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h ICwcp?^old rippc SLOANS LINIMENT ?Marl SStoanBostonMass?S/ Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. For piany years it has been supposed that _.r. Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion rand dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion cause&catarrh. Re? peated attacks of Indigestion inflames the mucous membranes lining the stomach and '5 r exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus? ing the glands to" secrete mucin instead of the juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh bf the Stomach. ? Kodol Dyspepsia Cure relieves all^ inflammation of the mucous membranes Br ing the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures had breath, sour risings, ?sense of fuilntss after eating, indigestion, dyspepsia and ali stomach troubles. Kodoi Digests What Yon Eat Blake the Stomach Sweet. Bettles only. Regular size. $1.00. holding 2 bi times the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. Pre parod by E. C. De W ITT & CO.. Chicago, UL s : For Sale by all Druggists. Core? Golds; Prevents Pneumonia *^ ii ? H?' ??'u?:aoi.y oratio. V. 3. and Foreign ??Secd inode?, stetc? or pi oto ci investier ici T free report ??u patentability, lor free book J Opposite U. S. Patent Office* 5 WASHINGTON D.C. J i: - O'; 50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE ? w MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending & sketch sad description may quiccly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice* -without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir? culation of-?ny scientific Journal. Terms' $3 a year : four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN ? Co.36,B~ New York / Branch Office. 65 F St. Washington. D. C : foe c&Bdrmas safo, sure* Jjo opiate? - Garden Seed. This is the gardening season. We have a full supply ot the best test? ed garden seeds. For years umm SEEDS Have been recognized as the best. Let us sup? ply you. DeLorme's j Pharmacy, Drugs and Medicines. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine fer Basy People. Brings Ooldea Health, aad Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Liv.-? and Kidney Troubles, Pimples. Eczema, Imo" Blood, Bad Breath. Slt:?<r:sh Bowels, Headset and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in ta. let form, 35 cents a box> G*?nn?ie made fc HOLLISTER DRVG COS?PANV, KTad?son, Ula. i GOLDEN NUGGETS F<>?? RM.lOW ?-r'' ^^Wf ff THE "BOSS'* COTTON PRESS ! SIMPLEST. STRONGEST. BEST THE MURRAY GINNING SYSTEM Gins, Feeders. Condensers. Etc. GIBBES MACHINERY CO. Colombia. ??. C. THE CABBAGE KING. The Wonderful Career of Norman H. Blitch, the Greatest Cabbage Plant? er on the Globe, Who Lives in Char? leston and Whose Enormous Truck Farm is Near That City. Norman H. Blitch is the cabbage king of the world. He plants more cabbage than any man on earth. He has a little under SOO acres in cabbage. This is a proud distinction-worth any man's while-and the eminence has been fairly earned. Men are always wishing to hear something of the foremost man in his line; and of the methods such a man employs to get business done. In Mr. Elitch's case this is easily answered; there is nothing to conceal; the r3Cord is straight, and the meth? ods are simple, like all great achieve? ments. Norman H. Blitch is forty-one years old; he was born in Georgia, not far from Savannah, but came to a better state at an early age. He began on his own account in 1891, although on a very modest scale. From the first he worked hard, thought closely and advertised for business. He began at a time of na? tional depression, just preceding the great panic of 1893. This of itself was enough to discourage an ordinary beginner; but Blitch was no ordinary beginner. He stuck at his proposition like a leech, j The advantages of hav? ing W. C. Geraty and W. C. Towles to pattern by was not lost on him. He studied them and profited by the study. William C. Geraty is of Irish descent, a man of inventive turn and of most discoursive tgenus. He w*as the pio? neer Nin raising cabbage for market on the South Carolina coast.. F. W. Towles, long associated with Geraty in business, of the same religious faith and a school fellow, was a close, hard thinker; a man of independent mind, and quite capable of handling the largest propositions that might be presented. While Geraty is enthus? iastic and over-confident, Towles is less open to new propositions, but never unwilling to try them. He is in all respects a strong man. Both Geraty and Towles began planting in 1868; they had had years of experience when young Blitch be? gan his phenomenal career. Blitch showed the stuff of which he was made. In a few years he was sending out lots of stuff and adopting a method, ever since successfully fol? lowed, that of watch.ng the market closely, buying from his competitor* and reselling at a profit. He bought land with judgment, in? terested other parties in his venture, but always held a controlling interest; this method of doing business soon I brought him to the iront, and at last he was in condition to do effective business. I Year after year he increased his holdings of land and his acreage. ' Judgment told, as it always does, and Blitch soon grew into a power. He had all sails spread when the phe- J nomenal crop year of 1904 arrived. It is a matter kof current report, and is not far from truth, that this year he cleared over one hundred thousand dollars on Irish potatoes. His cab? bage also turned out well. Goes Into Fertilizers. He was so large a user of commer? cial fertilizers, having spent over* $65, 000 in one year for them, thar he de? termined to go into the business ot manufacturing fertilizer, .and the Combahee Fertilizer Company was formed. 