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CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ?V EMU NT SIDEWALKS ORDERED ON MAIN AND LIBERTY STREETS. Tin* \u rnj;?' Dumb* Again Ordcictl Sohl Without Further Delay?An ??tlu-r lArae Loan AuthorU? ?I to Provklc Fund* ftur Immediate Use ?Other Matter? of Interest. City Council meet at 8 o'clock Wed? nesday night with Mayor Boyle and Aldermen Barnett. BuUman. Finn, Llfon. Stubbs. Wright and H. C. Haynsworth, present. ?fr. I. fl Strauss, who was present, stated that while he did not appear before council to dlsciss the telephone matter, he would state that In com p'lance with the request of council, the Sumter Telephone Co. had pre? sented In writing Its request' for per? mission to Increase the rate on resi? de aos telephones. In? reference to ob? taining the consent of subscribers to the proposed increase, he said that when council has granted permission the company win be forced to obtain the consent of subscribers before It will bare the right to Increase rates. Mr* Strauss requested permission for the Standard Oil Co., to erect storage tanks on a lot of land pur? chased from the Sumter Ice, Ught & Power Co. The request was referred to the Are department committee. Mr. Jones, the representat've of the Peck-Hammond Co., presented a proposition to furnish and Install a heating spparatus for the Opera House at a cost of $1.110. Referred to the Opera House committee. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth presented a request from the committee' that Is in oharge of the erection of the mon? ument to the late W. 8. Oraham that permission be grantsd to erect the gaonsment on the trlangl* at the f'Ot of Main strseV It was stated that this property Is owned by the ACL. aod council could not grant the de? sired permit. Another site at the corner of Main and Warren streets was sugegsted. After discussion the suggestion of Mr. Stubbs that the monument be erected st the Inter? section of Main street and Manning avenue Just north of the triangle first referred to, and on city property, was referred to the street committee with power to act. The mmutes of Jury 8th were read and confirmed, after correction, pre oe Its a lengthy discussion of the ? tact wording of the resolution, adapted at that meeting, on the mo? tion of Mr. s*uibmbvhi ysfswea to ths iUc. . A ths sswsrags system. Mr. Stubbs and Mr. Llgon contended that it was ths Intention of the resolu? tion that the acceptance of the system should be left In the hands of the council after ths sewerage commis? sion hsd psssed upon "It and reported to council that the system was ready for acceptance ?and use. Mr. Llgon'i motion that ths minutes be corrected to conform to Mr. fltubbs request was voted down?4 to t. Mr. Finn presented an opinion from T. B. Fraser, Esq., ss the report of the special committee on the re? quest of the telephone company for permission to Increase rates. Mr. Barnett for the finance com? mittee reported all bills approved and presented ? request that the may? or be directed to borrow $10.000 to be used for the payment of current ex? penses end sewerage work. He. stated thst this eum would probably carry the city through August. He reported that Mr. J. D. Smlthdeal. lessee of the Opera House, had been notified that his lesse had been for? feited on account of non-payment of rant. A letter from Mr. Smlthdeal was read. The committee asked for time before awarding the lease of the Opera House. The report was con? firmed. Mr. H. C. Hsynsworth reported for the street committee that the hands have been engaged In repairing the streets where sewerage work has been completed, and saving the cjay from j the trenches for street work. He hid ' Issue 1 ?rd-rs that cltlaens he forbid? denv to remove c's- from the streets for u*e on their premises. The report of City Knglneer Lee showed that ex? cellent progress Is being made Im the drainage of Harato* i tonnen, the Work having been let by contract since the* ?tst meeting. The total <<>^t will b? shout $100. He asked tint his acth n In granting permission to the Episcopal church to pile earth on Calhoun street be confirmed. The city engineer's report on the proposed macadam on Rast Calhoun gtfast showed thst 7.21? square yards of macadam pavement would be requir? ed. Mr. Hsynsworth stated thut. ac? cording to his calculation the materi? al for this would cost about $1.420. The report was received as Informa? tion Mr. Finn reported that wiring In Ho. 2 reel house had been completed. Mr Hultman for the ?