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Nil Mil KEIMC. ?m i ill ,> , TKLEFHONK COMPANY WANTS TO lNCRtlASE RATKM. Made to Council for Por? to Rale* Rent of HcsUlenc** to $1 Pro Month?The rotono Dcscwsscd Whot m a twpim Tank? City council met at I o'clock p. m. Wednesday In regular aooaion with tho following members i.roaont: Mayor Boyle. Alderman Barnett. Ligon. Finn, stubbs, Wright and R. F. ?worth. Aldermen Bnltman And . C. Haynsworth came In later. . J The mayor called the meeting to and requested Clerk Huret to ?pen tho eeeeton with prayer, which ho dkl. the council standing the while. Tho minutes of the last meeting morn rood end confirmed after minor norretlioas had been made at Mr. Ligon'a suggestion. Mr- I- C. Strauss, representing the Shunter T slop hone Company, appear? ed before council to request permls etoo to lacrosse tho rate far residence nee from 11.10 par month, the it rate to II per month. He a statement reviewing the ef? fort that was made two years ago to aael the property to the Southern Bell ihone Co. tor 110.000. which not consummated, owing to the ef the city council to permit She Increase of the rate for residence telephones from 11.10 to IS per aad the subsequent refusal of laell to grant permission for the whan the Increase wa by the company, on the ground that the service wee worth Iaht pro pass d Increased rate. He also tho present condition of the the character of service, the improvements and extensions and contemplated. Including the and re-building of the rvUle eachaago. He said that sp aidftlca to the greatly Improved and .Urn acquisition of the ipvtlte system. the company would prooahly he ahle to give Its direct connection with the lens slama11 service hi the near fsrture if the requested Increase 1* la aSewod. the Saunter Tele Company now having under a proposition from the Bell company for a long distance con? nection. Me eald also that If council t eteeld gran4, the request the rates mill not he, ineraaesd before Novem tser let the regnest of Mr. Strauss i \? take ap la r egaler order at a .-? aad after dfeecjcslon. on ' Mr. Flaw the matter was a ip?rial oomsnittee ef three, wir dlrsctioae to make a full tawiasaisrlsn and report hack to seeaaail at the neat meeting. On mo? oted) ef Mr. ^ Baft sa a a the committee em issssei as it to employ aa attor consflderebly dl telephone question, aad Ligon were In fa the r a quest of the Messrs. Finn. Stubbe B. F. BJSgesejiirth were opposed of races without fur for the finance of all bills, ted further time on Court Hrrpss pavement matter to Chom at the last meeting. Mr. ? C. Magaswsrtb, for the street oomsnittee. reported that work la fsadorStaj en ctaylng Church street. This work has necessitated an In In the street force?the weekly roll now being in excess of 1110, while heretofore S has varied from set m tie. Ms stated that he had granted per lest for the street hands to be to dean up the Court Houss grounds, as an accommodation to Su? pervisor Scale, the labor to be re? turned by the chalngang. He said that he had been approached by Messrs (. A. Rvtt?nberg and T. A. Scarborough relative to the Improve? ment of Bast Calhoan street, these sjsnf Ismen and others ofr>rlwg to con? tribute toward the work by furnish? ing labor, teams to haul the rock weed In macadamising ths street, end brick bau. Mr. Haynsworth said ha thought the work ought to be done No action was taken. Mr. Ligon, for the police commit? tee, had no report to make, except the purchase of disinfectants and that g vacancy had been crested In the police force by the realgnstlon of Ofleer Orady. He presented a let? ter from Hsslth Officer Reardon In reference to the drainage of West Cal houn street which Is essential to the health of that section of the city. The necessary drainage can be easily and cheaply secured by clesnlng out a ditch from the city limits through lands of Individual property own end It was recommended by Mr. Reardon that this be done. The com? munication was referred to the street committee with power to act. Mr. W. K Brunson appeared to ask the advice of council In reference to the disposal of waste water from hie premises on North Main street, which Is now discharged Into the street, but which the health officer declares unlawful He Is not permit ted to dig a dry well and the sewerage tyattin Is not within reach. The problem was referred to the police and sanitary committee and the board of health with power to act. Mr. Finn, by