'He owns a half interest in this and sells a half million dollars an? nually from this source, outside the eriilizer he uses on his own farms. He has gone still further by organ? izing a factory fe the manufacture of loxes, barrels, baskets and crates, to ;;e sold to planters for shipping pro? ducts in. This business is also a suc? cess, like his other ventures, and the f?ct that Norman H. Blitch is con? nected with an enterprise has come to mean a great deal. His Present Organization. There are many ways by which to judge a man, but one of the surest is by the men selected to take charge of branches of the business. In this Mr. Blitch has shown his greatest power and discernment. E. 1. Com? mins, his right hand man. comes from j -'ulhvan's Island. His father did a j large wholesale shoes business in the city qf Charleston, and Commins has a great head for office business. Like all successful office men he can do a great deal of work in short order. He has a comprehensive grasp of tin- bus ness, outside as well, which makes him a splendid all-round man for his line. in Mr. Lawton he has selected an able lieutenant, and a man nf uncom? mon force. Mr. Lawton is an accom? plished office man. and a chemist, who has -made successful experiments along many lines, but especially to? ward utilizing thc by-products. He has made an excellent syrup from cabbage leaves and expects to pur? sue other experiments of a similar na? ture. Mr. Blitch has his private leased wire and a special operator who is also a stenographer and typewriter. He has two bookkeepers, another ste? nographer, three shipping clerks and a superintendent in charge of each shipping shed. goes to Meggett every day in the ship? ping season, unless special matters make it necessary for him to tay in Charleston. He has. of course, tele? phone connection with the world from Meggitt, as well as from Charleston. On plantation he has some four or five m?es of ?pur track for the convenience of getting up daily ship? ments, and on each spur are one or more shipping sheds. He has to get up from five to ten thousand crates of cabbage daily. Always Busy. Xever "Too Busy." In all this he shows no excitement, but moves with precision and with no undue haste. He is. of course, a very busy man, but always has time to listen to a business proposition, and he decides them quickly when pre? sented. He is always pushing his bus? iness; never a day passes that he does not give attention to some of the de? tails: of his great businass. The shipping season for cabbage .begins about the middle of March and ends about the middle of May; by July the corn is laid by, and Mr. Blitch takes a short holiday in the mountains or elswhere with his famly. By Oc? tober he is back in harness, and then it is "touch and go" all through the winter. On any shipping day at Meggett telegrams come in from all parts of the United States by scores and doz? ens. They are promptly answered, and with never a hitch or murmur. Nothing but a busy office on Wall Street in New York city is to be compared with the rush and pressure always felt here during the shipping season. . Outside of farming- Mr. Blitch acts as a broker, buying large quantities of farm produce and'reselling at a profit. His judgment is so good that he rarely makes a mistake.: He hs made much money in this way. During the season of 1905, together with all other truckers, he lost money planting, but understood to what the loss. was due and went at it bravely again this year. So far everything has planned out well. Other Kind of Truck. Eesides growing cabbage Mr. Blitch is a heavy planter of Irish potatoes; he has fifty acres in English peas, and he is experimenting successfully with celery under an old and experienced grower. He has put in two acres as a trial. The plants are now doing splen didly.and are almost ready for bleach? ing . This will be done with boards, is board bleached celery is considered ; 'jest for many reasons. It brings more in the market, and this is reason enough. He also grows a large amount of cucumbers, onions, beans and other garden stuff. After this is all off he plants corn and cuts hay from sections of the place not planted. Mr. Blitch is a great believer in heavy fertilizing. He uses three thousand pounds lo the ! acre for cabbage, and his land readily takes this enormous amount.' In his mnnner he is quiet and un? assuming, but determined when he takes a stand. He is slight in build, and of quick, nervous movement. His ideas are broad, as is to be ex? pected, and he thoroughly believes South Carolina to be the garden spot of the hemisphere. , This is a slight outline sktch of the man who can upset all the world's markets with his cabbage and prac ticlly dictates its price under nor? mal conditions. The richest and most powerful rice planter that ever lived in the palmiest days of rice planting was a small business man compared to Norman H. Blitch. 