>i?? ? t .i House Committee stated that he had asked Mr. l*v to Inspect th Opera H u t plumbing and report on whnt u.i j..,'. i bsfees (pmm ttl em u Ith the sewer Kg made. Mr. Use ital ' thai the p iinituog in Um btdtdlng Is n<>t In ronformlt? with the btdlgtnst. Hi said It would be cheaper for the city und property owners on the block to unite In putting down an 8-lnch Hew? er In the rear of the buildings than for each orte to have an Indepcndmt connection with the str.tt SSWSr. He suggested that this be done. Mr. Ligon reported f..r the police committee that the city guard house is In had condition and suggested that the old cells be removed and steel cages be substituted. It was decided to cull for bids on the cilia. On motion of Mr. Ligon it was de? cided to lay cen.ent sidewalks on Main street from Bartlctte to Canal and on Liberty from Sumter to Har vln. the adjacent property owners be? ing required to pay one-half the cost, under the authority granted the city by an amendment to the city charter adopted In 1891. The bonds of T. C. Cuttlno, W. J. Ard and E. T. Brailsford & Co., plumbers. In the sum of $250 each, were received and accepted. A motion by Mr. Ligon that the official minutes of council meetings held several weeks ago, that have not been published, be now published was lost. Mr. Ligon moved that the minutes be read, corrected and approved be? fore being turned over to the public printer for publication. Mr. Wright offered a substitute that a stenogarph er be employed to take down the pro? ceedings in full and that the tran? script furnished by the stenographer be the official minutes of council and that the same be published as such. The substitute was accepted by Mr. Ligon and on a vote was carried. On motion the matter of construct? ing sewer for Opera House was re? ferred to the street committee. Letters from Lake City, Fla., and Xewberry, S. C, In reference to septic tanks tn use there were read. The former said the tank was giving sat? isfaction, while the latter was non? committal. The resignation of Mr. C. O. Row? land as a member of the sewerage commission was accepted, he having declined to withdraw it. The letter of Mr. I. C. Strauss on the telephone matter was referred to the special telephone committee with? out being read. Mr. Ligon reported that he had sam? ples of water from Turkey creek sent for examination and analysis, as he thought It wise for the city to know exactly the condition of the water be? fore the sewerage la turned Into it. Mr. Stubbs suggested that two or more S or 4 Inch artesian wells be put down at the outlet of the septic tank outfall at Turkey creek' for the purpose of supplying a large, volume of pure water to carry off the sew? erage. It being a known fact that In dry seasons there Is scarcely any flow In the creek. The matter was refer? red to a committee of three with power to act. ? Bills of sewerage commission amounting to $2.063.10 were ordered paid. Mr. Ligon moved that the entire l?sue of $50.000 sewerage bonds be sold without further delay. The matter was discussed at some length and the wisdom of continuing the po'ley of borrowing money from the banks at 8 per cent, until the cost of the sewerage can be liquidated from the regular Income of the city, as compared with the Immediate issue of twenty or thirty year four or five per cent bonds was aired thoroughly. The motion was Anally put to a vote and was adopted by a vote of 4 to 2. Parnett and Wright voting in the neg? ative and Ligon, Finn. Bultman and Stubbs in the affirmative. Council then adjourned. Back In the Vnion. At a Washington meeting of a Rough Rider organization one of the members told the following ?lory of a fiery old Southerner, whose son, at the outbreak of the war with Spain, was desirous of Joining Col. Roosc reH'fl regiment. The old gentleman had been wont to declare that he "went Olli Of the Cnlon" when his State did; and dur? ing the period between the close of the one war und the beginning of the other he was an apparently hopeless "unreconstructed.' To the surprise, therefore, of all that knew him, the old man offered n<> objection when his son. a stalwart lad. went with the Rough Hide i s go <'ubu. Not 'ong afterward, the volun? teer remarked to a fellow soldier: "The old man Is back In the Union at last." "Does he say so?" asked the other with a glance at the letter the boy held. "It amounts to the same thing." Wai ths answer. "He now writes Tnlted Halts' without quotation marks."?Philadelphia Ledger. It Can't He Ragt ?The best of all teachers Is expe? rience. <*. m. Harden, of silver city. N. t'.. says: "i find Blectrtc Bitters d<?es all that's claimed for it. For stomach, liver and kidney troubles it c i i't be beat. I have tried it and find it a most sxcslleni medicine." Mr, i( trden i- right, It's the best of nil medicines also lot weakness, lame back, and all run down conditions, lb -t. too. for chills and mn arla. Sold under ku ?vantee at . Slberfs I>rug ?tors. loa. 11)1.1 (.OLD IN HANKS. Proposition In Hrilixli I'.ulianicnt to Look After it. The houM of commons gave a first reading yesterday to Mr. Bouomfey's bill to make banks give a return t > th< state of unclaimed balances and valuables which have i?? en undls turbs l in thslr p issesslon fnr ?ix yetra or more and hand them over to the public trustee. "The ObjtCt" he said, "is to bring into possession and control of the state the vast amount of wealth which i.