request, brought up a claim of Mr. J. H. Orady for $8.?5, the amount expended by him while he was out of town trying to capture Toney Moaees. The matter was dis? cussed at some length and It wai Anally decided that Mr. Grady haa no claim against the city for the amount as he went In search of Moses on his own reaponslMllty In hope of affecting his capture and thereby obtaining a part of the re? ward offered. He accompanied Mr. W. G. Stubbs on the trip In question, an<! Mr. Stubbs contended that nei? ther of them had any claim against the city for the money expended by them. The election of a policeman to fill the vacancy existing was then taken up. Applications from Wayne Mel? len. J. R. Nattlas. H. L. Benbow. John D. Jennings and John Curran wars on Ale in addition to a number of others thsf have bean on Ala for some time. A motion was made and carried to postpone the election, and than reconsidered after debate. The election reaulted in the selection of L. K. Hodge. On the Arst ballot Hodge received S votes. Nettles S and Curran 1. Mr. Finn, who voted for CurraA, declined to vote on a second ballot and the mayor broke the Us by voting for Hodge. Before the election was had Mr. Ugon offered a resolution: (1) Thst no man who is more than 35 years old be elected a policeman, and (S) that all man so elected hereafter be required to stand a physical examina? tion by the city physician before qualifying for asrvlcs. Ths second resolution was adopted on the sec? ond of Mr. Wright City Engineer W. L. Lee presented his report on the aewerags system. Ths report was discussed at some length, particularly the parts having reference to the defects discovered and the criticism of the sceptic tank, rhlch according to the authorities, cannot purify the sewerage to a de? gree thst will render It harmless. Mr. Lee stated In reply to questions that, according to ths very best informa? tion he could obtain It was a danger? ous proposition to discharge the sew? age from the tank Into a stream as small as Turkey creek. Mr. Wright moved that the sand be cleaned out and that when this has been done that the city engineer be given authority to permit house con? nections to be mads This was sec? onded by Mr. Barnett Mr. Ugon moved to amend that ths matter of tils sceptic tsnk be referred to the board of health. The amendment was accepted by the mover and was adopted In the amsnded form. On motion of Mr. Finn the clerk was directed to writs to the msyor of Newberry to obtain Information respecting ths trouble hsd In that city with a sceptic tank similar to the one hare end to obtain the rsport msds on the Newberry tank and con? ditions by a sanitary expert sent to thst city from Washington by the government at the request of the Newberry city authorities. After some further general dis? cussion council adjourned. | ??????? FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON. First of This Year's Cotton Produc? tion Hold at Auction?.Brings S4c. Per Pound. New York. June 24.?The Arst bale of this year's cotton crop was sold at auction at ths Nsw York cotton exchange today. It was fully strict good mldldlng in grade, and brought SI cents per pound. This bale arrived at Houston. Tex., on the morning of June 10 and was sold at auction there at 64 cents per pound. It was im msdlsteiy expreased to this city and following the sale this morning was hurried on hoard the Mauretanla. sail? ing at noon for Liverpool, where it win again be sold at auction, accord? ing to the usual custom. This Is said to be a record for rapid handling of the Arst bale, which has traveled from Houaton to New York and will probably be sold In Liverpool within a period of ten daya. COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. Place? and Date* for Candidate* to Speak. The county Democratic executive committee at a recent meeting Axed the following dates for the county campaign meetings: Shlloh?Wednesday, Auguat 6th. Mayeavllle?Thursday. August 6th. Privateer?Tueaday, August 11th. Dalsell?Thursdsy. Auguat 13th. Sumter?Saturday, August 22d, at 8 p. m. R? v I. W. Williams Testifies. ?Rev. I. W. Williams. Huntington. W. Va.. testlAon as follow*: "This Is to certify that I used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, and am free to say thst Foley'a Kidney Remedy will do all that you claim for It." Slberta Drug Store. THE FARMER'S INSTITUTE. Information Relative to the Meeting to Be Held Here on August 1st. Mr. R. I. Manning, president of