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BLOWN TO ATOMS. ~ik Horrible Accident In Mexico-Car Load of Dynamite Exploded, Kill? ing Forty. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 16.-The ex? plosion of a car load of dynamite at the Chichuahua and Paciffic Ry De? pot, at Chihuahua late yesterday lulled between thirty and forty people The cargo was being, transferred from erne car to another when a Mexican ivorkman dropped a box of dynamite, .??id the explosion set off the entire ?:ar load. Every laborer, and the loreman,1 the latter an American, 'ivere blown to atoms. Fragments of bodies were blown for miles, and the jxx>?s in the vicinity were littered "sith pieces of human flesh. Many ^axxall buildings near the scene were ^wrecked and a number of people 'were injured in their homes. Windows "^ere cracked in all parts of the city, Sind fleing derbis struck pedestrians, * inflicting painful injuries in many izases. The earth was shak' as if hy an earthquake. HURT IN FREIGHT COLLISHON. 3Engineer Mills and Postal Clerk Ort man Badly Bruised. Savannah, Aug. 15.-Atlantic Coast 31?ne passenger train No..89, due here ?it 2.20 o'clock this morniny, crashed into freight train No. 209 while it was Ijoing on siding, near Hardeeville, S. C, and badly wrecked four or five freight cars. Engineer L. A. Mills of j ^Savannah and Postal Clerk Henry C. | Ortman of Charleston were badly Ixruised. When Engineer Mills saw l&at the collision was inevitable, he reversed his engine and then leaped ? down the embankment The fireman ??lso leaped, but did not suffer any injury. COTTON RED SPIDER. i jOas Done Considerable Injury in the State. Washington, Aug. 15.-E. G. Titus, of the department of agriculture, has recently made a report on.his in veg? etations of the cotton red spider in North ap? South Carolina, Georgia ?.ind Alabama. Injury to cotton by the red spider, ::his report says, has been prevalent :n many sections of tlfe cotton grow? ing area during the ?past two years. 'Ehe cause of the injury is a minute . yellowish-red mite that feeds on the .cotton plant, principally on the un? der sides of the leaves. The mites ^usually appear early in the season, 'out do little appreciable damage until :avd-summer or later. The injuries ..rarely become serious unless accom? panied by long ai d continued dry k weather: in such an event the multi? plication of the mites is very rapid, and the consequent injuries are often sufficient to kill the plants. The species was first described to .the department of agriculture in 1900, and the insects were found in Baton 1 Rogue, La. In 190,8 and 1904 they .had caused considerable damage there. The pest is very probably dis? tributed throughout the entire cotton ,growing area of the South, although .during late years its appearance in injurious numbers had not been re? ported until the summer of 1903, when it caused considerable damage to cotton in South Carolina and Geor? gia. In 1904 red spiders were found ist Batesburg and in other sections' . 'Of South Carolina. During the sum? mer of 1905 many reports of its occurrence were received from points in North Carolina, Georgia and Ala? bama, and in several of these States the insects were found in injurious ^numbers , From investigations made in South Carolina in 1904 it was noticed that from a point on the margin of a field .where there were growing large pokeberry plants the infestitation by the red spider had spread over a fan ishaped area of the adjoining cotton. The department believes that when a field is found to bc infested with the spiders that they may be gotten . rid of by spraying old plants and pull? ing up or burning the young plants. *The intense itching characteristic or salt rheum and eczema is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. As a cure for skin disease this .salve is unequalled. For sale by all druggists. Only 6S5 aliens were naturalized in Great Britain last yaer. Summer Diarrhoea in Children. ?During the hot weather of the summer months the first unnatural looseness of a child's bowels should have immediate- attention, so as to check tie disease before it becomes serious. All that is necessary is a few doses of Chamberlain's Colic. | Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy fol? lowed by a dose of castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev. M. O. Stock land, pastor of the First M. E. Church, Little Falls. Minn., writes: "We have used Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for several years and find it a very valuable remedy, es? pecially for summer disorders in chil- ? dren." Sold by all druggists. BASE BALL. The Game ol" Games-This Is the Game of All-The Fats Against thc Leans, Thursday, August 23rd. For the benefit of the Sumter Ease Ball Association. This game will please the children and delight the old folks. The knockers can also en? joy it, as the management has prom? ised to release any player that they are not pleased with. Merchants re? quested to close their stores at 5 o'clock. Game will be called at 5.30 p. m. One admission 25 cents for grown folks, large and small. Chil? dren 10 cents. For further informa? tion apply to Polly Parrott, Clerk's Office. OUTRAGE AT ATLANTA. Negro Assaulted a Lady in Suburb Posse Pursuing the Fiend. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15.-Mrs. Rich? ard Hembere, aged 35, the wife of a prominent citien of West Lake, was knocked down by a negro this morn? ing and in a fight for her honor her face was badly beaten and her clothes torn into ribbons. The negro, frighten? ed, fled before accomplishing his purpose. A hunt for the negro is be? ing made with blood hounds. The last negro caught fo a similar act was shot dead DISGRACE TO SERVICE. Two Naval Surgeons Courtmartialed For Cheating on Examination - / Washington, ... Aug. 15.-Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has sent to the President the findings of the court martial in the cases of Surgeons Theo Nease and Harry L. Brown, U. S. N, who were tried on the charge of crib? bing in teir examinations for pro? motion. It is unusual to send such cases :o the President except when the verdict of the court is dismissal from the service, but in this instance it is intimated that such will not be the findings. The result will not be officially announced until ater the President takes action. A world of truth in a few words: "Nearly all other cough cures" are constipating, especially those contain? ing opiates. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar moves the bowels. Contains no opiates." You can get it at all druggists. The professional campaign workers have about all signed up for the pres? ent season and they are in heavy training for the pulling and hauling at the polls. A certain candidate for a minor county office who is not al? together wise to the ways of the "workers" received a rude shock a few days ago when he remarked to a man he thought Avas friendly, Well, I am counting on your support at the election." "Phis fellow is a professional worker and never lets a little thing like friendship or past favors stand in the way of business. He looked his friend in the eye and without a wink or blinky replied: "That de? pends upon how much my support is worth to you." Professor Tyler of Amherst Col? lege, said recently: "A man can live comfortably without brains; no man ever existed without a digestive sys? tem. The dyspeptic has neither faith, hope or charity." Day by day people realize the neel cf the use of a little corrective af'-er overeating. A corrective like Kodol For Dyspep? sia. It digests what you eat. Sold j by all druggists. Governor Heyward has received a letter from the special commission ap? pointed to survey the line between Edgefie'd and Aiken counties, stating that the appropriation for the work was too 'imail and asking to be re? lieved -of their duties. This will prob? ably effect the efforts now being made to establish a new county out of ter? ritory in that section. A Mystery Solved. *"How to 2-teep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipa? tion was a mystery that Dr. King's Nev/ Life Pi'Is solved for me." writes John S. Pl?asant, of Magnolia.- Ind. The only pills that are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction to everj'body 1 or money refunded. Only 25c. at Si- j bert's Drug Store. There was a sale of cast-off police uniforms at Manchester, England, the other day. 200 pounds of police buttons sold for ?29. Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold. *A. J. Nusbaum, Batesville, Ind., writes: "Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold so distressing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symp? toms of hoy fever, and a doctor's pre? scription did not reach my case, and j I took several medicines which j seemed to only aggravate my case, j Fortunately I insisted - upon vhaving j Foley's Honey and Tar and it quick? ly cured me. My wife has since used Foley's Honey and Tar with the same success." Durant's Pharmacy. THE MEMORIAL ACADEMY. A Foreecast of the Work To Be Done for the Educational Upbuilding of Sumter County. Editor of The Item: I wish the further use of your col? umns to tell the people of Sumter County more of the interesting char? acter whicn. will attach to the open? ing exercises of The General Sumter Memorial Academy on Monday, Sept. 17th. I am sure that the time is coming when the county will feel a very great pride in the Academy which is erect? ed at the grave of the fsmous hero whose name it bears. The intelli? gence and patrotism of the people afford a full guarantee that an en? terprise of this .character will enlist their hearty support. In the momentous period of the country's history, General Sumter, -with unsurpassed personal sacrifice, did such service that his name and fame have reached the utmost bounds of civilization, and his unconquerable and aggressive spirit find recognition in all the years as they pass, in the sobriquet of "the, Gamecock of the Revolution." Counties in many parts of the union are called in 'his honor and good fortune attended his name when one of the most celebrated war? ships on the seas, during the conflict between the Norath and South, was called the "Sumter" and carried to all parts of the world the name which is inseparably connected with splendid heroism. The Fort in Charleston harbor, which is named for him is certainly one of the most interesting forts in te history of he world, not j surpassed even by Sevastopol , and ' Gibraltar. ( j Xow the enterprise of erecting a j school at his grave in place of a costiy monument (for his grave has no stone upon it and is today un? marked, except by a stately oak that j grows at its head) was not lightly | undertaken. TBe difficulties of the ! task were fully understood by those | who entered upon it. Yet teachers j were found who were willing to re- j linquish fine and paying positions to I assume this patriotic work, knowing I full weil that for a considerable time I the pecuniary remuneration for their labors would have to be very sinai!. As they toil in the arduous enterprise they derive a high satisfaction from the thought that they are building in