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KD WARD HL HARRLMAN PAN?ED * AWAY AT AHDEN. Gvesa nnUMkff And Hpwukuor Who Oosnbined Transcontinental Rail? way System* and Accumulated an Iro rumse Fortuna Kuckumbm to Dia? SjgSj Stock Market Not Seriously Afferted. Arden. N. T.. Sept. f.?Bdward H. Harrlman. the greatest organizer of railroads the world has ever known, met the only lasting defeat of his ac? tive life today at the hande of death. Secluded In hie magnificent home on Tower Hill, surrounded by the mem? bers of his family, physicians and nurses, he succumbed to an intesti? nal disorder this afternoon after a fl?ht against disease which will rank for sheer grit with his remarkable struggles In the financial world. The exact time of his death Is known only In that limited circle of relatives and associates who had so effectively shielded Mr. Harrlman from all outside annoyances during his last Illness. The tlms was given to the world as 1.35 p. m., but Mrs. Mary Simons, sister of the dead man, said tonight that the end had come at 1:10. more than two hours pre* vlous. Whether this apparent discrep? ancy has any bearing on the current belief that every effort was made to .lessen the Influence of the financier's death on the New Tork stock mar? ket Is problematical. But it Is sig? nificant that the time of his death as oOctally announced was Just Sft min? utes after the trading had ceased on the exchange. Mr. Harrlman died peacefully end almost to the end his brilliant mind retained Its Integrity. After a relapse on Sunday he sank steadily and soon after the noon hour today there came a relapse which marked the approach of the end. His wife, two daughters. Misses Mary and Carol, and his sons, who have been constantly with him. were at the bedslne. and a carriage was hastily dispatched for Mrs. 81 mons, whose home is here in Arden, three miles from the Tower Hill man? sion. Driving hurriedly up the mountain side. Mrs. Simons entered the great silent house in time to be present at her brother's death. She Joined the wife, and children, who, with Dr. W. O. T*yle. of Xc.v York, and Orlando Harum 0 a brother, and*, the nurses, formed a gru'ip at the bedside. Ne spiritual Uuvtser was at hand. The swiftest automobile In the Har? tman guruge had been dispatched for the Rev. Dr. J. Holmes McOulnness. an Episcopal rector of Arden parish, snd Mr. Harrlman's personal chap Iain, but Dr. McOulnness was not at home. When found later, although ruahed up the mountain side at breukneck speed, he did not arrive until death had come to Arden house. \? w York. Sept. 9.?Mr. Harrl? man's death comes at a time when In general the business affairs of the country are |n excellent condition, with a realisation of those bountiful crops which he himself. In one of his last notable interviews. prophesied would be one of the greatest sustain? ing factors of American credit. With then* facts in mind, and the general knowledge that Mr. Harrlman In any event could not long continue his ac? tive career, Wall street had already prepared Itself for the end which came today. There was no feeling of shock or alarm, therefore, when the nnnnouncem^nt cumej beyond the sentiment of universal personal sor? row, and as the hours progressed It became evident that there was a gen? eral feeling of security and even of serenity as to the future. ? F'-r a time there was some talk among the leaders of finance as to the desirability of Informally confer? ring, but even this precaution was deemed unnecessary. The represen? tative men of Wall street left for th?dr (cores .b.-lit th" usual hour this afternoon. Such prominent figures as J. P. Morgan. Jacob H. Schiff, James gtlllman and Qsorgs W. Per? kins went to their various homes without concerted action. It |g believed SI Mr, Harrlman's as? sociates that t bo railroid system whit h he organized and carried for? ward to such a degree of success will be . i,t,tinned with practically no gfnangc si poHoy and thai plans le that end were perfected by Mr, Mar? rtsnss long before Mi death, Th? re were numerous reports cur? rent In financial oo -.rt^rs during the sftern tog concerning :.i status piths vast properties undei Harrlman's direction, one of these reports being that tils securities of the rallio.nl prop?rfles of which !>? u;s the head had I n tin-deed arm I S?S held ln? tact t t the greater :-.a>t\ o| hi.. t?te and the properties concerned. HCWSVgf thete was no atltholita? tive opinion Fnrtwsogalni on thii n gCJfl -?r upon the gSnSTSl disposition to be made of his property. lie, mt estimates of Harrlman's personal sreattk eevt varied all the way from Itt.tslto $ 1 H.CffitCC. He wa?. of i.ro- a larue holder of at u 11>. ?rporatlonf with which h* waa Identified, Including In addition to the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific ayatema, over a ?cor? of smaller or tributary properties, not only in this country but in Mexico as well. Report credits him with large personal holdings in the Atchison, To peka a Santa Fe road, Baltimore a Ohio, Delaware Sx Hudson. Erie, Il? linois Central, New York Central and Pacific Mall Steamship companies. His holding of Brooklyn Rapid Tran? sit stock and bonds were very large a few years ago. He was reported to have been the largest individual stockholder in the Wells-Fargo Ex? press Company, which only recently acquired a virtual monopoly of the express business of Mexico. Mr. Harrlman's real estate holdings In this city were comparatively small. His home at Arden is said to repre? sent an outlay of over $2.000.009. Haalng Abolished at Davidson College Davidson College, Sept. 8.?A mem? orable class meeting was held in Shearer Memorial Hall on the night of the 6th for