the 1 Chamber of Commerce, has received the annexed letter from Prof. J. N. Harper, director of the experiment station at Clemson College, relative to the Farmers' Institute to be held in this city August 1st: Clemson College, S. C, June 22, 1908. Mr. Richard I. Manning, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Clemson College will hold a Farmers' Institute at Sumter on August 1st Col. W. D. Evan*, of the board of trustees of Clemson College, will preside at this meeting The following speakers will address the farmers: Prof. Huy L. Stewart, Mr. C. Z. Qoodrlch and probably Dr. B. T. Galloway of the United States department of agriculture; Profs. D W. Daniel, A. F. Conradl and J. N. Harper of Clemson College; and Col. J. 8. Newman. Please arrange for the place of meeting and give this meeting as much publicity as possible. The meeting will begin at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 1st of August. I am also writing to Mr. W. B. Boyle, mayor, who has been kind enough to offer to render us any as? sistance possible. Tou might confer with him In regard to arrangements. I Very truly yours, '; ? J. N. Harper, g 4*1? Director. ' * ? Per B. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. Learn the Cause of Dally Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep. when urinary disorders set In. Women's lot Is a weary one. There Is a way to escape these woes. Doan's Kidney Pills cure such Ills. Have cured women here in Sumter. This Is one Sumter woman's testi? mony: i Mrs. A. F. Morris, living at 202 S. Sumter street, Sumter, S. C. says: "I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a box at China's Drug Store. For some time previous I had been suffering from backaches and had dull pains through the . kidneys. The secretions also gave me annoy? ance and were highly colored and contained a thick sediment. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the back? aches and palrta left me, and I have not suffered from these troubles since. My kidneys are also regular In action and the secretions have become clear. I am able to rest well at nght, and have more strength and energy than t had prior to using this remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills have beneAtted me In every way and I am pleased to recommend them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foeter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sols agents for ths United States. Remember ths name?-Doan's?and take no other. No 71 KILLED BY A TRAIN. R. B. Murray, Colored Found Dead Near WedgeAekl Saturday Night. Coroner Flowers was called to Wedegefleld Sunday morning to hold an Inquest over the body of R. B. Murray, colored, who was found dead beside the railroad track Saturday night about 10 o'clock. The evidence given by several wit? nesses who were called to testify at the Inquest developed the following facts: Murray, who spent the even? ing at WedgeAeld, left the depot about 10 o'clock to go home. About half hour later he was found dead beside the track with his skull crushed and one hand cut off. When found his body was still warm and blood was Aowlng from his wounds. Two trains passed WedgeAeld going toward Co? lumbia between 10 and 10.30 o'clock and the inference is that he was kill? ed by one of them. The witnesses tes tlAed that Murray was apparently so? ber when he left the depot. The verdict of the Jury was: "R. B. Murray came to his death from a blow by a passing train on the A. C. L. R. R. sometinme between 10 and 11 o'clock p. m." Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Would Have Saved Him $100. ?"In 1902 I had a very severe at? tack of diarrhoea," says R. N. Farrar, of Cat Island. La. "For several weeks I was unable to do anything. On March 18. 1907. I had a similar at? tack, and took Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which gave me prompt relief. I consider it one of the best medicines of Its kind In the world, and had I used it in 1902 believe it would have saved me a hundred dollar doctor's bill." Sold by all druggists. Over Thlrty-Ave Years. ?In 1872 there was a great deal of diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera In? fantum. It was at this time that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di? arrhoea Remedy was first brought In? to use. It proved more successful than any other remedy or treatment, and has for 3f> years maintained that record. From a small beginning its sale and use has