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HftlN FII COMING. ltivk or import ANY BODY TO BJC BJEIUC soon. Hirers asm Harbors Congress IiiUw Fox to All Ira? te N?vi mm Address Hos?ne. TW following letter from do mini? lauer Watson, tof too department of tgjrleelturs, commerce 'and tmmlgra tN?). win bo road with Interest by aaojsy elites aa of Su inter and vicinity: str. >. I? Reerdon. turn tor. 8. C. Dohr Mr: Arrsnfsmsnts have been ejfesjueted at a conference between Hr? U u. Dosier, director for the Atlantic Seaboard of the Na Rlvers end Harbors Congress, Qew. "Ansel and myself to have Hon. A. Fbu. of Arkansas, formerly a of the United States Congress, to the social director of the Na Rlvere and Harbors Congresr all the prtneipal points In South lajjlallam Interested In matters of nav both. Inland and coast. Mr. consented to remain In this for It days and at the conference 10 the attached itinerary was upon. It Is the purpose Mr. Fox visit your town on the date santed and we trust that your Chamber of Commerce will arrange far a special meeting for the purpose Of hearing an address on this subject him. It Is the purpose of Mr. Go- \nsel and myself to ac 17 Mr. Wox to as many of these es possible. la nothing of more vital con? to Oho commercial industries and literal Interest of the State at no when the opening of navi ttreame and waterways and the active cooperation now being other sections of the United id euch work as can be dons si a months may result in prevision for the pushing \jgj<sQJ>lgejHiin projects of greatest val Perwtit me to express I he hope. that you will endeavor to a good attendance at your meet yessr baotesai Interests be to giro Mr. Fox ovary par Of mfsematton bearing upon Uu as effecting your Interests that ta possible to oolleot Please -be * he to stsdy the enclosed Itinerary a view to the arrival end depart m** Of pour trains and with consider mmYm of the nesrt ?uecsedtn?* point and ?j?tetet me as early es possible as to ?mur you will arrange for the g to he held. Pleuse advise me BT to the plsce of 11 eetfng. Vary truly kyours. H. J. Watson. Commissioner. lOtb U the/ day set for Mr. 'a etstt to ?erTter. JOftK AMKKICAN TluAM MEAT PIUAY GAMK HK1UB. W Trying to Ar of Goatee He r of oho Wg Cluhs? Reply. iry Reardon u* trying to get food base bei I for the font* this spring. Hs hopes to sr exhihitlon games here between off the tsg clubs that train in seotlon every spring. The follow - lettcr from the New York Amcrl seeret.?ry ?* sflf-e/nianntory: Jjg*. Cmmett 1. Reardon. Secretary, flomtst Chamber of Commerce. Humter. 9. C. 'Dear Kir: Replying to your letter fOJjmxdiug the training quarters, we aalready mads arrangements with aha. If I eon see my way clear to gdhy 00s exhlhltion game with your OJub will do so with pleasure, and notify you In ample time. Tours truly. a. M. Hahon, Secretary. If these sig games can be pultod off ?. the many "fens" of the city will appreciate them and Mr. as to be thanked for his in? te tue matter. ?ore*: mkndknhall dead. Traveling Hslesman l*assed Away te Ctmrteston Friday After After Short Illness Prom The news of the rather sudden of Boyes R. Mendenhall In Char)?Mo? Friday afternoon wr?s a great shook to hin many friends in Sumter. snd will be received with ex tren e regret throughout the State Hs wit the mo-t popular traveling man In Mouth Carolins and the tn*tt aakv 11 ?s c/fr in the employ of Parke, Dsvi m Co. in.- Irug nrm, hie an suai ssW tn thi? fltate tho past year totaling $1e.00< . rrnrs than double the aro? snl >(* hu'inens secured by an/ nth'?c #osn In tb? emplOf of this big' concern The cause of Mr.MemhihaH'i d? Ith wi .um.tnU and he was ?b k only % Short Min*?. The fum>ral will be held In Greenville, his home. C* tton mills a*id ba iks In < r m wW? iMibl out $100.000 in dividends Wrs. Mirv HsnnK of Hp.irt inbuiK fatally burned at the home of hei at Clifton on Wednesday. CAMPAIGN GOSSIP. Prospect of a Lively Contest In City Election?Probable Issues. x If the talk that goes on where men gather on the streets amounts to anything there will be something do? ing In a political wa> In Sumter county this year. The municipal elec? tion ie the first political excitement on the programme and the campaign will open in real earnest wlthn a few weeka The bi-ennial meeting of the executive committee of the city de? mocracy must be held within a few weeks for the purpose of arranging the preliminaries for the regular mass meeting, at which the candidates ad dese the voters, and to fix the date for the primary election. Various and sundry names have been mentioned In connection with the race for mayor and aldermen, but the candidates. If they have decided to onter the race, have been wary abovt making public announcement of their Intentions. It may be ac? cepted as a fact, however, that there will be no scarcity of candidates and there will be, as usual, plenty of good material from which to select a ticket Some political wiseacres as? sert that there wilt be at least three candidates for mayor?no names named except Mayor Boyle as a can iddate for re-election?while others are Just as positive that if Mayor Boyle Is in the race he will have no opposition. In other quarters the be? lief Is prevalent that there will be a solid prohibition ticket In the field o'i an anti-dispensary platform. Then there Is the rumor of a municipal league with a slate ticket backed by a sealed, signed and edllvered pledge from every member of the organiza? tion (which Is yet to to be created) to support it to the last ditch. All of which is Interesting, if true. The Issues of the municipal cam? paign are, as yet, somewhat nebulous, but the signs of the times point to^a strong fight being made for streev Improvement on rn extensive scale ' while other candidates will tie their faith to municipal ownership of the city lighting plant when the present contract with the Sumter Ice, Light A Power Co. expires. The battle cry of ethers will he greater economy In the administration of the city water works and city affairs generally, and It will be up to them to ahow the voters how and where economy Is pos? sible. And there art* bUU other issue* In Incubation. AIL In all, If talk counts, the campaign will be llveW. In the county campaign the talk Is all of proepectlve candidates and not of issues, but there promisee to be enough candidates to make good any deficiency of burning issues. The county officers will probably all have opposition while some of them will have to beat a whole squad of aspl- i pi rants to hold on to what they havs. But the primary Is yet a long way off and there Is lota of time to talk of i the State and county campaign. PUBLIC SALES TO-DAY. Some Valuable Property Sold b> Master Wilson at Public Auction,? i Sheriff Has Several Sales. There was a good crowd in the 1 attendance at the public sales today 1 of Master Frank Wilson and Sheriff W. H. Epperson. The following sales were made by the msster. ' Rosalle D. Moses vs Sarah Fannie Jenkins et at. Privateer township, tracts Nos. 1, 2. and 3, 1205 acces, bought by Lee A Molae, attorneys, for $?50. Tract No 4 265 acres, bought by M. H. Beck, for $3.760. Marlon Molse va Hattie A. Davis et al t roods. 37 1-2 poles, bought by I. C. Strauss, Attorney, for $700. Marlon Molse vs Jas Spencer Trou? ble field SO acres In Wedgefleld, bought by Lee A Molse, attorneys, for $100. Rosalte D. looses vs Sidney J. Brad? ley, 46 acres, bought by Lee St Molse, \ttomeys. for $100. R. A. Chandler vs Fed Chandler, 26 acres, bought by Lee St Molse, attor? neys, for $25. The following executor's sale was made: EU M. Cooper and Geo. G. Cooper, executors of the estate of Dr. J. W. Hudson, deceased, tract of land near town of Mayesvllle. Bought by R. J. Mayes, Jr.. for $2.561. The sheriff made quite a number of sales' of horses, vehicles and other like property, and It ell sold for fair prices. A negro who has cvsded arrest for lifti i n yenrs was arrested by Sheriff Cole man. of Riehland county. on Tuesday. The prohlb!M?>nMs of ITntotn coun? ty will protect the r-cent election in that county in which the dispensary \* 1111. A Higher Health IjcvcI. ?"I haVU rsUChtd a higher health i, \. i ? shsce i begun using i>r. King's Ww Life Pills." writes Jacob Spring? er, of Wont Praahira, Maine. "They keUp my stomach, liver and bow* Is w<m king Just right." If these plllM disappoint you on trial, money 1 he refunded at ethert'a Drug Store. .vStltA REASON FOH HM. FIURRY CAUSED BY WITHDRAW? AL OP DEPOSITS. Cotton Hhs Ruled Hlgli And Value Of Crops Wuh A Record Breaker. New York, Dec, 31.?The with? drawal of $125,000,000 from a few large trust companies, precipitating a season of hoarding and sending cur? rency to a premium at a time when It was most needed throughout the co?n try Is credited in R. Q. Dun ACo.'s* annual review of trade, published to? morrow, with having been one of the great factors In turning the year 1907 from its promise of new records in prosperity to a closing period of fin? ancial disturbance that caused mans plans for future extentlons of business to be either abandoned or postponed The restoration of normal conditions, the review declares, depends upon easier money and a revivel of con? fidence, both of which seem nearer to? day than at any time since October, when the stringency began. While fail? ures were frequent during the last puarter of the year, the review points out that if the comparison Is carried back to previous periods of distress, there is much cause for congratulation In tho insolvency returns. The review says in part. 