-i at present lying dormant and en? tirely unproductive in the vaults and strong rooms of the various banking institutions of the United King? dom." Banks would have to make a re? turn of the money securities, jewelry and plate which had oeen In their possession unclaimed for six years, and which was the property of persons who had not operated their account during that period. They would also have to account to the state for all old bank note or other obligations which there was .eason to believe had by the effluxion of time become obsolete. The theory of the bill was that these banks had, from various causes, deaths, removals abroad, the extinc? tion of families and the carelessness of testators, accumulated vast sums and had been in the habit every six years of "writing off" these dormant balances. "There is over a million pounds t~> day," said Mr. Bottomley, "in the shape of unpaid dividends in the pos? session of the Joint stock banks. - "There was a Joint stock bank which a few years ago had as a cus? tomer an eccentric old lady who had 28,000 pounds In the bank. Once in ?very year she would drive up to the bank, ask for the manager, draw a ?heck for the entire sum, count th' notes, check the interest and then pay t in again and disappear for another twelve months." For seven years past that lady had not been seen. That 28,000 pounds A-ith its accumulated interest was Still lying in the bank. He could give .he name of the bank to the chancel? lor of the exchequer. Was there a doubt that the old lady had ceased to ??xlst? What about the poor depend? ents of the old lady who were depriv? ed of the money? A wealthy personal friend with money on deposit in various banks was killed in a tall way accident. The family were now living In absolute want because they were unable to find out where the money was. They had gone from bank to bank and the banks had said they could give no information. Mr. Bottomley made himself re? sponsible for the statement that there was one private bank In Lon? don which admittedly had over two millions of dormant securities. His bil! provided that after a given date the whole of the securities should be handed over to the department of the public trustee. There should be returns every January. The result would be "a surprise to the country and a veritable godr-end to the ex? chequer."?London Daily Mail. Help The?? Who Have Stomach Trou? ble. ?After doctoring for about 12 years for a bad stomach trouble, and spend? ing nearly $500 for medicine and doc? tors* fees. I purchased my wife one box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which did her so much good that she continued to use them and they have done her more good than all of the medicine I bought be? fore.?Samuel Boyer, Folsom, Iowa. This medicine Is for sale by all drug? gists. Samples free. One kind of charity always has a card attached to It. Boy's Life Saved. ?My little boy, four years o'd, had a severe attack of dysentery. We had two physicians; both of them gave him up. We then gave him Chamber? Iain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which cured him and be? lieve that saved his life.?William H. ^troling. Carbon Hill, Ala. There is no doubt but this remedy saves the lives nf many children each year. Give it v Ith castor oil according to the plain printed directions and a cure is certain, For sale by all drug? gists. A ican who owes another a grudg; is hurt to be Johnny on the spot on pay day. Rev. I. W. Williams Testifies. ?Rev. I. W. Williams, Huntington, W. Va.. testifies as follows: "This is to certify that I used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, and am free to say that Foley's Kidney Remedy will do all that >'OU claim for It." Slbert's Drug Store. Many a man gets ahead by indue Im? oiior men to put their shoulder to his wheel. Just Rgpetly Higiu. ?"I have used I>r. King's New Life fills for several years, and llnd them Just exactly right," says Mr. A. A. Tel ton, of Harrlsvllle, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis comfort. Best remedy for constlpa? lion, biliousness .and malaria. 25c. at Slbert's Drug BtorsJ i tccaslona ly the shoplifter find? it difficult to take thing* easj. TO PUSH STANDARD OIL CASE. proyidetii Roosevelt Directs Attorney General to Prosecute tllG Suit Vig? orously. Oyster Bay, N, Y.. July 23.?Presi? dent Rootevelt tonight announced in unmistakable term- the determination <?:' the administration to proceed with the prosecution Of the Standard Oil company ease, despite the decision adverse t ? the government handed down by the United State circuit court of appeas yesterday, This decision, the president thinks, in no way af? fects the merits of the case, and he makes known his decision to cause the action to be brought again before the courts in such shape, if possible, as to prevent technicalities interfer? ing with a decision based upon the actual issues involved. The statement in the matter made public tonight by Secretary Loeb fol? lows: "The president has directed the at? torney general to imemdiately take steps for the retrial of the Standard Oil company case. The reversal of the decision of