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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.
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DURANT'S PHARMACY.
CAXXOX MAKES SPEECH.
Speaker ol' House ol' Representatives
Outlines the Kepnfolicaii Plan ol'
Campaign.
Danville, Ills., Aug. 16.-In accept?
ing renomination for Congress at the
hands of the Republican convention
of the ISth Illinois District here to?
day, Hon. Joseph G. 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
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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.