honor of one who halted at no sacri? fice for his country's welfare, and whose sufferings were such that no hero of war has ever been called up? on to endure greater. It is a privilege and a strengthening of purpose to encounter trials in the erection of a.. proper memorial at his tomb. Fortunately for the perpetuity of the institution. Gen. Sumter's tomb is in one of the lovliest and healthiest sections of the world and a section of the State made famous by the number of distinguished men and women who have had their homes here for more than a hundred years. ? Of these hills "Light Horse Harry" Lee (the father of General Robert E. Lee) who camped on them, with his celebrated Legion during the Revolution, wrote with the greatest enthusiasm and characterized as the "benign hills of Sar.tee" and General Greene refers over and often to the benefits its encampments here brought to his weary and sick soldiers, be? cause of "the delightful breezes and the health-giving waters," which they enjoyed while refreshing themselves for furt'.er struggles with the British invaders. John Rutledge issued some of his proclamations, as Dictator cf South Carolina, from Sans Souci, on these hills. The grave of Joel R. Poinsette, one of the most celebrated diplomats of his day, is here and that of the famous -Demosthenian orator, McDuffie, is at the foot of the hills. On these hills was born "Fighting Dick Anderson,' the ranking officer from South Carolina in the Confed- i erate service. Here was the home of th4 gifted authoress, Mrs. Harriett j H. Ravenel, whose fermer residence is now the academy building of the Memorial shool. These and many other interesting memories are con? necte-1, with the Academy's environ? ments. Then the fact that this is a rural school enterprise, at the time when rural schools are the chief thought of the people, in connection with the further education ol progress of the country, gives a double inter? est to the work and insures a suc? cess, if devotion and skill character? ize the conduct of the undertaking; a success that should reach the highest bounds of educational ad? vancement in the course of :i few years. So that taken all in all there is no work for the upbuilding of the country that promises such splendid rewards to those who assist in it as does this educational and patriotic scheme. I, therefore, cppeal to the people of Sumter, most confidently. to come to the help of this wrok and see to it that it is carried forward in a manner creditable to the Gamecock county. Other States may have coun? ties prowl to be called Sumter; f-^rts and ships may have the :iame of so much honor inscribed upon them, military companies may glory in bearng the illustrious name, but onl? one county, his home during his life time, the scene of some of the most memorable sacrifices for the cause of liberty and independence, only one county, this one, can have his tomb and it has been undertaken to erect at the tomb an institution of learning, which if properly founded and admin? istered, must carry greater honor and do nobler se vice, in his memory in the long years to come, than all other agencies combined haye done. Already the military companies that have taken his proud name have sig? nified their desire to co-operate in the upbuilding of the Academy and we feel satisfied that this is geing to to be done thoroughly by the Summer Guards of Charleson and 'the Sumter ^Light Infantry of the city of Sumter. But we call upon all the people in all lines of life and labor in the county,x to watch the career of this Academy, to see that teachers of the proper spirit and high purpose are kept in place in the enterprise and that such pecuniary aid as is necessary to make it a success shall not be lacking. It is now that help is needed from the home people and how glad- they all will be when generous assistance be? gins to come from many sections of the country to contribute to the ad? vancement of the good cause: how proud they will be that their names are recorded among those who ren I deed service in the early d?ys, when the Academy's needs were the sorest. W trust that our people will come from all quarters to*hear Prof. Eand on the 17th of September, and assist in the opening exercises. All the teachers of the county are specially invited. Committees that are work? ing to improve their schools should . send their best wrkers to recive sug? gestions fom Prof. Hand abqut the ways and means of, doing such work. Xo effort is going to be spared to bring large .benefits to the enterprise of rural school impovement in Sum? te county by this meeting and opening day exercises. Leading men and thoughtful, earnest women, from 1 many sections will make short ad cresses or read papers relating to the matter of such immense consequence to the county. John J. Dargan. Principal. G. S. M. A. ; 1 Statesburg. S. C., Aug. 6. "Make Hay While the Sun Shines/' ?There is a lesson in the work of the thrifty farmer. He knows that the origh sunshine may last but a day and he prepares for the showers which are so liable to follow. So it should be with every household. Dys? entery, diarrhoea and cholera morbus may attack some member of the home without warning. Chamberlain's Col? ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which is tlie best known medicine for these diseases, should always be kept at hand, as immediate treatment is necessary, and delay may prove fatal. For sale by all druggists. Mayesville R. F. D. ' Rural mail delivery service has been ordered established from Mayes ville, effective October 1st, ll'06. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tile Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of FRECELA REMOVES i HMPLES cn Days. 2\oia The Complexion Bsa^ti?er is en? dorsed hy thousands ci grateful ladies, and guaranteed to remove ail tacvii discolora? tions zrA restore the fceauty ci youth. The worst cases :'n twenty ?sys. 50c. and $1.00 at ail leading dr: ? stores, OT- \?y mail. Prepared by \ \7"" T^XST CO.. . Paris. Tena ! imiYSmBHEYCOEE SSaRss Xi&aeys and BladdspRigh? ffI Cr!!CHESTEP.'3 ?NGLISH mwmmi PILLS -"ST^K ? ? 0rite!naI nud 0ni7 Genuine. 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Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, de livered a carefully prepared speech in which he handled in his character? istic fashion, the issues of the present campaign. He discussed the prosper? ity of the country as compared with the hard times during the second Cleveland administration. He talked of the glories of the protective tariff, praised Roosevelt, took a whack at the trusts and picked up the gauntlet thrown down by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. He warmly defended Congress from the charges recently made of un? friendliness and indifference to the cause of the workingmen. , Mr. Cannon's spech today was ad? mittedly intended as a keynote from which other congressional spell-bin ers may strike up campaign tunes in their respective districts. Don't drag with a dull, bilious, heavy feeling. You need a pill. Use Dewitt's Little Early. Risers, the fa? mous little pills. Do not sicken or gripe, but results are sure. Sold by all druggists. A petition has been recived from the bar of Barnwell asking for a special term of civil court to last 3 weeks, beginning in October. There are said to be a large number of cases on the docket. - How to Avoid Appendicitis. ?Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores the natural action of the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau? seate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse ' substitutes. Du? rant's Pharmacy. GAINES PROPHESIES. Washington, Aug. 16.-En route to Xew York, where he will participate in the reception to W. J. Bryan, Rep? resentative John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, stopped ober here long ' enough to hand out the following predictions: 'Tve figured it all out, j Roosevelt is a Pseudo-Bryan presi : dent. He has popularized and forced i through Congress measures that in? volves the principles for which Mr, Bryan , an other good Democrats stand. If this much reform has been brought about by man who is pseudo j Democrat the people will be more thar: j willing to cast their votes so that [ they have all the reforms in legisla I tion and government affairs that Bry j an will give them. Bryan will be the I next President. TH? BRINK IS pp Few Sumter People Know ! How Near It Is. Every time you neglect backache, Allow the kidneys to become clogged, Fail to cure urinary disorders. You get nearer to the brink of Bright's disease. Doan's kidney Pills will save you from danger. J. L. Hollis, residing a't 221 Cheeves street?. Florence, S. C.. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills which I used for kidney and bladder troubles have greatly benefitted me. I was very bad? ly hurt on the railroad a number of.years am, had my back injured and I think my kidneys were badly hurt at the same time. My back sot well enough for me to get around, but being paralyzed from my hips down I am unab-.e to walk. I have suffered greatly with backache during the past eight years. The secretions from the kidney^ were in a bad condition, very dark col? ored, full of sediment and accompanied with burning pain. I used numberless remedies, but none of them did me any good until I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and sent to a drugstore for them. They gave me relief. Tlie'kidney secretions cleared up. the burn? ing sensation left and I do not suffer from the terrible backaches. I attribute these satis? factory results entirely to the use of Doa-.'s Kidney Pills. You are welcome to use my name as an endorser of Doan's Kidney Pills." Plenty more proof like this from Sumter people. Call at Dr. China's drug store and ask what his customers report. For sale by all dealers; price 50 cents. Fos ter-Miiburn Co.. liuffalo. N. Y.. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other 40 THE PEOPLE'S BANK. We make an earnest effort to accommodate all classes. Our aim is to make this in every respect the People's Bank ; a bank where all may feel at home ; a place where those of moderate me?ns may expect the same treatment as those more favorably situated. Deposits June 30th, 1905, - Si 10,000 Deposits June 30th, 1906, - - - - - $510,000 A word to the wise is sufficient. Do you stand over a hot wood stove daring these warm summer days when you can be comfortable while > you cook by using a BLUE FLAME OIL STOVE. We have them at all prices. Get our prices on The Durant Hardware Co. The weight per rod and size of wire must be taken into consideration ; also the CONSTRUC- $ tion of the FENCE. Heavy wires and the best galvanizing are always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan? tity already in service on farms is good evi dence of its merit. The HINGE JOINT on the American allows for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with? stand sudden and severe pressure from contact with animals, without bondings stays, the fence springing back to place the instant pressure is removed. The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER? ICAN. Sold by CAROLINA HARDWARE CO.