the lower court does not in any shape or way touch the merits of the case, except in so far as the size of the fine is concerned. There is absolutely no ciuestion of the guilt of the defendants or of the exception? ally grave character of the offense. The president would regard it as a gro:*a miscarriage of justice if through any technicalities the defendant es? caped the punishment which wou d have unquestionably been meted out to any weaker defendant who has been guilty of such defence. The president will do everything in his power to avert or prevent such mis? carriage of Justice. With this pur? pose In view the president has di? rected the atorney general to bring into consultation Mr. Frank B. Kel? logg in the matter and to do every? thing possible to bring the offenders to justice." An Apropos Fortune. "Once." said William McAdoo, for? mer assistant secretary of the navy and former police commissioner of New York. "When I was younger I j went up-state in New York to make a political speech. Mrs. McAdoo was with me. We arrived at Albany on. a chill, rainy, miserable October after? noon. It was cheerless at the hotel, cheerless In the city and cheerless everywhere. Mrs. McAdoo had a cold. I had a cold. The outlook for the meeting was not good. "We went out for a walk, despite the rain. We wa'ked through the park, Mrs. McAdoo the while reading me a lecture on the futility of poli? tics which I could not answer, for what she said was true. Just as she reached her peroration, in which she was telling me what an ass I was for remaining In politics or having any? thing to do with that pursuit, we came to weighing machine. "It was one of those weighing ma? chines that plays music, weighs you and drops out a card tel ing your for? tune, all for a nickel. As Mrs. Mc? Adoo was getting to her closing and unanswerable sentences I stepped on the machine, dropped in my nickel, heard the music tinkle and waited for the machine to deliver the card with my fortune. "The machine clucked. The card came out, just as Mrs. McAdoo finish? ed in a grand burst of dec amation. I read the card. It said: 'Do not be dis? couraged. Your second marriage will be happier than your flrflst."?Satur? day Evening Post. Over Thirty-five 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 Drought In? to use. It proved more successful than any other remedy ( c treatment, and has for 35 years maintained that record. From a small beginning its sale and use has extended to every part of the United States and to many foreign countries. Nine drug? gists out of ten will recommend it when their opinion is asked, although they have other medicines that pay them a greater profit. It can always be depended upas, even in the most severe and dang * us cases. For sale b\ all druggists. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy Would Have Saved 11 im $100. ?"In 100 2 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 al' druggists. War Against Consumption. ?All nations are endeavoring to check tin- ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that claims so many Victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no dancer of con? sumption. Do not risk > iur health by taklna some unknown preparation when Foley's Honey and Tai* Is safe and certain In results. Slbert's Drug Store. Fortunate i* the man who never knows when he gets the worst Of it. GIRL SLAVISH BEHEADED. Murderer of Lover Purs Penalty in saxony?Ax-Bearer in Evening Dreaa. Freiberg, Saxony, July 22.?Grete Beter, the 18-year-old laughter of the mayor of Freiberg, was beheaded last night between dark and dawn In pun? ishment for the murder of the man to wlnmi site was engaged to be mar? ried. The executioner reached the city last ?)ight. He carried a long tin box containing the axe with which he did his work and brought with him also a handbag with a suit of evening clothes. The wearing of this garb is an official requirement of the somber occasion. The preparations for the execution at the prison had been com I pleted, and the man d'd his work quickly and privately, and departed from Freiberg as quietly as he came. The executioner is an anonymous person sent down here from Dresden on the announcement that the King of Saxony had refused to pardon Grete Beier for her crime. The personality of the girl and her thoughtfully arranged murder of her fiance, a civil engineer named PrefHer, attracted international attention. The social position of her family was good, and she became engaged to Herr Profiler, a rich young professional man. At her trial it was brought out and she admitted with the utmost simplicity, that she visited her fiance's house one evening, gave him cyanide of potassium in a drink she mixed for him, and then to make sure of his death, shot him in the mouth with his own revolver. She then dropped the weapon at the dead man's side, placed a forged will in her own favor on his desk, with a note of good-bye, also forged, saying that he feared to lose her love through the revelation of a dishonorable liason. In addition