extended t?? every part of the United States and to ?Uiny foreign countries. Nine drug? gists out of ten will recommend It when their Opinion Is eskedi although they have other medicines that pay them a greater profit. It can always be depended upon, even In the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by all druggists. CLEVELAND FUNERAL SIMPLE. NO POMP OR SPLENDOR WILL MARK THE CEREMONIES. Route of Feuneral Cortege Will be Well Policed, But This WU1 be a Precaution for Protection of the Living President?Many Distin? guished Men Will Attend?Dr. Van Dyke to Assist in Conducting Ser? vice. Princeton, N. J., June 25.?The funeral of Grover Cleveland tomorrow will be marked by extreme simplicity. Although twice elected president of the United States, no pomp or splen? dor will have a place In the ceremo? nies. There will be no bands to play mournful dirges on the way to the Princeton cemetery, no military es? cort, no eulogy by the officiating cler? gymen. The half-mile of thorough? fares through which the cortege will pass from "Westland," the Cleveland home on Bayard Lane, to the ceme? tery will be policed by mounted troops and blue coated soldiers, but they will be there for police duty and as a measure of protecting the living President rather than as an element of display in paying tribute to a de? parted Chief Executive. It has been Mrs. Cleveland's wish to avoid anything of a military nature at the funeral and It was only when the necessary of guarding President Roosevelt was borne upon her by those in charge of the funeral ar? rangements that she consented to the presence of the troops. The final ar? rangements for the ceremonies and the names of those elected to officiate were announced this afternoon. Four clergymen will offtcate at the house and at the grave. They will read the burial service from the Pres? byterian book of common worship, but will offer no eulogy. The simple but Impressive service will be conducted by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton; the Rev. Dr. Wm R. Richards, pastor j of the Brick Presbyterian Church, of New York; the Rev. 8ylvester W. Beach, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Princeton, where the Cleve? land family attended, and the Rev. Mainland Bartlett, former pastor of the same church. There will be no honorary pallbearers. Those who will bear Mr, Cleveland's body to Its final resting place in the Cleveland plot will be: Mayor George B. Mc Clellan, Paul Morton, Commodore E. C. Benedict, Richard Watson Glider, of New York; Prof. Paul Van Dyke, Dean Andrew F. West, Prof. John G. Hibben, Junius S. Morgan, a nephew of J. Plermont Morgan, A. D. Russell, Prof. Howard McLenahan, and Bayard Stockton, of Princeton. The services at the house, which will begin at 5 o'clock, will be brief, after which the cortege will be form? ed and proceed to the cemetery down Bayard lade to Nassau street, the principal street in the village, thence up Van Deverter avenue to Wiggin street, which leads to the cemetery, a highway along which clusters many historic memories. Only those invited to the funeral and a few newspaper men will be per? mitted to enter the cemetery, which will be guarded by mounted troops and members of the National Guard of New York. The simple Presbyte? rian service will be said at the grave, the casket lowered Into the ground and one of the country's most distin? guished citizens will have become but a memory. Preslden Roosevelt, Governor Fort, of New Jersey. Gov Hughes, of New York. Governor Hoke Smith, of Geor? gia, a member of President Cleveland's Cabinet, and other notable citizens are expected to attend. The Presi? dent will arrive on a special train from Oyster Bay tomorrow at 4:40. He will be met at the station by Gov? ernor Fort and they will drive direct to the Cleveland home. After the ceremonies the President will leave Princeton at once on the special car Signet. Although admittance to the Cleve? land home and to the cemetery Is to limited, principally to personal friends of the family, thousands of people are expected In Princeton tomorrow. Princeton's police force consists of only a few men, and the precaution of safeguarding President Roosevelt, of maintaining order and keeping the thoroughfares cleared has become a serious problem. Mayor Robinson decided to call on Trenton for police assistance and to rope off the thoroughfares from the Cleveland house to the cemetery, but the utter Inadequacy of a score of policemen