing districts of the United States and the islands, showing the weed in various stages of cultivation, and also how it is housed and cured before reaching the hands of the pack? ers and manufacturers. The Exposition Company will award through a jury, medals of gold, sil? ver and bronze for the best showing ! of tobacco in this exhibit; also for the relative merits of the several kinds of cured leaf. Applications are already at hand for entrance in this branch of the Expo? sition from Cuba and Porto Rico, and these contestants will show how the leaf is handled in the tropics, together with dwellings of the natives, and the present day cigar factories. Xo effort will be spared by the Ex? position Company to make this an epoch-marking affair. All conveniences will be provided exhibitors and the j general visiting public. Provision has j also been made for the designing and building of the booths, which work is in charge of M. Bloom, a Xew York j architect. An Angry Juror Expressed Himself. If jurors were allowed to speak out in court they would at times say tubings to lawyers and judges that would cause a stir. In Meckienberg superior court last week the case of B. ! E. -and C. E. Mason against Williams & Wright, in which the plaintiffs sued for $25 on account of the alleged fail? ure of the defendant to fulfill a con? tract, was tried. The defendant offer ered evidence but the plaintiffs offered none, and Judge Bryan instructed the jury that if it believed the evidence it would answer the first issue "yes," which would allow the plaintiffs no damages. The jury on the contrary an? swered the issue "no," awarding the plaintiffs the full amount sued for. Judge Bryan set the verdict aside and ordered a new trial. Ey agreement of counsel it was decided not to try the case at the present term. Judge Bur well, who appeared for the defense, said he had never before known "a jury of good Mecklenburg people to render a verdict, not only against the weight of the evidence, but against all the evidence in the case and the in? structions of the court. ? don't care to have that jury sit on any case that I professionally appear in or am person? ally interested in." Counsel for the plaintiff said he could understand why the jury had returned the verdict it was because they didn't believe the evidence. Then, says the Chronicle, from which we get this report, Juror T. P. Ross got to his feet and asked permission to say a few words: "I want to say," he said, "that every one of the jurymen were of the same opinion, and didn't believe the evidence, and, I for one, don't believe it this morning. "Now," said Mr. Ross, dramatically, "I want to say that Judge Burwell has insulted the entire jury by the remarks that he has just made about them, and-" "That'll do, that'll do. Sit down," ordered Judge Bryan. And this end? ed the incient-Stateville Landmark. Stomach and Liver Trouble Cured. ?Orine Laxative Fruit Syrup cures stomach and-liver trouble as it aids digestion, and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating .these organs like pills and ordinary cathartics. It cures indigestion and sick headache and chronic constipation. Orino Lax? ative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Durant's Phar? macy. f?akss Kk?icy3 anti Sledder Righi Cough Remedy The Children's Favorite -CURES Goughs, Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. This remedy is f arnotts for lt? cores over . large part of the civilized wot M. It can always be depended upon It contains no 1 opium or other harmful drag and may be given as contently to a baby aa to an adult Price 25 *nas; Lars's Size, 50 cte. 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GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haie Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET? NEW YORK CITY. Received Tuesday, October the 17th, Two Car Loads / OF CHOICE Four Matched Pairs of Horses in the Lot. Booth Live Stock Co. W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ' ABE RYTTENBERG, V. Pres; P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. & Treas. The Sumter Banking & mercantile Company, m^mmmm?apltStl Stock $50,000^^?^^ Wholesale Grocers/Fertiliz? ers and Farmers' Supplies. Sole agents for the celebrated brand of Wil {cox & Gibbs Fertilizers. We are prepared to QT: cte 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 Banking I Mercantile Company, Masonic Building, 2d door from the Postoffice. Sumter, S. C. WHISKEY I MORPHINE I CIGARET^ J j ALL DRIJC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT I HABITS. Cared by Keeley Institute of S. C. 132'J Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence soiiciUfi