to these papers, the young girl left bi hind a package of forged letters, purporting to come from a woman in Italy, accusing Preffler of desertion, and threatening to te!l Grete every? thing. These forgeries were so skill? fully done that they deceived the po 1U a and coroner. Grete fell under suspicion about a month after the crime through a love letter that she wrote an unworthy man, hinting at what she had done. This letter was found on this man when he was ar? rested for a misdemeanor. MUS. J. B. STETSON" TO WED. Count Eulalia, a Sculptor of Por? tugal, the Lucky Man. Philadelphia. July 24.?Anndyed by rumors linking her name with that of the Earl of Clancarty, Mrs. John B. Stetson, widow of the millionaire hat manufacturer and philanthropist, has set them at rest by the following for? mal announcement: "The engagement is announced of the Count Santa Eulallia to Mrs. S. Elizabeth Stetson. Count Eulalia, who is about 10 years of ege. is a member of one of the oldest and most repre? sentative families of Portugal, his an? cestors having been for generations hidalgos cavallelroa da Casa Real of Portugal. One of them, Dom Manuel Pinto Riberito da Franseca was in 1404 grand master of the Crusaders, the only Portuguess to be so honored. The Count is a sculptor of considerable note, his works having been placed In various cities of Europe and America. He was the recipient of the Grand Prix of the Paris Salon in 1S92." It is understood that behind this an? nouncement there is a romance of several years standing. The Count is engaged, on a base relief of his fian? ce's former husband, and it is rumor? ed that it was while on this task that his acquaintance with the widow of the founder of Stetson University ripened into mutual love. Mrs. Stetson, who was Sarah Eliza? beth Shlndler, was Mr. Stetson's third wife. Mr. Stetson died three years ago on his estate in Florida, leaving a fortune of about $5,000,000, which was divided among the widow and her sons, J. Henry and John R. Stet? son, Jr., Both of these sons are mar? ried and occupy homes on the exten? sive Stetson estate at Melrose. Henry w as married when he was barely 2<?, soon after he had left Penn Charter School. The mother is a remarkably at? tractive and youthful appearing wo? man, and as mistress of beautiful Idro. which is an exact reproduction of one of the most celebrated of the French chateaux in Touraine, her hospitality is renowned. Besides her property, Mrs. st.t on receives $20,000 a year. Mr. stetson founded and endowed Stetson University, at Deland, Fla., hut owing to a quarrel with the trus teea withdrew his support from the institution. Alter his death Mrs. Stet? son donated $42.000 to the university, a sum equal to that given by Andrew ('arnegie. *Plneulei for the Kidneys, lOdays' trial $1, guaranteed. Ptneules act di? rectly on the kidneys and bring re? lief In the first dose to backache, pains, kidney and bladder trouble, weak back, lame hack. rheumatic They purify the blood and Invigorate the entire system. Sold by Sibert Drug Co. A Speedy Cure for Constipation, l>iliou?nrss, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Tired Feeling, Had l aste in the Mouth, Bad Complexion, Nervousness and all diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. " Bloodlne Liver Pill? " act gently, yet thoroughly upon the bowel?, liver, stomach and digestive organs. The pills, in old and chronic cases of constipation and indigestion, act at once, without griping, nor do they leave any unnlcasant after-effects, nor form a constant habit of purging, produced by other cathartic remedies. ??Bloodlne Liver Pitta" restore the deranged and torpid liver to its normal condition and healthful action. Remove and pre? vent constipation by securing a natural and regu? lar operation of the bowels, and relieve those un? pleasant symptom* which attend a diseased or morbid condition of the liver, stomach and bowels. To assist in attaining this end, the following sug? gest ons are offered. REMARKS. Everyone who uses pills for their action on the liver, should know that large doses rarely prove as satisfactory as small ones. Large doses simply purge and pass out of the sys? tem, usually leaving the bowels constipated, and seldom removing the cause of the trouble, or im? prove the general health, On the other hand, small doses develop the alterative effect of the medicine, do not irritate or constipate the bowels, but gently stimulate the liver and prevent the accumulation of bile by directing its flow into the proper channels. Therefore it is advisable to com mence by taking not over one or two pills at bed* tune and increase dose as necessary. Portland, Ma Gents : ?I find your " Bloodine Liver Pills1* the most effective pill I ever used. They cause no griping or oonstipative after effect %s most liver pills do. Yours truly, ICRS. AMADA RICHARDSON. Bloodine Liver Pil I* 25? ^box. 5 boxes 1.00 Bloodlne Ointment cures Piles. 50c a box. Sibert's Drug Store, SPECIAL AGENTS. 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