'Although in many cases the size of crops in 1907 fell below some pre? ceding years, high prices made the return to the farmer much larger than ever before. To some extent short crops In other countries accounted for tho high prices, notably In 'the case of wheat, for which foreigners were willing to pay more than a dollar per bushel during the closing months. "Adding the value of cotton, meat.", dairy products, poultry, eggs and all other items raised by the agricultural? ist, this year's total attains the phe? nomenal value of $7,100,000,900. "Cotton has ruled at a high position throughout the year, while the latest statistics of the crop Indicate a yield of 12,000,000 bales, or 10 per cent.less than the high record established in the previous year. The old crop yea: ended on Aug. 31, with the largest to? tal ever harvested, and with exports exceeding all other years, except 1905 as to quantity, while the high average export price of 10.7 cents per pound this year raised the total value $70, 000,000 above the previous high water mark established two years earlier when the sverage price was about 2 cents per pound lower. "Conflicting influences united to pro? duce a year In the dry goods market which has been without precedent for the volume of business done, but which has also been honeycombed with dis? appointments that roduced tho aver? age of what might otherwise be re? garded as a most successful 12 months. "Although hides broke to lower fig? ures than had been reached before in about a decade, leather kept fairly steady throughout most of the year. The comparative steadiness of leather value has been due almost entirely to the curtailment of production. "The year has been characterized as & period of retrenchment lt? the shoe trade, nr.d price* hove undergone n readjustment from the top rates that prevailed in 190G. . "Changes In the Iron and steel in? dustry during 190; were more striking thon elsewhere, particularly In re? spect to the volume of production. During the early part of tho year there was a gradual Increase In out? put, the weeklv active capacity of blast furnaces constantly establishing new reccrds until the high point was reached on July 1, with a total of 528, 170 tens of pig iron per week. From this point a moderate decrease occur? red until toward the end of tho yeai It was estimated that not more than about 33 per cent of the entire Iron and steel capacity was in Operation. As to prices, moderate reductions oc? curred during the closing months, but no general change was made in list prices on standard shapes of steel." RELIEVES IN FIVE MINUTES. Help Comes Quickly When Ifyoinel is Used for Catarrh. The Quick Relief that comes from the Hyomel treatment for catarrh is most remarkable. Put a few drops of liquid Hyomel In the little pocket In? haler that comes with every outfit, and before you have used the treat ment for five minutes you will notice rellof from your catarrhal troubles. It gives a tonic healing effect to the air you breathe, kills all catarrhol germs, stop." the poisonous secretions, gild soothes the Irritated mueom membrane. Hyomel will detroy all diseas? germs In the nose, throat and lung> and make a quick and permanent eure of catarrh. So strong Is J. F. W Del^orme's belief In the power of Hyomel to cure all ratarrhal troubles that with every $1 outfit he gives a guarantee to refund the money un b?<s the remedy gives satisfaction. l-7tf9? w Fire ?u Lnmaf on Tuesday nlghi leetroyed about "2 head or horses am mules and a large number of vehicles. Loss was about $6,000. CLUBS STARTS An Important Work?Mrs. Beall, of This City, Head of Work in South Carolina. 4. work of great importance has been begun in the State with the be? ginning in Sumter county; but we hope and feel that it will spread to the other counties. We refer to the war against tuberculosis which has been waged so successfully in other States and for which South Carolina up to this time has done nothing al? though she has one of the highest death rates. To understand what the work will be let us briefly outline what we hope to do in this State. In October last there was a meet? ing of the directors of the South Caro? lina Federation of Women's Clubs in Columbia and at this meeting Mrs McKissick, president of the federa? tion, announced that Mrs. Decker, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in the United States, had created a new department of club work?that of the department of health. Mrs. Rufus P. Williams, of Massachusetts, is head of this depart? ment, and she with one woman from each State will constitute the health department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of the United States. Mrs. Beall, of Sumter, has been ap? pointed head of the department in South Carolina, and she has divided the State into districts, corresponding to the judicial circuits, and appointed one woman head of each district. For this, the third judicial circuit, or as it will hereafter be ksown in thit work, the Third District of the De? partment of Health, S. C. F. W. CJ Mrs. Mitchell Lev! has been appoint* ed chairman. Mrs. Levl has appoint? ed one woman in each of the five counties comprising hei district to act as county chairmen, and Mrs. William Ingram is chairman for Sum? ter county. Mrs. Ingram in the near future will call a meeting of the presidents of every association or organization of women in the county, and they will meet and discuss the best method of taking up the work in their own clubs. These club presidents will at this meeting organize an anti-tuber? culosis association for Sumter county, with