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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ?7..I90S. --?ar - Entered at the Postoffice at Sumter, o C., as Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERXISEMEXTS. . -A. T. Cooper-Notice. . Notice of State Election. T>. J. Chandler-For Sale. Notice y of Federal Election. ^Miss E. Saunders-For Sale. The Bank of Sumter-Saving1 ?fcon ey. * Schwartz Bros.-Conqueror Blan? kets. The Sumter Osteopathic Sanita? rium. Charles E. McCormick-New Jew? elry Stor?. W" H. Seale," Co* Supervisor-Quar? terly Report. Estate of Jas. A. Young-Notice to Debtors and Creditors. f'W PERSONAE. I r - - Col. J. J.. Dargan was in the city Saturday. Mr. J. L. Gillis, of Pisgah, was in the city Monday. Mr. J. J. Barby has gone to Louis? iana on bcsiness. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, of Goodwill, was in town Saturday. Mr. N. S. McLeod, of Oswego, spent Saturday in town. Mr. W. S. Raffield, of Salem, was in the city Saturday. Mrs. H. Ryttenberg bas returned home from Baltimore. Mr. J. X. McElveen, of Shiloh, ?spent Monday in town. Hon. Thoa. G. McLeod, of Biahop ville, was in the city Monday. Mr. A. T. Coopar, of Wisacky, was an the city Monday on business. Mr. B. N. Owens, of Orangeburg, spent last Wednesday in the city. Mrs. Lopez, of Atlanta, is :n the city as the guest of Mrs. H. J. Barby. Mr. L. L. Fraser, Jr., of Mechanics ville, was in the city Saturday on busi? ness. Mrs. M. G. Ryttenberg and Mr. 'Clarkson Kyttenberg have returned to Hew York. Mrs. J. B. Clifton and son, Jesse, have returned from Elliott, where "they visited relatives. Mrs. T. T. Upshur, of Nassawadox, ~Va., is in the city on a visit to her ison, Mr, W. B. Upsn nr. Mrs. M. G. Ryttenberg and her sen. Mr. Clarkson Ryttenberg,-of Kew York City, are in the city. Mrs. J. Walter Doar, cf Georgetown, 5s visiting in the city as the guest of and Mrs. E. S. Booth. Miss A. C. Weeks has returned ?rom Kershaw accompanied by her ; nephew, Mr. J. D. Rollins. iss Moneta Osteen left Friday ?Oi Birmingham, where she will visit Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Anderson. ? Messrs. H. L. Scarborough, H. J. ; McLaurin. Jr., and J. >v. Alles re? turned from CbaricfcEon Saturaay. * Mrs. I. C. Strauss has returned home after a protracted stay at1 Greensboro and Waynesville, N. C. Re?. J. Klein returned from Dar? lington Thursday, where he conduct ed religions services and performed - -.a wedding ceremony. Misses Celia Weil and Valerie Stern, who have been visiting rela? tives here, have returned to their homes in Savannah. Mr. W. Harry Yates has resigned his position with the John H. Sizer Lumber Co. to accept a place ar book keeper with the Edwards Grocery Co., * of Darlington. Mr. A. V. Rosselle arrived in the city on Saturday to accept a position with Crosswell & Co. as bookkeeper and accountant. He is a recent grad? uate from Poughkeepsie. N. Y., Com? mercial School. Several new streets are being opened and old streets extended in the North? western section of the city, contiguous -to Broad Street and Salem Avenue. A Federal Government official was recently in the city investigating the methods employed here by the Stand? ard Oil Company with the view of reporting the canner of the conduct of the business and the way competi? tion was met in this city. This is supposed to be a part of the general investigation of the workings of this great trust. Deputy Sheriff Raffieid, who bas covered practically all of Sumter county within the past few days while .ont serving summons on jurymen, says that cottou picking is progressing -slowly and that many fields have not been touched. All the cotton is open and where the farmers have been able to eeenre pickers they have about finished picking out this year's cottou ??crop. No other remedy on earth is so good for children as Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea; makes them ^at, sleep and grow. Bright eyes, rosy cheeks, Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. China's Drug Store. In the Recorder's Co:irt. There were two sinners ^n the -mourners bensh Friday morning. James Young was on trial for dis? orderly conduct and resisting an offi? cer. He was found guilty and sen? tenced to pay a fine of ?15 or serve 30 days on the chain gang. He paid the fine. Matilda Durant paid a fine of $5 for beating William Minser, an infirm old man, who interferred in a fight between Matilda and another woman, j Don't you think you had better try To wear a smile and sing a song? It's a good old world after all, Provided you take Rocky Mountain Tea, T" fV-o ?rvri?