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THAT CLEMSON COW" DEAL. Capt. Stribling Has Something Moro Deiinitc to Say. Anderson, Sept. 4.-Mr. J. B. Strib Iing. one of tho committee to pur? chase some cattle for the experimen? ta.! station at Clemson College, has given out the following statement in regard to the Shank!in cow tracie that has been so widely advertised: "I think I have a right to answer any newspaper article criticising pub? lic matters, where I was personally mentioned in its connection, without permission from Clemson's trustees or asking their aid in the matter The public has a right to know all the par? ticulars o? matters concerning public affairs, notwithstanding Trustee Simp? son's' opinion to the contrary. The following is from the Newberry Ob? server: "In talking to a trustee of Clem? son College with reference to pur? chase of nine cows from Mr. Shank lin for $1,S00, about which J. C. Striblmg- has had much to say in the newspapers, the following were learned: "The, college gets what is known as the 'Adams fund' from Congress with ' which to make experiments in stock raising. This fund must be used be? fore a ?xed date of it must be re? turned to the United States treasury. A committee was appointed to buy cattle. Mr. Strib?ng-not a trustee -being on it. The committee looked at many cattle; among the number Mr. Shanklin's-a fine group pf thoroughbreds. On the last day bf buying cattle, R. W. Simpson-tire trustee to whom Mr. Stribling refers was at Pendleton-his home-and suggested to the committee that they had better take Mr. Shanklin's cattle, if he would agree to sell them; and, he agreeing, the sale was made. "And that is all there is to it. "This from the Newberry Observer lacks a good deal of being 'all there is to the affair.' "Trustee Simpson was not at his home, but at the Shanklin cow lot on the occasion mentioned above. Neith? er is it true that this cosy trade was made on the last day for buying, but about a week after the time was out, this fact opening the field to every breeder of dairy cattle in the State, with or without options. There is something significant i about the way this Newberry trustee puts himself and the public on notice that I was not a trustee of the col? lege. The significant meaning, here seems to signify that as I was not a trustee and that Simpson was, it waa sufficient justification for what he did. "Finally, I say this much- that Trustee Simpson had succeeded in placing his friend and neighbor's cat? tle at Clemson at a very fine price, and I want him to have credit for it. We want every tub to sit upon its own bottom a>nd every man to 'tote' his own skillet that is about all there is to this part. "When investigation time comes, ali these charges should go before disinterested committeemen appoin? ted by the legislature. If Trustee Sampson wants to investigate him? self before his board let him do so. "Judging from what the Newberry trustee has said in the Observer, one man from the outside would have no better show for fairness at a Clem? son investigation than I had at the docing of th;" cow trade.-Green? ville News. Starving to Death. * Because her stomach was so weak? ened by useless drugging that she could not eat, Mary H. Walters, of Clair street, Columbus, O., was liter? ally starving to death. She writes: "My stomach was so weak from use? less drugs that I could not eat, and my nerves so wrecked that I could not sleep; and not before I was given up to die was I induced to try Elec? tric Bitters, with the wonderful result that improvement began at once, and a complete cure followed." Best health tonic on earth. 50c . Guaran? teed by Sibert's Drug Store. s i a a a s a sss s ass S S fi s s ss a a B s a a a a a a a a a a HIGH LIVING is an everyday affair with those who eat at our restaurant. The best of food is served at a modest cost. GOOD EATING and our bill of fare go together. Well fed men dine here because they get what they want and as they want it. It's a pleasure to pay for good food. That's why we have so many good patrons. THE SUMTER RESTAURANT, V. E. Bronson, Proprietor. 3-21-6m XOT A DICTATOR. President Palma Declares He Has Given Cuba a Constitutional Gov? ernment. Havana. Sept. 5.-President Palma, in an interview tonight put an end to any expectation that he would make ?ny concession whatever to the rebels beyond the offer of pardon already extended. The president said he could not possibly mak?