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CARNIVAL A BIG SUCCESS. The parade yesterday afternoon "was almost equal to a circus parade. The procession was about four blocks In length and was an interesting one 5 throughout. The procession was headed by a platoon of police, led by Chief Bradford. Ail of the carnival performers, the managers and several cits' officials were in the parade, be sides hundreds of citizens. There were many fine teams and handsome ly bedecked carriages besides a large number of automobiles. The wild animals were all in open cages and the guyoscutus was allowed to go loose, although no one was at tacked by it. The parade was, indeed, a great feature and came up to all expecta tions. ' The Civic League carnival opened yesterday afternoon immediately af ter the big parade, and until the hour . for closing arrived at 11 o'clock, the grounds were packed with throngs of merry-makers and sight-seers. The grounds are prettily arranged, and with the many lights at night pre sented a very attractive appearance. There is a plenty doing at the car val to keep everyone busy from the time he or she enters the grounds. A large number of booths are on the grounds at which articles of all kinds may be bought, especially "sque dunks." In the way of refreshments, there is a delightful fish-stew for the many lovers cf stew. There is a beautiful ice cream garden where much pleasure can be had. Sand wiches of all kinds may also be ob tained on the* grounds. The fortune tellers* tent was a very popular place last night and many marvelous futures were predicted by the fair "gypsy" palmists. The Punch and Judy show did a big business and was very amusing and instructive.(?) But the big show" was undoubtedly the grandest feature of the evening. This is a kind of "variety" show, for almost anything can be seen there. "The performances in this show were very creditable, indeed, and would put to shame many of the profession al carnival shows. The "wax works" were very interesting and were a nov el performance. Mr. Vick Phelps as the director of this performance was a feature of the show. Following this came the minstrels, which were very much enjoyed. Mr. Al King made another great hit with the audience in his speech on the "Fall of the Ro man Empire." The next act, the dancing girls, was exceptionally clev er and won loud and long applause. The "Geisha" girls closed the per formance with a beautiful song and -dance act that was' very prettily exe cuted. No one should miss seeing this big show from beginning to end, lor it is full of features that are new and bright The "spielers" are all /well up in their business and furnished much 2un for the crowds last night. The carnival is on again this after noon and will close tonight at 11 o'clock. * Large crowds will undoubt edly be on hand tonight and the event will be one of the most successful ever held here, both financially and otherwise. The May pole dance in the eapiy evening was quite pretty and showed that the little ones were weil trained ior this poular dance. THE BIG CARNIVAL CLOSES. * It Was a Grand Success in Every Way and Thoroughly Enjoyed by Thou sands. The big Civic League carnival is over, having been closed last night about midnight after two days of merry-making and general festivities. It was announced yesterday that the carnival would be continued until tonight, but the management thought best to .close it last night on account ol the performers and others who have worked so hard and faithfully to make the event the grand success it has been. The work has been quite heavy, and the carnival people, while not wearying of helping a good cause, were somewhat tired out with the .strain of the past two days and even ings and so the big carnival was clos ed last n:ght. The vent has been a great success financially, nearly $1,000 being real ized from the sale of tickets and oth er sources of revenue on the grounds. The expenses will be heavy, of course, but the Civic League will be well re paid for their efforts in putting on the carnival. It is estimated that probably 3,000 persons visited the grounds during the two afternoons "and evenings. The attendance was re markable considering that the weath er was threatening during most of the time. Eeverything was running last night as on the first evening and the attrac tions were all up to their usual high standard. The music furnished by the Second Regiment Band was one of the features of the occasion and was -thoroughly enjoyed by all. The May pole dance last night seemed prettier than usual and received much favor ble comment. Special mention must be made oe the performances of Mr. Edmund R. ^lurray, the remarkable blind mu 'Eaucian and expert paper tearer. His work with the paper, making beau tifully designed patterns and fancy j articles by the sense of touch only, is j marvelous and his part of the car ! nival was one of the leading attract j tions. ; But it is ail over, and everybody is j weil pleased. The city should feel j proud of what the ladies of the Civic j League have done and can do. Their : next undertaking will b awaited with : : much interest. LETTER FROM GOV ANSEL. I Ht* Regrets He Could Not Attend Civic League Festival and Writes Some Nice Things. The following letter was received from Governor Ansel by Mrs. K. W. j Beall this morning and is self-explan ! atory: j "Columbia, S. C., May 16, 1907. Mrs. H. W. Beall, "Sumter, S. C.: 'Dear Madam: Your wire of the j 15th inst., inviting me and my staff to attend the May Festival of the Civic League in Sumter today, - the 16th inst., came to hand this morn ing, after I had had a conversation with Mr. Meehan, who is in Sumter, and by whom I sent a mesage to you. I am not at all well today, and there fore cannot come.