'The many things cited by no means form the whole round of his activities. They are well night numberless. He possesses an interest for the world, be? cause he is the first cabbage king of the earth. And this surely is a scep tre worth wielding, a throne on which one may sit and wrong not the hum? blest of Go I's creatures, nor yet quail before earth s proudest-James Hen? ry Rice, Jr., ?n Charleston Post. * Don't drug the stomach to cure a cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the mucus, draws the inflammation ?ut of the throat, lungs and bronchial tubes, heal,, soothes and cures. A luick cure for croup and whooping :ough. Its constantly increasing use for many \ ?ars tells of the fact of its absolute usefulness. Sold by all drug? gists. Col. J->hn C. Haskell and son. P. W. Haskell, of Columbia, have sold their iron ore interests in Johnston county. Tenn., including a mining I plant, to the Virginia Iron. Coal and Coke Company. The purchaser agrees lo pay $4,500 for the mining plant and 5 cents a ton royalty on every ton of brown hematite ore mined. The veins are large and the royalties will amount to a big thing for the lias- j kells. *If you evor bought a Lox of witch hazel salve that failed tr? give satisfac? tion the chances are it did not have the name "E. <*. J ?-Witt & <*,.." print? ed -rn the wrapper and pressed in the box. The^orlginal De Witts Witch Ha? zel ?Salve m-ver fails to give satisfac? tion for burns, sores, boils, tetter, cracked hands, ctr. por Mind, bleed? ing, itching and protruding piles it af? fords almost immediate Tr MAKING ELECTION SURE. Washington. April 24.-The first gunshot of opposition to Senator Till? man's nomination to the Senate came today in a letter from Detroit, in which it is stated that the railroads are un? derstood to be preparing to defeat him for reelection and to try to send some man to Washington that they can manage. While there has been speculation as co whether or not there was any one in South Carolina who cared to meet the senator on the stump during the present summer to contest his seat in the Senate, and while several local men have been suggested from time to time as possessing the necessary requirements, etc., the railroads have been watching him. and keeping track of the fight he has been making for better rates since the senate bill was turned over to him to manage. This has not suited the railroads of the country. These gigantic corporations looking ahead in the future, see thac he is making trouble for them. They have agreed that they cannot stand for this, and he has been notified, through people in the far West, that he may look for defeat if it is in their power to carry out their plans. He has been asked the point blank question whether he proposes to con? tinue to wage war against the rail? roads and corporate interests, and the people who have inaugurated the movement say that they demand of him a categorical answer to many questions that they will shortly put to him. While the roads are playing Senator Tillman, they are at the same time making others dance to the music, one of these being Representative Charles E. Townsend of Michigan, author of the Esch-Townsend rate bill. The South Carolina man is ready for any fight the roads may make in their ef? forts to unseat him.-Columbia Rec? ord. ?Nothing will relieve Indigestion that is not a thorough digestant. Ko? dol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat, and allows the stomach to rest recuperate-grow strong again. A few doses of Kodol after meals w:T soon restore the stomach and digestive organs to full performance of theil functions naturally. Sold by all drug? gists. The "Trip Around the World" net? ted more than $200 for the Organ Fund of the Presbyterian church. ?What good does it do to eat if your stomach fails to digest the food? Xone. It does you harm-causes belching, sour stomach, flatulence, etc. When the stomach fails a little Kodol Dyspepsia Cur^ after each meal will digest what you eat and makes the stomach sweet. All druggists. Talk of building a tourist hotel in Columbia has started again. ?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 is better. It opens the bowels-expels all 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. ,, Lee G. Hollemon. who was recently elected State bank examiner, has re? ceived his commission. ?Living indoors so much during the winter months creates a sort of stuffy, want-of-ozone condition in the blood and system generally. Clean up and get ready for spring. Take a few Early Risers. These famous little pills cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels anrl give the blood a chance to purify itself. They relieve headache, callow complexion, etc. Sold by all .Iruggists. ,vr?