Mrs. Ingram, the appointee of the district chairman, as president, and a secretary and treasurer will be elected. These presidents will be ask? ed to appoint a committee in their individual clubs. The work of this committee will bo outlined at this meeting so that the committees can go to work as Individuals and do the real scientific work of the anti-tuber? culosis war. PECULIAR BULLET WOUND. Cartridge in Pocket Discharged by Blow From Stove Lifter, But Coin Saves Man's Life. New York, Jan. 2.?Mrs. Josephir.a Comensky, 18 years old, of No. 11 Pearsall street, Long Island City, be? came angry last night with Castei Gufsus, who boards with her and :i.ruck him in the side with an Iron stove lifter. Immediately there was a loud report and Gussus fell to the floor screaming with pain. Mrs. Com csky called an ambulance from St. John's hospital. The surgeon found xhat. Mrs. Ccm ensky's blow had exploded a cartridge that Guwus had carried in hie pocket, and the bullet, striking against a : cent piece had driven the coin partly into his fide. The hospital doctors cut out the coin and Gussus will re? cover. The coin undoubtedly saved the man's "Ife. Mrs. Comensky was not arrested, as Gussus corroborated her story of the accident. Manning News Notes. We have been informed that Magis? trate A. P. Ragrin at Pinewood has been waited upon by citizens and ask? ed to resign his office, and that he has promised to do so. Later: Last night the senator re? ceived notice from Gov. Ansel that Mr. Ragin has resigned, and requests a recommendation from the delegation for his successor. Gov. Ansel has appointed J. H. Lescsne, Esq., magistrate at Manning to fill the unexplred term made vacant by the death of the late S. M. You mans. The many friends of Mr. W. H. halliard of Durant will be pained to learn that he was stricken with pa ralvsls last Friday, and while not an extremely ill man, his condition is not assuring. Mr. Galllard has not been well for several weeks, but this sudden attack was a sad surprise.? Manning Times. N. W. Hardln has been elected rep resentatlVO of Cherokee county to suc? ceed the late W. F. McArthur. V 1 3 /--^ Uk?iS CONTAINS HONEY A An improvement o system of a cold by aatisfactlon or motte ?r?Btaw.*.?.-...< ?*? -? ?nnin ?m-m*mm ? iiit vuitui? niU?l in aoutn Carolina have paid out large dividends the past year end are in properous conditions generally. Gov. Ansel has removed the treas? urer of Berkeley county. All the laborers employed bv the Virginia-Carolina and McNiurphy Fertilizer companies in Charleston have gone out on a strike. The young men of Winnsboro arc organizing a military company. At thjB headquarters of the Society of Friends, in London, were shown re? cently some manuscripts of great his? toric interests, among them being the Oliver Cromwell proclamation of liberty to many Imprisoned for con? science sake, including John Bunyan, and the fine original manuscript of the journal of George Fox. UJVtOK WAREHOUSE BURNED. [ Seven Hundred Bales of Fleecy Sta? ple Destroyed in Plckcns. Pickens, Jan. 3.?One warehouse at Cateechee containing 700 bales of cot? ton, was burned last night. The loss was $40.000, covered by insurance. The origin of the Are is unknown. The warehouse was the property of the Norris Cotton Mills. Bad Stomach Trouble Cured. ?Having been sick for the past two years with a bad stomach trouble, a friend gave me a dose of Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets'. They did me so much good that i bought a bottle of them and have used twelve bottles In all. Today i am well of a bad stomach trouble.?Mrs. John Lowe, Cooper, Maine. Thes? tablets are for sale by DeLorme'i Pharmacy. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Homs-8:30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6 Office Phone?N o. 30 - - - House Phone 382. BLANK BOOKS. Our stock is now complete. The Hoffman I lat Opening Ledger will give you perfect satisfaction. Examine our books at once before our stock is broken. THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. Brunson's Sanatorium For the Treatment of Stock. Having erected commodious quarters on my premises, No 541 North Church St., I am well prepared to treat, scientifically and humanely, all diseases of Horses, Mules, Cows and other animals. Sick animals hoarded at reasonable charge. Write or Phone me. DR. JOHN I. BRUN50N, Veterinary Surgeon, Sumter, S C. Office:?314 South Sumter Street x Oct 28, ?07--2m?Monday end Thursday. Phone :-No. 493 Have a Happy New Year With the Happy Plucky Pixies. "Here's to 11)03, may it be she happiest year of yonr life so far" is the New Year toast of the Plucky Pixies to yon. :: Yon cau start tjre yesr right by resolving to buy at onr store. We will j , not disappoint you. Onr goods were bought for people with a wealth of good taste, bnt not necessarily 60 io money. Consequently onr at? tractive prices sod libeial terms. : : : : : : To be happy, t ade with is. Try it end see. : : : : : Carolina Hardware Comp'y. 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