- such concessions either now ir hereafter, and could not see in any event what the government could offer beyond what had already been offered. American intervention, the presi? dent said, had not been considered because the government believed it could end the insurrection without as? sistance. The president said:j "You may say emphatically that rumors of any action by the govern? ment in any way looking to a com? promise or making concessions to the rebels are absolutely false and (un? founded, for the present or for the future. It is impossible that any con? tingency could bring it about. . "I cannot see what the government could offer to the rebels except to al? low them to return peacefully to their homes, provided they surrender and give up their arms. As to any private efforts to obtain peace by any organi? zation or individual influence, I would be only too glad to see it brought about, and pledge my word that there will be no prosecution of those who committed this unpatriotic diir-I." Concerning American intervention President Palma said: 'That matter has not been under consideration because we believe we can control the situation without, any outside aid. We shall put down this senseless rebellion by fosee, and we feel amply confident of our ability -to do it. We were not prepared for a blow of such a character, although we knew several months ago that they were conspiring; but AV a soon will have sufficient men and arms to dominate the rebels. There may be some isolated encounters and desul? tory fighting, but we will be in a posi? tion to protect all interests. "The people are not in sympathy with the rebels. There is a lawless element which always takes advan? tage of disturbed conditions to rob and pillage, but I have confidence in the loyalty of the masses." Concerning the reported quarrel with Vice President Mendez Capote and the rumors that the latter is try? ing to have him deposed, President Palma said: "Such a report is a malicious slan? der on a distinguished patriot and loyal friend of the administration and my personal friend. The vice president was in the country on a va? cation, and he advised me promptly of his homecoming, and has been here daily assisting us with his advice and prestige." "It will take time," President Pal? ma continued, "to eradicate this stain. We were prospering, and for? eign capital had confidence in the stability and resources of Cuba. I have not been a dictator, but have given a constitutional government, with ample guarantees. Even now, when the. tocal press and many indi? viduals falsify the news and commit acts which are treason, I have taken no steps to suppress them. I would be justified in arresting some cf the conspirators who from this city are directing others and encouraging re? bellion." "To Cure a Felon" ? Says Sam Kendall, of Phillipsburg, Kan., "just cover it over with Buck? le's Arnica Salve and the salve will do the rest." Quickest cure for burns, boils, sores, scalds wounds, piles, ec? zema, salt rheum, chapped hands, sore feet and sore eyes. Only 25c a1. Sibert's Drug Store. Guaranteed. Gen. R. R. Hemphill has announ c d himself as a candidate for re? election as clerk of the Senate. ?As a dressing for sores, bruises and burns Chamberlain's Salve is all that can be desired. It is soothing and healing in its effect. It allays the pain j of a burn almost instantly. This salve is also a certain cure for chap? ped hands and diseases of the skin. Price 25 cents. For sale by all drug? gists. It is said that the Cherokee nation i has furnished more first-class profes? sional ball players than Ctoy Indian tribe in the country. The Breath of Life. *It's a significant fact that the strongest animal of its size, the goril? la, also has the largest lungs. Power? ful lungs means powerful creatures. How to keep the breathing organs right should be man's chiefest study. Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens, of Port Williams, O., has learned how to do this. She writes: "Three bottles of Dr. King's Kew Discovery stopped my cough of two years and cured me of what my friends thought consumption. O, ifs grand for throat and lung -roubles." Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. Price 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. ?lohn >?. Knight. Every newspaper ra an ia South Car? olina will hear with personal sorrow of the dearh iu Asheville Tuesday of "Jean" Knight, the editor of the Sumter Herald. Although his health was then critical Mr. Knight, long, ing lor the comradeshio of his fellow workmen, came to the Press Associa? tion meeting at the Isle of Palms in July. He was too iii to enter fnlly into the spirit of that delightful event, tnt we are sure that it was at least a taste ot joy in his last days that lie W8s permitted to mingle with his old friends, as it was to them a pleasure that they were permitted to grasp his hand 8gain. John Knight conducted one of the best weekly newspapers in all South Carolina. It was a model of typo? graphical cleanness Its press work was uniformly admirable, and its j reading matter and advertisements had the same characteristics. His pride in his work was keen and his de? light was to make a newspaper thor? oughly and to make it well. He was one of those in the ranks who could always welcome the inspection officer, and so he is a loss to his people in Sumter and to the newspaper-makers of South Carolina. He was a distin? guished member of the Pythian Order, having served as Grand Chancellor, and ne occupied conspicuous positions in his county, having for years been chairman of the Sumter County Dem? ocracy. He doubtless could have been elected to public office, but did not covet it. H9 was a newspaper man and he loved to do his duty in the ranks.