to handle a crowd of sev? eral thousand people and to keep the cemetry free from intruders became evident at once. Governor Fort, through Assistant Adjt. Gen. Fred? erick Gylkson, tendered to Mrs. Cleve? land the State troops for a military funeral. The tender was declined, but was later accepted. ?Delay In commencing treatment f??r a slight Irregularity that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result In a seri? ous kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tis? sues and strengthens these organs. Commence taking it today. Siberts Drug Store. The Life of firs. Read what Mrs. ( you know that' Bio from a long standinj Boston physicians womb affections, pei resulting, will quid ine.' It has really d letter and I can rec female diseases. B1 Ointment cures Itcl on a positive guaran Sibert's Drujr Stor OPERATE ON THE LUNGS Remarkable Operation Recently Per? formed by a Surgeon In New York. New York, June 25.?An experi? ment which cost a dog's life was per? formed at the Rockefeller Institute last Monday. Among the results may be the saving of many human lives in this country. Ey reason of the civil war and the number of men therein wounded, the United States gave to the world many opportunities for the advance? ment of surgery, but nowadays Amer? ica is again going to Europe for many of the newest developments In the science, and it was from Europe that the men came who operated at the Rockefeller Institute. The opera? tion on the dog, which was for the purpose of demonstrating the posslbl ities of a new method of surgery, de? vised in Germany, was performed in the presence of a considerable group of physicians and surgeons of New York, who were very much Interested in the demonstration. Briefly, the purpose of the new method Is to enable operations in the chest cavity. Operations within the area of the chest have been beyond the skill of the surgeons, in large part, for the reason that the opening of the chest cavity sufficiently for free operation work resulted In col? lapse of the lungs from the atmos? pheric pressure. The patient died for want of breath. For years the profession has studied how best to narcotise the human pa? tient when It was leslrable to operate on the chest Dr. Ernst Sauerbruch, professor of surgery at Marburg University, Ger? many, devised a method to this end, and early last week he arrived In New York to demonstrate at the Rockefeller Institute. He brought with him an assistant and a cagetiKe operating room, built largely of glass, which Is the essential vehicle of his operations. He remained in New York only a week and departed for Germany on Saturday. The operating room, or glass cage, In which Prof. Sauerbruch works, is about four or five feet square and not qnite high enough for a six foot man to stand upright in It. Dr. Meitzer, In talking of the dem? onstration today said that no pressure, as the doctors call It, Is necessary for the function of breathing In men and other animals. In other words, a pressure less than the normal pres? sure of the atmosphere from which the lungs are nominally protected by the walls of the chest. In studying the problem, Dr. Sauerbruch evolved the idea of a glass Inclosed operating chamber, enabling the production of a partial vacum, yet permitting suffi? cient air for the operators to live and work in it. The normal atmosphere pressure being 760 millimeters, Dr. Sauerbruch found that a dimunltlon of eight or ten millimeters was sufficient for his purposes; that with the air pressure reduced to that degree, the lungs of animals could continue their function, though unprotected by their natural shields. In his operation chamber the air Is so reduced. The pressure is kept down by an exhaust pump, which is constantly working and a new supply of fresh air is admitted under control all the time, passing j into the chamber through a wash bot? tle, or filter. The operators and body of the patient, or subject, except the head, are thus in a field of purified, diluted air. The head of the patient, or subject, protrudes through a hole in the chamber wall Into a normal atmosphere, a rubber guard closing the aperture between the patient's neck and the perimeter of the wall opening. So the patient is breathing normal air all the time, and so is the assistant who admlslters the anes? thetic. Under those condidtions, Dr. Sauer bruch found that the chest could be opened without a collapse of the lungs. The discovery, therefore, en? ables operations in desperate cases on the lungs, or, for example, in can? cer of the esophagus, which heretofore has been inaccessible to the surgeon, because as soon as the throax was opened the lungs collapsed. Dr. Sauedbruch and his assistant at the Rockefeller Institute gave their demonstration on a dog provided for the purpose. Dr. Sauerbruch an? nounced in advance that after the operation he would kill the dog by chloroform, after showing that it could live within the chamber Mid live after the excinslon of a part of the lungs, and be did so. Another operation was performed on C. F. Green of B05tor Bloodine. ireen says:?* I wish to wr * odine' has saved my life a I female weakness, from whic g said I cobld never recover. I find for riodical sufferings and the general lassitude dy disappear after a few doses of 1 Blood lone more for me than I could express in a :ommend it to all women suffering from loodine costs but 50c a bottle. Bloodine ung and Bleeding Piles; 60c a box Sold tee by e, Special Agents. ???????? . ? a dog, part of whose intestine was cut out and the ends of the remainder Joined together by a silver coupling, which is described as a new invention to do away with the need of sweeping: up in such operations. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES Items of Interest Condensed and Par* agraphed for Quick Reading. Wind and lightning did consider? able damage in Chester county Sat? urday afternoon. sea The Farmers' Oil Mill of Newber? ry is shipping cotton seed meal to> Europe. see I Rev. W. T. Clarkson, formerly of this State, was drowned while bath? ing in a river near Rome. Ga. e e e Carolina Wilson, colored, was kill? ed by an Atlantic Coast Line train near Charleston. . A>ei ? ? . ^^v1^ The dormitory of the Odd Fel? lows Orphanage and Home air Greenville is being enlarged. ? ? s The city council and business men. of Aiken are discussing the question: of Improving the water supply of their town. see The city council of Columbia haa appropriated $1,500 for the erectionv of a warehouse for the Columbia* an'd Georgetown boat line, ? ? ? ? ? ''r^? The State board of railroad assess? ors will be in session June 29 for the purpose of hearing protests that are to be made on the assessments of the various lines. . -j .?. ?_??. ? ? ? SJW l M j_r< C. Flournoy, who was recently convicted before a magistrate in Greenville on the charge of securing money by false pretense, has peti? tioned Gov. Ansel for a pardon, see Henry Johnson, colored, has been arrested in Charleston on the charge of beating Mary Washing? ton to death. He used a billet of wood about two and one-half feet long. see F. H. McMaster, insurance com? missioner, has addressed a letter to all the home insurance companies in the State, stating that he will visit their offices at the earliest possible) date and inspect their books. ? ? ? Heavy rains In Laurens county have damaged corn and cotton. ? ? e The merchants of Greenville have decided to close their stores on the Fourth of July. ? ? ? J. W. Humphrey, a young white man, has been arrested in Columbia on the charge of stealing a diamond ring at Hamlet, N. C. ? ? ? Oscar Townes has been arrested in Greenville on the charge of shoot? ing Ida Abraham. The woman is in. a critical condition. see Architect Leltner, of Wilmington^ N. C. has prepared plans for a. handsome public school building to* be erected in Charleston. ? ? ? The tobacco season has opened at Manning and the tobacco growers of that section are making prepare- . tlons to gather a large crop. see Richard Oliver and Charley Ed? wards have been lodged In Jail in Aiken on the charge of killing George Walker and robbing him. Alt are colored. see John M. Stephenson, of Springfield^ S. C, and his three children were knocked senseless by lightning. The attending physician states that they have a chance of recovering. ? ? ? The case of Ruf us Simpson vs. J.? V. Ozmlnt. tried in Andeison. re? sulted In a verdict for the defendant The plalntir asked damages In the. sum of $10.000 for malicious pros? ecution and slander. George M. Stalvey. a young white man, recently arrested in Aiken on the charge of bigamy, has been bound over to court in the sum oC $500 bond. He had trouble in se? curing a bondsman. A very creditable exhibition of oriental ppinttngs, both modern and ancient examples, was held at the> India Government School of Art In Calcutta recently. It is not much use tying your hands It your tongue is unbridled*