*r r> fall Oct??bri- IS Lt 5:4 Mr. T. Con? dors Cuni:;.- md Maggie Rose t were married :.; i C. C. Brown, j Th? bridai coap?< left -n the 6:20 I train for Washington, D. C. DEATH. Mrs. M. A. Lemraon, the mother of Mr. G. A. Lemmon of this city, died at the home of her son, Mr. W. E. Lemmon, near Lynchburg, Lee ^un? iv, on Sturday nigh-, jfter a shcit ill? ness, in the eighty-second year or her age. The funeral services were held at ll o'clock Monday. Mary, the oldest daughter of Mr. Alex and Mrs. Minnie Thompson, died at their home, near Sumter, on Octo? ber ll, of erysipelas; age 6 years. Ladies, don't forget to go to Miss S. A. Murray for your new Fall Hats. Next door to Ten Cent Store. lt* The walls of^ the new court house are rising as rapidly as good work will permit. If Sumter county just had a big crop of cotton wouldn't everybody be on velvet this year. All the vagrants have not been ar? rested nor have they fled the city and the chain gang needs their ser? vices. The Sumter county race horses are expected to give a good account of themselves at the State Fair next week. It is not probable that any effort will be made to prevent Barnum & Bailey's circus exhibiting here on No? vember 7th. Times may be a little hard and money somewhat tight, but neverthe? less and notwithstanding a whole lot of folks are planning to attend the State Fair, tn the mind of not a few an annual visit to the fair is clas? sified as a necessity. A fire was started Saturday about 9 o'clock by sparks falling f rom a chim? ney upon the dwelling occupied by Mr. W. S. Dinkins on East Liberty street. The shingled roof soon ignited and a small flame endangered the building, but a quick response by the fire department put all fears at rest, and the fire was soon extinguished. The damage done was very imma? terial. FAULTY DIGESTION. j Quickly Shatters the Nervous System j and Should i: -bren Attention at j I Once. - If the sufferer with weak nerves ! only realized that faulty digestion was j the chief cause of nerve exhaustion, a j cure would be much easier, for he j would then strengthen the digestive j organs with Mi-o-na stomach tablets. A few days' use of these tablets will ' tone and strengthen the digestive sys? tem so that it will absorb all the ele? ments of nerve force from the daily food, and the nerves will be strength? ened, sleeplessness, will be overcome, weakness will vanish, and the various functions of the body will become nat? ural and regular. If you have specks before the eyes, are sleepless, have nervous twitching*, headaches and backaches, if there is | nauseau or distress after eating, if the appetite is poor and there is general debility and weakness, begin the use of Mi-o-na at once, and you will soon notice a marked improvement in health. It will give strength and vig? or to the whole digestive system, re? store the vital force and nerve energy, and impart ambition, strength and good spirits to the discouraged, run? down and weak. You run no risk whatever in buying Miona, for J. F. W. DeLorme gives an absolute guarantee with every 50 cent55 box that the money will be refunded unless Mi-o-na does all that is claimed for it. Letter to J. M. Brogdon & Co. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sirs: It is a great thing for a merchant to have the exclusive sale (in bis region, of course? of anything wanted by everybody. There are two ways tc treat such goods. One is : put the price up and make big profit. The other way is: be fair and make more. Devoe is the paint that takes least gallons and c?:sts least money a house, a job, a year, a lifetime-no matter how you reckon your costs except by the gallon-Devoe is: the best care? taker and costs least money. Don't forget tbat the principal part cf the cost ci paint is putting it on. Less gallons. less cost. Don't forget that another principal nnrt of econ? omy is long wear; le>s gallows, less cost and long wear. It is a great thing to have the exclu? sive sale of popular goods, of goods that makes friends, of goods that en? rich both buyer mid seller. Devoe is perhsips only ten per cent better than one or two otheis; but ten is a plenty -it's 200 or 200 better than many. There's many a mcrcbaut who hasn't fennd-ont his goods. It doesn't take a mnn long to find-out that Devce is the least-money pt?nt and why, no mat? ter which side ne is on. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co., 14 New York. T? C T\,.^^^* TTo y A TT-O rrt C rv rn T- r? Tl V MURDER IX MANCHESTER. Grant Ross, Negro Sixteen Years Old, Shoots Clifton Smith With a Rifle. From The Daily Item October 16. Another murder has been commit? ted in Sumter county and another man-slayer is in jail awaiting trial at the next term of court. The crime was committed in Manchester town? ship about noon yesterday, both par? ties being negro boys not more than 16 years old. The weapon used was a, 22-calibre repeating rifle. Grant Ross, who committed the crime, fired twice at Clifton Smith, the first ball going wild, but the second struck his victim in the head inflicting a mortal wound, from which death resulted almost immediately. Coroner Flowers held the inquest late yesterday afternoon. There were but two witnesses. Fletcher Smith, a brother of the dead boy, testified that he and Clifton were picking cotton and that Grant Ros^s ox was in the field. Clifton 'called to Grant, who was ir? the ad? joining field, to come and takt his ex out of the field. Grant made no re? ply, but went to his house and when he came out he had a rifle in his 1 hands. He came up within range and j fired twice at Clifton. The first shot j missed, but at the second Clifton fell to the ground. He ran to his brother I and turned him over but he never spoke. The ball hit Clifton in the Lead. ^ Walby Ross, a brother of the mur? derer, testified that he saw Grant j come to the house, get the rifle, go j out in the field and fire twice at Clif? ton Smith. Clifton fell at the second shot. He saw Fletcher Smith run to his ?rother and shake him as if to rouse him up. Grant Ross brought the rifle back to the house and left it Neither of the witnesses testified that there was anything like a row between the boys before the shooting occurred. Dr. R. B. Furman made the post? mortem examination. His testimony related to the character of the wound and that it produced death. The jury, of which Mr. W. J. Ardis was foreman, found a verdict that Clifton Smith came to his death from a wound inflicted by a rifle in the hands of Grant Ross. Ross was arrested and brought to jail last night by Coroner Flowers. He admits killing Smith, but makes no explanation of why he did so, except to say that they had had a fuss. Mr. Willie Bultman's three-year old thoroughbred filly received first j prize at the Anderson fair and Mr. T. { I O. Sanders, second prize. In the j rae.es, Bessie, owned by Col. Richard- j son, won first money in the 7-S milo j dash and the Widow', ?Wiled uy Mr. j T. O. Sanders, second. In the 3-4 j mile dash Torch By Night, owned by Mr. T. O. Sanders, won third. ' yroTio E" j Sumter, S. C., Oct. 16, 1906. We, the undersigned as committee of H. W. Cooper, will apply to the ; Judge of Probate of Sumter County j on November 17th, 1906, for a Fi- j nal Discharge as said committee. FRANK P. COOPER and A. T. COOPER. 10-17-4t Committee. j _? Tax Notice. j The County Treasurer's orflce in ; Court House building will be open for ? the collection of taxes, without pen- i altv, from the 15th day of October to ' the 31st day of December, inclusiv-'?, j 1906. The levy is as follows- For State, 5 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con? stitutional School, 3 mills; Polls, $1.00. 'Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. IS, 2 mills; Shiloh School District, 3 mills. 