= m -.?a-wa?w?^ Nature's Warning Slimier People Must Recognize and Heed it. Kidney ills come quietly-mysteriously, Bnt nature always warns j ou throagh ihe urine. Notice ?ho kidney secretions. S?e if the color is unhealthy - If there are settlings and s-edirnent, Passages too ireouent, r^canty, painful, it's time i h BU to us2 DOHI.'.S Kutti'y hills, To ward off Britni's disease or oiabete?. Doan's have GO.ie gi eat wera in Mimier Elias lludgins. gardener and farmer,- well known ? ; ! Sumter and vicinity, says?: "1 sef? li red for eight orten y, ars from lumbago in mv back s;> bad thal ? could not ur! oui of bed attirr.es. There was no strength iii my nack and ii ached constantly. When I mov? ed around :t kiliK would strike me right across the s> of my tack jii^i likesomcone sticking;? knife into it. The secretions from (!,<. kidneys were dark colored, smelled strong and contained a sediment t>esides causing me to get up .several times during the night. I could not begin to tell you the number of remedies I used bat not-hing did me much . )...] until ! procured Donn's Kidney Pills at Dr. A. J. ChinaVdrug store. Tile Brst few loses helped me :oi<! -.??:'- ? taking i he remedy I have nol had nm trouble ?\itli my kidneys md the pain.. d:>appeared from inv hack; fou are welcome to the useof my name :is ?ne who can endorse what i> ? (aimed for this n- edy." For vii'- hy .-ill dealers. 1 *ri?-?. 50 .-ruts. roster-M?!b::r.M ? 'o., Buffalo, N. V.. sole i '_-cnt for th' 1 nited Si airs. Spread the World's Table along every line of longitude from North to South; every parallel of latitude from East to West; pile thereon the foods of every clime and Uneeda Biscuit will surpass them all in the elements which make a perfect world-food. JEftf In a dust tight, f^M moisture proof package* NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY orses and Mules All sizes and prices for cash or approved paper. Buggies, Wagons ? Harness Agent for DEERING HARVESTING MACHINERY and Repair Parts in abundance. Disc Harrows, Disc Cultivators, Stalk Cutters, Peg Tooth Harrows, Binders, Mowers, Rakes, &c. Agent for JOHNSTON HARVESTING MACHINERY and Repair Parts in abundance. I S. M. PIERSON, 6, 8, and 9 South Harvin Street. FOR SALE-LAND. Tract 1,000 acres, 300 cleared, balance in timber, 8 settlements, S 7,500 Tract 577 acres, 350 cleared, balance in timber and wood land. building worth $4,500, 9 settlements, 17,500 Tract 400 acres, 225 cleared, balance timber and wood land, 6 settlements, S.000 Tract 264 acres, loo cleared,bal. timber wood land, 3 settlem'ts, 5,280 Tract 1,250 acres, 20 cleared, bal. timber wood land, o settlem'ts, 12,500 For particulars call on or write to me. Any of the above property will pay a good income on the entire investment, if you will put a little additioael money in ditching and bmlding snd the enhancement? in value will be clear profit. If you have arot land that is not paying an income on its value and you cannot improve same, it will pay you to sell it. It is my business to do the selling. ATTORN tY-AT-LAW r> D DCI CCD REAL ESTATE BROKER HARBYBLGCOURTSQ K. DCLSCK, PHONE NO. 309. rill . ?:u>|r-'".-r $ j$|?!# . ; g. . 1 Ui\ timm ,K ?.ri ? : ? ? : S'S! ? iJ< ? Hil Sol ?" W? The Farmers* Bani and Trust ?B. Capita! Stock $60,000. -:- Undivided Profits $11,500.00. WE GO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 4 per cent, interest, compound? ed quarterly, allowed on deposits in our savings department. Your Patronage Solicited C. G. ROWLAND. President. R. F. HAYNSWORTH, V. Presidents WE GUARD OUK PATRONS' INTERESTS R. L. EDMUNDS. Cashier. mdlantic ??mt Line. Effective August 6, 1905. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Fiorenoe to AugnPta Arrives 5 15 am '* 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 10 am " *77 Florence to Sumter " 9 20 an? '. *57 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 am 4< 52 Charleston to Greeaville heaves 9 31 am *' *i5 Oran co burg to Charleston " 9 35 am .; *78 Sumter to Lucknow Leaves 9 ?0 am '* *77 Lui-know to Sumter Arrives 6 f.O pm " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston . " 6 30 pm 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm :' *56 Sumter to Gibson ** 6 r.O pm " *78 Sumter to Fiorer.ee Leaves 7 10 pm .* *il Charleston to Crangeburg " 8 20 pm 1 55 Wilmington to Columbia M 9 35 pm " 78 Sumter to Bishopville 1 Leaves * 9 AO am <4 77 Bishopville to Sumter Arrives 6 00 pm Freight Train? .arrying Passengers. i'raia *24 Sumter to Hurtsville ?^aves 8 15 arr *19 Sumter to KVob'ur Loaves 10 0<> am *20 Robbies *25 Hartevilh ? ) gumti r Arrives Arrives Northwestern Railway. 30 am IO pir Tr nu *70 Camden to Sumter *71 Sumf? r i(> ? Arndell *68 Camden to Snorter *72 Wilson Mill to Snaitei *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill " *69 Salter '0 Camden Crains marked * daily except Sunday tor further information, apply to all other train? daily. Arrives 9 00 eu Leaves 9 36 am 5 45 pm Arrives 12 SO pm Leaves 3 30 pm " 6 31 pm Agent A. 0. I