-News and Courier. WISE WORDS. Wealth won by tricks vanishes by magic. It takes many a tumble to make us humble. Wisdom increases itself by enrich? ing others. It is always easy for a little man to D6 meek. People who remember malice easily forget mercy. He who declines no pleasure de? clines in power. The chronic kicker is the first to go lame in the race. ? mighty little man can undo a large man's work. Truth is never worth much where it costs but little. Stars of hope are always born in the night of trouble. * The journey is worth while when wisdom is at the end. Nature study is empty without the study of our own natures. It takes more than a love of beauty to make the beautiful life. He who is willing co guide a child is preparing to lead a nation. The fever of lust takes away the appetite for the food of love. The teacher is to lead men into truth, not to throw it at them. It may make some of ns feel queer to see our ballots at the judgment. Many despair of the race because they know nothing of it save what they see in the mirror. Rome of the chaps who don't go home till morning, cause mourning when they do go home. The people who are least likely to agitate public opinion are the most anxious as to their impression on it. Many a man who is barking at his' wife's piety now is banking a good deal on what it is going to do for cim when he comes to die.-Ram's Horn. No Phonetics For Harvard. Harvard will not stand for the Car? negie-Roosevelt innovation, according to President Eliot. Mr. Eliot says the new style of spelling does not in the least appeal to him. "I suppose that President Roosevelt has a right to write his messages in any 6tyle of orthography to which he may incline," he remarked, "but I think it will be a lung time before such a style as that proposed becomes very popular or takes a great hold upon the public. "I do not myself care for it, and it is my opinion that the same view is held by the msjority of leading educa? tors. There are pome distinguished men, such as President Butler, of Co? lumbia, who have long favored it, but I do not see that their work has brought much accomplishment. ' "The English will hardly adopt this new system," he said. It would mean not only that the publishers would be obliged to make two sets of plates, but that all of the present plates of standard and popular works would be rendered incorrect and that the public would not like the looks of 'thru' and 'tho' and words similarly spelled." New York Sun. *No one would buy a sailboat with sails that could not be reefed. There is always that possibility \of a little too much wind that makes a cau? tious man afraid to go unprovided. The thinking man, whose stomach sometimes goes back on him, provides for his stomach by keeping a bottle of Kodol for dyspepsia within reach. Kodol digests what you eat and re? stores the stomach to the condition to properly perform its functions. Sold by all druggists. ?The laxative effect of Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is so agreeable and so natural you can hardly realize that it is produced by a medicine. These tablets also cure indigestion. For sale by all druggists. Was a Very Sick Boy * But cured by Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. -When my boy was two years old he had a very severe attack of bowel complaint, but by the use of Cham? berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrheoa Remedy we brought him out all right." says Maggie Hickox, of Mid? land, Mich. This remedy can be de? pended upon in the most severe cases. Even cholera infantum is cured by it. Follow the plain printed directions and a cure is certain. For sale by ail druggists. COTTON KING OF EXPORTS. Far Exceeded tiic Value or Any Other Article o? Merchandise Exported From This Country-Has Increased Per Cent, in Last Five Years. Washington. D. C., Sept. 2.-"Cot? ton is king in the export record of the United States for the fiscal year just ended." This is the introductory sen? tence of a statement just issued by the department of Commerce and Labor. Continuing the statement says: "The total value of raw cotton ex? ported for the first time crossed the ?400,000,000 line and exceeded by far the value of any other article of mer? chandise sent cut of the country. Tne exports of breadstaffs of all kinds ag? gregated but $186,000.000, those of provisions but ?211,000,000, and those of iron and steel manufacturers but 8161,000,000. "The value of cotton exported has increased very rapidly during the last five years. It was not until 1901 that it crossed the 8300,000.000 line, and in a short five years period it has grown to moie than 8400,000,000, or increase of about 33 per cent. This growth is due in part to an increase in the quantity exported, but in ?part also to the advance in