50 cents capatation dog tax. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1907. Additional pen? alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru? ary, 1907. Additional penalty of 5 1 per cent for 15 days in March, 1907. T. W. LE 3, Oct. 5, 1906. County Treasurer. ew J ewe The McCormic Have opened up at No. i next door to t A First Class St< Everything new and u as cheap as money could a reasonably legitimate Special attention giver warranted and prompt c CHARLES E. NA ain Coat ! Copyright 1906 by Hart Schaffner # Marx The man with an umbrella only, goes out on a rainy morn? ing-gets his clothes wet and keeps them on while they dry out. His clothes are certainly not improved in appearance and he is taking the risk of a hard cold. It takes a rainy day to make a man s Prize a Rain Coat. Still they are just as useful when the sun shines, for they include all the smartness and durability of an overcoat. You can wear a Rain Coat ANYWHERE IN ANY WEITHER. The materials are handsome Oxfords,! blacks, mixtures, etc. Price range : Men's Guaranteed Rain Coats, $12, $15, $\S & $20 Boys' Rain Coats, ages 10 to 16, $6.50, $7.50, $10 - - - - and $12 sa sm xt ll Phone 166 & Sumter, S. C. sr A few of the automobile owners of Sumter are advocating a Thanksgiv? ing automobile race in the city some? what after the manner of the Great Vanderbilt Cup race recently held on Long Island. The idea is to obtain j permission from city council to use j Main street from Liberty to Warren, . Warren to Washington, Washington, lu Liberty and Liberty back t"> Main, j as the course. The proposed course is approximately, a mile in length, and the race would be twenty or thirty laps. The streets named would require very little work to be put in the pink of condition for a motor race course, and the automobilist who was doing the talking said that rec? ord-breaking time could be made on it with perfect safety-as motor rac? ing goes. Thc plans for the race have not been perfected, it is only being talked about as yet, but there is said to be considerable interest in it. It is enough that a woman should be well and strong to be charming and beautiful, in order to be this she must take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, one of the greatest beautifiers known. Tea or Tablets. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. Estate of James i. Young, Deo'd. ALL persons having claims against aforesaid Estate will present the same, duly attested ; and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate, will make immediate payment to MES. MARY A. YOUNG, 10-17-3: Administratrix. ~ FOR SALE. 103 acres of cleared land, 1-4 mile from Hagood, Sumter county, ad? joining lands of Miss Emmie Saun? ders, and on public road, will bring a bale or more cotton per acre. Ad? dress (Mrs.) T. L. Eberhardt, 10-10-4t Hagood, S. C. k Jewelry Co. 13 South Slain Street, he Postoffice ?ck of Jewelry. Lp-to-date, and bought I buy, and all we ask is profit. L to repairs. All vjotk ieliveries guaranteed. rtccoRrtick, GER. See Schwartz Bros., advertisement for shopping news. . FOR SALE-At Hagood, S. C., 100 acres of land that brings over a bale of cotton to the acre. Address, Miss Emmie Saunders. Hagood. S. C. 10-17-ti WASTED-To buy several car loads . -..i and long ?oaf p*nc ecru wood. H. G. Osteen. FOR SALE-5-horse farm, Rafting Creek township on Ch?rlestoh road, opposite Mr. E. R. Alston's T. P. Sanders. FOR SALE. My residence on North Main street? ; apposite the Presbyterian church, witt the vcant lot adjoining said res i i dence. j The house is a modern, two-story i building with all conveniences. Pos? session given within a reasonable time after sale is made. For terms or any further information apply to D. I J. Chandler by mail or at the store of j The D. J. Chandler Clothing Com I pany. 10 16-tf-dly-wkly. The first detachment of the Has arrived and pitched their tent at the old camping ground, where they will be pleased to see their many admirers. Haven't you been thinking of them these chilly mornings ?