-the first time I have been feeling unwell since my in auguration, i "I feel a great interest in all the civic. improvements in all of our towns, and I am always willing to lend a helping hand and to do what I can to advance the leagues engaged in this great work. I am truly glad to know that great good has already been done in many of our towns and that the handiwork of the good ladies has been shown in the beautiful flow ers and evergreens that we see taking the places of so many bald spots that heretofore have been an eye sore. I wish you Godspeed in the great work you are do ing in the -civic improvement of Sumter, and I hope that some time in the near future that I may have the pleasure of saying a word to your league on this great subject "With assurances of high regard, I am "Very respectfully, "M. F. AnseL "Governor." ANOTHER EASY VICTORY. Kingstree Defeated by a Score of 14 to 1. The Game Cocks had it easy Fri day. Kingstree came down with about five players and Manager Gunter sup plied the visitors with a sufficient number of men to make a team. Gunter, Phelps, ^Gillespie and Farrer were assigned to the Kingstree ranks. The game allowed the Game Cock pitchers to exercise their whips and also gave the fans a pretty good idea of what they may expect from the local slab artists. Dru mm, Richard son ,Tribble and Piatt went on the fir ing line in the order named. Yester day for the first time the fans saw big | Tribble, the southpaw, with the speedy ones, put 'em over. He has them all, mixes them well, and puts thfe steam to them with a vengeance. He took like the candy . The Sumter boys - surely swatted the hide. They hit the ball all over the lot, and ran the bases well. If they can- keep up the hitting stride ?4. into which they have fallen, not many games will go in the lost column. The score credited to the visitors was made on a wild pitch, the ball going so high over Stephens' head that it was impossible for him to han dle it. Sumter's 14 tallies were made in ever> conceivable way. Morrow cleared the sacks in one inning by driving the ball to deep center for a beautiful two-bagger. *Let me mail you free, to prove merit, samples of my Dr. Shoop's Restorative, and my book on either Dyspepsia, The Heart, or The Kid neys. Address me, Dr. Snoop, Racine, Wis. Troubles of the stomach, heart or kidneys, are merely symptoms of a deeper ailment. Don't make the common error of treating 'symptoms only. Symptom treatment is treating the result of your ailment, and not the cause. Weak stomach nerves the inside nerves-means stomach weakness, always. And the heart and kidneys as well-, have their controll ing or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have weak vital organs. Here is where Dr. Shoop's Restorative has made its fame. No other remedy even claims to treat the "inside nerves." Also for bloating, biliousness, bad breath or complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restora tive. Write for my free book. Dr. SuOOp's Restorative sold by Sibert's Drug Stoe. A very sensational shooting and cutting scrape took place at Jones ville Wednesday night, as the result of which S. M. Gil mire is not expect ed to live. The shooting was done b\ J. W. Gallman. who shot Gilmire five times, Gilmire inflicting a serious wound in Gallman's head with a knife. A Narrow Eescape._ i *G. W. Cloyd, a merchant, of Plunk, Mo., had a narrow escape four years ago, when he ran a jimson bur Into his thumb. He says: "The doc- 1 tor wanted to amputate it, but I would not consent. I bought a box of Bucklens' Arnica Salve and that cured the dangerous wound." 25c at Sibert's Drug Store. i MINOR DECLARED GUILTY. l'on viet od on Charge of Grand Lar ceny-Trial Jury Required Rut Twenty Minutes in Reaching a Ver dict. Guilty of grand larceny, as charged j in the information. ! That was the verdict of the trial i ! jurv in the criminal court of record I * ! yesterday in the case of the State of Florida vs. D. A. Minor, charged with, ' grand larceny and knowingly receiv ing stolen goods. The specific charge in the informa tion was the larceny of silks from the store of the J. D. Horn Company, on March ll, 1907. This is the third information on which D. A. Minor has been convict ed, and the prosecution followed the same general lines as that in the oth er cases. Howard Jones, who was, it is alleged, a co-conspirator in the wholesale larcenies, and who has pleaded guilty, was the principal wit ness for the State. County Solicitor W. J. Bryan, who prosecuted for the State, made out an : exceptionally strong case, and his plea for a conviction was the strong est and ablest that has marked this term of the court, a term memorable because of the number of important cases disposed of. Col. Frank TV. Pope, who defend ed the case, made a strong plea for j an acquittal, but, as it proved, vain ly. The jury! was out only about twenty minutes in reaching the verdict, find ing Minor guilty as charged. The de fendant was then handcuffed and led back to the county jail. This was the third case in which a conviction was secured. In the two former cases Minor was found guilty of knowingly receiving stolen goods. Sentence was not pronounced yes terday, a motion for a new trial, as filed in the two former cases, acting as an arrest of judgment. There are still other cases pending against Minor, and Bryan Nichols, who, like Minor, has been twice con victed as a co-defendant in one of them It is probable, however, that in view of the convictions already se cured, the prosecution of these re maining cases will be dropped, the State either entering a nolle prosequi therein, or holding them over the heads of the defendants.-Jackson ville Tim^s-Union, May 16. People in Politics. Mr. Cannon avers that he has made no deal with Mr. Fairbanks, and it is now up to Mr. Fairbanks to take wa ter, or start a little Ananias club of his own.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. If Mr. Wadsworth fails to make the landing as the Prodigious and Pluperfect Prevaricator of the An cient and Amalgamated Assembly of Ananiases after all his talk, the coun try will probably regard him merely as the Happy Hooligan of the Hier archy of Hasbeer.s.-Houston Post. Governor Hughes' idea that a gov ernment should be more responsive to the sentiment of the people is a fine theory, but there is a fear that it would, in practice, seriously damage the political business as a "good thing."-Indianapolis News. . An. Indianapolis correspondent speaks of Fairbanks' "boom." Every body who had heard the reverbera tions from the river on a very cold night appreciates the reference. Philadelphia North American. Because one New York governor was "kicked upstairs" into the White House, it does not follow that the same process would be equally effica cious for another.-Philadelphia In quirer. * Piles get quick and certain relief from Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Please note it is made alone for piles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Larare nickel-capped glass jars 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. The nicest thing about a woman is that she isn't a man. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Slf S/fTZ ~ Signature of {^U^T/Ya /< tC*<t 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone ending a sketch and description may qnlcKly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention ls probably patentable. Communica tions strictly eonfldentlaL HANDBOOK on Patenta sent free. Oldest agency for securirifr patenta. Patent taken through Munn & Co. receive tpecial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely ll/nctrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. *3 a year; four month , |L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNNS Co.36"" *"'-New York Branch Office, 638 F SU Washington, D. C. COTTON MEN'S CONVENTION. Manufacturers Discuss Plans to Over come Obstacles ia the Foreign Mar ket. Philadelphia, May IT.-Today will be one of the most important of the convention of American Cotton Man I uiacturers' association, although the regular sessions ended yesterday. The manufacturers interested in the ex port trade conferred thu morning, discussing plans to overcome all ob stacles in the way of the foreign mar I ket. William Whiteam, Jr., agent of j the department of commerce and la j bor, bureau of statistics, presided. -! *For a cold or cough take Kenne dy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It is bet ter than any other cough remedy, be cause its laxative principles assures a healthy, copious action of the bowels and at the same time it heals irrita tion of the throat, strengthens the bronchial tubes and allays inflamma tion of the mucous membrane.. Con tains Honey and Tar, pleasant to take. Children like it. Conforms to the National pure food and drug law. Sold by all druggists. Ptev. Coke D. Mann has caused a sensation in Methodist circles by pre ferring charges against a certain pre siding older of the church.. FEEL EVERY CH HSE OF THE WEATHER. A Bad Back is Always Worse During Wet or Changeable Weather. Is your back like a barometer? Does it foretell every change of weather? Does every cold settle on your kidneys? Bring aching, throbbing pains? Does it disorder the urine? The kidneys are calling for help. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, : Guaranteed by Sumter Testimony. B. A. Betts, well-known farmer, living two miles northeast of Sumter, says: "I believe Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at Dr. A. J. China's drug store are a good kidney remedy. For a number of years I had a hard time with my back and the pain felt just like rheumatism and would just lay me up. I could not sit for any length of time in one position or attempt to turn over in bed with out the sharp pain striking me and making me yell right out and I had to take hold of some thing to support me when I got out of bed. The kidney secretions were irregular, un natural and at night too frequent in action. I used lots of remedies and took doctor's medicine but was just the same after I used them as before. I was told about Doan's Kid ney Pills curing other people so I went and got them. They helped me immediately and since then the pain has left me, my back is strong ana the kidney secretions do not both er me. My health is greatly improved in every way and I give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit." For sa]e by all dealers. Price. 50 cents, Fosster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sol agents for the United States. JEtenieruber the name-Doan's-and take no other. 44 The dispensary constables have seized in Columbia the following lots of liquor within the past three months: 2 2 kegs of corn and rye whiskey, one five-gallon jug of rye, two one-gallon jugs, one three-gallon jug, one barrel of beer, one gallon of whiskey in a three-gallon jug, 75 quarts rye and corn, 900 half pints of rye, 7 pints of rye and corn and 321 half pints of rye and corn, broken measures. >. *'"Here's to your health and hap piness"-Dewitt's Little Early Risers -famous little pills. Nasty, ' sick ; headache or biliousness may come ! on any time; the cure is an Early j Riser. Sold by all druggists. A SPECIAL WRECKED. A Big Smash Up on the Xew York Central. Little Falls, X. T., May 21.-The Xew York Central train and a Buffa lo and Cleveland special west bound were wrecked just east of this city early this morning. The freight vos thrown from the track by a pile of stone and the wreckage covered four tracks. The trainmen lacked time to flag the special, which plowed into the wreck, going sixty miles an hour. Two cars and the engine of the spe cial were smashed, killing Baggage man Findley in the buffet car and in juring several others seriously. y/s i ASIDE From the Excellent Facilities afford ed, this bank has the advantage of a large Capital and a large Surplus. CAPITAL S75.000.00 SURPLUS S40.000.00 The Bank of Sumter, Sumte. S. C. 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