price since the quan? tity exported in 1906 was about 700, 000,000 pounds less than in 1905, hence the value was 821,000,000 more than in 1905. "The exportation of manufactured cotton was al&o larger in 1906 than in any earlier year aggregating practical? ly 853,000,000 against 850,000,000 m 1905 and ?22,500,000 in 19?4. The growth in exports of manufactured cotton has been quite as striking as that of the raw material. "Europe is, of course, our principal customer -'or raw cotton. The United Kingdom took last year 8177,000,000 worth, Germany 8101.000,000, France 845,000,000 and Italy about 827,000,000. while the other countries of Europe took.about 832,000,000 worth. Japan is also a customer for our raw cotton, bat very irregular in the quantity bought, since she only bays largely of American cotton when prices are low, relying upon India and China in years when American prices are high. The value of cottou exported to Japan in the fiscal year 1906 was, in round terms, 88,000,000, in 1905 S17,000,000, and in 1904 less than 83,000,000. "In manufactured cotton China is by far our largest customer. The to^ tal value of all cotton manufactured exported in the fiscal year 1906 was, as above indicated, 853,000,000 in round terms, of which about 830,000,000 went to China. Practically all of the cot? ton goods sent to China wa? in the form of cloth, the total value of cot? ton cloths exported to China in the year being 829,641.1S8, and other cot? ton goods 8172,887. The exports of cotton cloths to China in the fiscal year 1906 exceeded both in quantity and value those of any other earlier year, the value in 1906 being about 82,000,000 greater than in 1905, and the number of yards about 24,000,000 greater than 1905. China's rank as a purchaser of American cottons is indi? cated by the fact that of the 711,000, 000 yards of cotton cloths exported in 1906, 493,000,009 went to China, while about 133,000,000 yards went to the American countries south of the United States, and 25,000,000 to Asia other than China and Oceania." CHARTERED CLYDE LINE STEAMER. Arrangements Cmpleted For Trans? porting "Clansman*' Company and ' Production to Charleston, S. C. Special trains are often used by large theatrical companies when the regular railroad service does not suf? fice. It- has remained, however, for the management of "The Clansman" Company to inaugurate the novelty o? chartering a big coast-wise steamship for the first "movement" of the com? ing Southern tour. Arrangements have been completed by George H. Brennan by which the nrodnction, electrical effects, horses and the com? pany of nsarly a hundred people will be transported from New York to Charleston, S. C., by a special Clyda Line steamer. The steamer will carry no other passengers and will make ex? press time between the two cities, being one of the fastest in the Clyde Company's service. The cost of the charter is extremely large and the contract will prove the heaviert made by the transportation company this season. Having undisturbed occu? pancy of the whole vessel, "The Clansman" people will hold two daily rehearsals throughout the voyage on the main deck when the weather is fair and in the grand cabin on stormy days. These rehearsals at sea are being eagerly looked forward to as a novel experience by the p)ayers. The opening performance in Charles? ton wiil be given Sept. 19. When you have a cold it is well to be very careful about using anything that will cause constipation. Be par? ticularly careful about preparations containing opiates. Use Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. which stops the cough and moves the bowels. Sola by all druggists. Undoubtedly the world's greatest authority on earthquakes is Prof. F. Omori, of the Imperial University of Tokio. Since his return from Cali? fornia, where he examined seismic conditions thoroughly, he has sent back a series of valuable helps on the construction of earthquakeproof buildings. He is planning a trip to Chille. ?In these days of rush and hurry courtesy is often forgotten. In the mad, pell mell rush of our life little things are done to offend that we rather remained undone. 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It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STF CET, NEW YORK CfTY. JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of AND ive Stock Co. Ring up NO.-30T-That's the Daily Item's Telephone number-^ when you want to place an advertisement that will bring results. W. A. BOWMAN, Pres. ABE RYTTENBER.G, V. Pres P. G. BOWMAN, Sec. S: Treas. The Sumter Banking & Mercantile Company, Silin ter. S. C. ^ss^^Capital 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 quote the very closest cash or time prices on all lines of Groceries, Fertilizers and Fanners' Supplies, 5 And invite your investigation before makin6 your arrangements for another year. Cometo 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 Postoflice. Sumter, S. C. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST^