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Grand Auction Sale Of Choice Residential Lots, Jenkins Division of Edwards Park, Sumter, S. C, Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, 3.30 p. m. Each Day. i i $500.00 in Beautiful Presents Distributed in the Usual Way. SUMTER!! County seat of the most thrifty, up to date cit7 in the State. Population about 13,000. Its Railroad and other fa? cilities have increased the population rapidly for the past five years. Public improvements in the City ot Sumter cost more pro rata the last two years than in any other city in the State. Its population has increased correspondingly. A word to the wiu is sufficient. Edwards Park. i Edwards Park was sub-divided about eighteen months ago, and the first division was sold by us ih three days time. Second division six months later was sold in one week's time. A portion of the third division, belonging: to Mr. E. A. Jenkins is now offered for sale by us on easy terms. Since the opening of this estate, eighteen months ago, fifty houses or more have been erected for residences, which is unprecedented in any sale we have held. FARMERS! Farmers living in Sumter County cannot afford to miss this opportunity to get property in this, the best residence section of the city. If you do not need it now, you will doubtless need it in the future. This property is destined to be the best residence section in the entire city and it is now fast becoming so. Look it over and select your lot before the sale begins. TERMS: Terms 1-4 cash, balance in one and two years. We invite the men and women of Sumter County as well as people from1 adjoining counties to attend the sale and participate in the Grand Auction and Private Sale on the dates above named. HOWARD CALDWELL & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. ASSISTED BY JOHN FRANK, of Anderson, S. C. JOHN McELREE, Auctioneer. ^WTEO WfEMTOB DEAD. PA VII? KKDMEIJ) P1UH7POH DCK8 A PAUPER. ^?fmm Who \tmle. PImm tor Tower to ? Ovrfriawdow (ireat Kifel Tower? ?Tawd A4 the Chicago World's Pmlr. ? Chicago, Oct. If - David Redneld Proctor. SI your* old. a cousin of t'nl* t ? s senator Iledneld Proc of Vermont, wie found dead y os? ier day In a cheep lodglog house at 241 South Clark street. 1 Ha had been In straitened circum? stance* for several years, althought he made a fortune from the sale of royaltieK on an Invention which he *ktented In the early '70s. d device dicta arrested and extinguished the spark a from the funnels of loco mo ttv< * th ? kindling of prairie Arse by parsing trains an Impos? sibility. In the Columbian exposition he was 4^fcao of the mist picturesque figures ^irho haunted <>rtlcee of Director Gen? eral Davis and Graham, with offers of snarvelnrus Im? for enhancing the bean y and na^gnltude of the groat fair H> d??lened th.- Pr?Htor-Morrlson ??wer. which was Intended to make ^Pl- Kit 1 ?<? ? t iMM ?r? a dwarf In com pa< ?>a. For the rights of this tower h? was offered. It lsaid. $100.000, and a company to build It was started und-^r the presidency of Engineer ;f )f irrison. the "steel SO not motion <?? But the oo] lapse of p^lLeel Mackawy's "Hei tatorlunf' caus? ed ? bu?ln?-*a Int ? t? iflentlnVu fair to look with disfavor apnn so gigantic an enterprise ss that priposed hv fnvmtor Procter. The local tower which was to be 1.000 fee* higher than Ust Mel tower at 1? wss not built. When Engineer Harrison whs plan ' nine to c ? ifrurt at Mcmphta Tenn.. th- ? . - '. \ ' r'd-f in liills warid h?' mtiu-i- ? im- work of building a miniature working model of the ?trueturs to ' Inv.-ufu Proc *^awr- . h*> '.is km -wn. The RsadJei was bo only two Inches stpl ? ??? i .1 was .to have ml joints ar.d almost ns many -?-parat* pieces, proctor com pVt 1 it In two nioti'l The huge bridge whs gaawtructed e* ictlv Hf?? r t, 4 asodel. He reoelrrd 11.000 tof . work. The fir* "working" gon ^Jnsa launches at the world's PJpl a re designed hy Mr. Proctor. Wh llfYleaa body wm found at the dingy room In which he h??1 Hved end dreamed his dreams of as indlng Inventions for the last few ads years, the narrow little bed was sim? ply festooned with tiny modele of fly? ing machines Which he guarded and embodiments of some discoveries that he claimed to have made in the field of aeronautics. Mr. Proctor was a native of Glou? cester, Mass. He 1 ssurvlved by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Ar? thur Rows and Mrs. William H. Per? kins of Gloucester, Mass. The managers of the lodging house told the police that a doctor, who had been called to view the remains, found that doath had been due to old age. ?Thomas A. Edison, the great Amer? ican Inventer, says: "fully 80 per cent of the Illness of mankind comeu from eating Improper food or too much food; people are Inclined to over-in? dulge themselves." This Is where In? digestion finds Its beginning in nearly every case. T>e stomach can do just so much work and no more, and when you overload It, or when you et\t the wrong kind of food, the digestive or? gans; cannot possibly do the work de? manded of them. It Is at such times that the stomach needs help; it de? mands help, and warns you by head? aches, belching, sour stomach, nau -tea and Indigestion. Tou should at? tend to this at once by taking some? thing that will actually do the work for the stomach. Kodol will do this. It Is a combination of natural dlgestants and vegetable acids and contains the ?ame Juices 'ound In a healthy stom? ach. It is pleasant to take. It dl geotl what you eat. Sold by all drug? gists. Tllfhop 8. D. Ferguson, the colored Rpixeopal blxhnp who was dined by Bishop Potter, will visit Charleston, the place of his birth. \f*W ted With Sore Eyes for ft!l Years. *I have been afflicted with sore eyes for S3 yearn, Thirteen years ago I became totally blind and was blind* for six years. My eyes were badly In? flamed. One of my neighbors Insist? ed upon my trying Chamberlain's ??alve and guv? mo half a box of It. To my surprise It healed my eyes and my sight eame back to me.?P. C. Barls, Cynthlana, Ky. Chamberlain's Salve Is for sali by DeLomic's Phar* rn;?'-y. J. H. Hyatt und Wesfey Triggers, two well known farmers of Camden, have festal effOOsed on th?- charge of presenting a forged ? h? <-k for $2(?o for payment. ?If r.-al cofTe?? disturbs vour stom lotl, y?ur heart or kidney-*, then try ?hi" clever coffee Imitation Dr. Ihoop'f H< i It si Ooffea, I>r. Slmop has closely mote hod old Java and Mocha ?a In tl.t\or and rast?-, y^t it has n< i :i ulit^l' gfSlfl o| r*;il coffee In It. D>\ Shoops Health Coffee Imitation I? made from pure tOSited ffOJlll or cereals, with malt, nuts. etc. Made In a ndnute. No tedious long wait. You will nurely like It. Oet a free sample at our store. Levy A Moses. MORIS CONVICTS ESCAPE. Columbia, Oct. 15.?Walter Allen and Jim Sudduth, white, both life term prisoners sent up from Green? ville, and both trusties, walked away from the State penitentiary this morn? ing* before daylight and neither of them has been seen since. Their es? cape was easy and they did not have to take the risks assumed by Harry Dean and William Smirh, who es- I caped from the penitentiary last ! week. Allen and Sudduth have been trus? ties for four years. Allen was Known as a "lot man." being in < *<drge of the horses and stock at the peniten? tiary, and Sudduth was the tMaryman, being In charge of che cmvs and do? ing the milking. It was their custom to rise about 4 o'clock and proceed to the stable lot, where they bfSfan, their work before the rest of tin* [ejlten Uary inmates arose. This morning they w?nt to the lot as usual about 4.15 o'clock and a few minutes afterwards the guard follow? ed. He did not see the twj I rustles at their work as usual, an.l calling to them received no response. He then returned to headquarters and gave tho alarm. A search was made, but no trace of the trusties coull be found. All that Allen and Sudduth had to do. after having been admitted to the stable lot, was to walk out if the git** and they were into tha Ktreerg of Co? lumbia. Doubtless thev made the** way down the canal bank In iho rear of the Columbia Duck Mill r\nd found refuge in the river tX>tb>m*, or per? haps they had friends waiting for them on the outside. The two men wore their suits of stripes and unless they can secure citizen clothing thev will hav ? a hard tlm> getting far away. ?Obstinate cases cf constipation and nasty, mean headaches promptly dis? appear when you take De Witt's Lit II? Bearly Riser Pills. Sold by all druggists. S<?me malicious person shot and killed ? mule owned by BdgST How Ian, an Abbeville county negro. HsJ Dear OM Mother. ?"My dear old mother, who Is ItdW 83 y? ars old, thrives on Blectrle DIN t?'rH," writes w. B, Bruneon of Dub In, Ga. "She has taken them f ?r about two years and enjoys an excel? lent appetite, feels strong and sleeps well." That's the way BlSCtrlO Bit? tern affeet tho aged, and the same happy results follow in all cases of female weakness sad general <i< Ml Ity. Weak, puny children, too. are greatly strengthened by them. Guar? anteed also for stomaeh. liver and kidney troubles, by Slbert'a Drug Store. 10c. DELICATE OPERATION. Five Stitches Taken in the Eyeball of Frank Post, an Iron Worker. New York, Occ. 16.?A delicate sur? gical operation was performed at St. Gregory' hospital yesterday when five stitches were sewed In the eyeball of Frank Post, an iron worker. The wound could be seen only with the aid of a magnifying glass, and It re? quired nearly four hours to perform the operation. The physician had co use the most delicate surgical instrument made. A silk thread was spilt four times, mak? ing It finer than the finest linen thread manufactured, for making the st.tch es. The operation was performed un drr a llfffd microscope by the use of an SO-candle power electric search? light. The Instruments were so fine they could not be handled with the fingers and the eye of the needle could not be seen. ?To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little Candy Cold Tablets called Preventlcs. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Pre? ventlcs, for they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt. Preventlcs contain no quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stage" Preven? tlcs will prevent pneumonia, bronchi? tis, la grippe, etc. Hence the name, Preventlcs. Good for feverish chil? dren. 48 Preventlcs 2& cents. Trial boxes 5 cents. Sold by Sihert's Drug Store. The Qaffney Ledger will be , j> lished daily during the session of t; ^outh Carolina Methodist Conferenc in Qaffney. ?The question of how to cur; B cold without unnecessary loss of time is one in which wo ore all more or less Interested, for the quicker a cold is gotten rid of tiie loss the danger of pneumonia and other serious dis? eases. Mr. P. W. Tj. Hull, of Waver |y, Va.i haf used Chamberlain's <'<?ugh rtemi ly for years nnd says: "i firm* )y believe Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy to !??? absolutely the beet prepara? tion on the mark< I for colds, i have recommended it to my friends and they all agree with nie." For sale by De Lorme's Pharmacy. Manning i* entertaining the Home Mission Society Which is in annual session there now. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of A small cottage owned by the Un? ion-Buffalo Cotton Mills was destroy? ed by fire. The firo was caused by the explosion of a lamp. ?You never have any trouble to get Children to take Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. They like it because it tastes nearly like maple sugar. Ken? nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is a safe, sure and prompt remedy for coughs and colds and is good for ev? ery member of the family. Sold by all drugigsts. Madame Sembrich was given an ovation in Charleston Saturday night. ?Trial catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. The*e tests are proving to the people?without a pen? ny's cost?the great value of this sci? entific prescription, known to drug? gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Ca? tarrh Remedy. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. Major J. M. Erlrd, clerk and treas urerr of Spartanburg, died suddenly on Sunday night. Out of Sight. "?Out of sight, out of mind," is an old saying which applies with special force to a sore, burn or wound that's been treated with T'ucklon's Arnica Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind and out or existence. Piles, too, and chilblains disappear under Its healing influence. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. 25c. A deposit of the finest quality of shale has been discovered on lands >f F. H. Hyatt near Columbia. YOUR LJVER is your best friend or your worst enemy. Active it's your friend. Torpid it's your enemy, and its army is Constipation, Biliousness, Siclt Headache, etc. A.M> T?NI? PKL.LB1T? make active, strong and healthy livers, ^eventing and relieving liver troubles. Complete T-?-r>* 9}+)m MULDKOW Sixteen men in the Coast Line shops at Florence will be laid off. ?If you take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills you will get prompt re? lief from backache, weak kidneys, in? flammation of the bladder and urinary troubles. A week's treatment 25cta Sold by all druggists. Do You Enjoy What You Eat ? You can eat whatever and whenever vom like if you take Kodol. By the use of this remedy disordered digestion and diseased stomachs are so completely restored to health, and the full performance of their functions naturally, that such foods as would tie one into a doubie-bow-knot are eaten without even a "rumbling" and with a posi? tive pleasure and enjoyment. And what is more ? these foods are assimilated and transformed into the kind of nutriment that ;s appropriated by the blood and tissues. Kodol is the only digestant or combinatioa of digestants that will digest all classes of food. In addition to this fact, it contains, la assimilative form, the greatest known to nie and reconstructive properties.; Kodol eurer indigestion, dyspepsia and all disorders arising therefrom. Kodol Digests What Yon Eat Makes the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Regular size. $ 1.00. holding 2H tliasfi the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. O. DsWITT A CO., Chicago. NL For Sale by all Druggists. Indigestion Stomach trouble is but a symptom of. and not In itself a true disease. We think of Dyspepsia* Heartburn, and Indigestion as real diseases, yes they are symptoms only of a certain sper># Nerve sickness?nothing else. It was this fact that first correctly led Dr. Shoop In the creation of that now very popular Stomaca Remedy?Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Going direct to the stomach nerves, alone brought that success) snd favor to Dr. Shoop and his Restorative. With* out that original and Highly vital principle, no ?uch lasting accomplishments were ever to be had, For stomach distress, bloating, biliousness, bad breath and sallow complexion, try Dr. Shoop'g Restorative?Tablets or Liquid?and see for you*, self what it can and will do. We sell and chess* fully recommend Dr. Shoop's Restorative SIBERTS' DRUG STORE. M?LLthi couch i y_CURE the LUNCS Sew Discovery rnn /^OKSUMP-VON F ee run I OUOHSaad 60c i $1.00 ^OLDS Free Trill Surest and Quickest Cure for all j THROAT and LUNG TROUIi < USB ? MONEY BACX