the discussion of the whole question of college basing. In- addition to faculty and student body several prominent friends of the college and recent alumni attended the meeting and participated In the discussion. Ringing speeches from the standpoint of the world outside of the college walls were made by Oeo. B. Wilson, Esq., of Charlotte, W. J. Roddey, or Rock Hill. S. C, and Dr. T. W. Slnglefield, representative of the college The effect of the haz? ing tradition In student life and ideals was represented by Dr. Sen telle. Dr. Martin, and President Smith. Immediately after the discussion the students held a mass meeting with the president Oeo. E. Wilson. Jr., in the chair. The sentiment of the abolition of basing was unani? mous and Irresistible. Every speech against It wss greeted with thunder? ing applause. The sophomore class pledged Itself without a dissenting vote, the officers of each class pledg? ed their respective organizations, and the student body voted unani? mously, amid cheers of enthusiasm, to abolish the practice now and for? ever by placing the practice in the same category as cheating on exami? nations and damaging college prop? erty, which, under the organized "Honor System" of the college, are entirely eliminated. After the meeting a great parade; and eelepral ion marked the begin j ning of ;i m -w era on the old campu* und the rem??vU of a custom, whioo sii non oofisldsi unworthy oi such a Christian institution of learning. J. J. CHANDLER. Davidson College. N. C, Sept. 8, '09 PRICE SF.T ON COTTON. Minimum Adopted by Farmers' Union After Stormy Session. Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 9.?At a stormy night session of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union tonight the report of the committee on minimum price of coton was ac? cepted, and the executive committee was instructed to "reveal or raise, or lower the fixed minimum at their own discrcuon." Nothing could be learned as to the minimum fixed, but it is believed to be about fifteen cents. Members of the union were in? structed by the convention to use their efforts to get ?.11 cotton ware housed immediately after ginning. Members were also Instructed to be liberal to brother members in mak? ing loans on distress cotton. Resolution* were adopted today opposing the sending of aliens into the South. All good eltizens most highly ap? prove of Governor Hughes' action in removing from office Mr. Haffen, president of the Borough of the Brans?a man who clearly ought never to have occupied a public posi? tion of any kind for a single day. H?ffen makes the second official re? moved within the last two years, while another was compelled tw re? sign. It is not under Tammany that one can learn and practlos the golden rub?-"Public Off)OS is a public trust." Electric \;euum cleaners are rent? ed <?ut by the day by electric light ;ititl DOWS1 companies Of Minnesota. Whatever significance ins hereto? fore attached to ihc Mures 4-11-44 should now be transferred to 1-11-42. Ithe number ol days, hours a*';' min? utes consumed ;,y the Lusitania in her rsoord?breaklng trip across the ttlsntlo, says the Providence Jour? nal. Governor Johnson says In effect that lecturing Is not an easy stunt. \eithcr I? ohmpalgnlngi for that mat i' r, Sometime! it la difficult to tell them apari Bloui City Journal, Lots of smokers might agree with j . the prominent tobacco man thai the gdsnl slop of Philippine clgara was one of the greatest disgraces ever perpetrated.---Wall Street Journal. j NET LOSS OF 12 TO H POINTS THURSDAY. General Tendency of Market Wae Lower Under Liquidation and Stop lA>m Ordere?Barely Steady at De dine. New York, Sept. 9.?The cotton market was weak and unsettled to? day with prices selling more than $2 per bale below the high level of yes? terday morning and with the close barely steady at a net loss of 22 to 28 points. The opening was steady at a decline of 8 to 5 points, and while the mar? ket met with pretty good support on a scale down as a result of which there were several slight ra!Uoa, the general tendency was lower under liquidation and stop loss orders until October contacts sold at 12.25 and December at 12.33 with the general list showing a net loss of 25 to 30 points, and with December sellng 47 points under the high price of the previous day. Covering checked the decline at this level, hut the close was within 2 or 3 points of the lowest. The early decline was accounted for by disappointing cables, and as strength In the Liverpool market has een one of the main sustaining In? fluences, the weakness there was fol? lowed by a renewal of more aggres? sive operations by local bears. Later the selling movement w xa accom? panied by reports of freo Southern offerings on a tenderable basis and while these reports were not definite? ly confirmed, with New Orleans claiming strength in the interior, the declines officially reported In the Southern spot markets helped the bear argument in that direction. Pos? sibly the reduction in the low grade premium list last night had some sen? timental Influence, but the small pro? portion of low gade cotton In the lo? cal stock would seem to make this of comparatively little Importance. A petition In circulation that the board of managers take some action with reference to short staple cov.ton ano suggesting that nothing under 1-8 inch be allowed as a tender on con? tract. Receipts at the ports today 20,794 bales against 11,314 last week and 17.668 last year. For the week 120, 000 bales against 81,832 last week and 128,829 last year. Today's re? ceipts at New Orleans 1,179 bales against 1.5 37 last year, and at Hous? ton 6,941 bales against 10,643 last year. Spot cotton closed quiet. 25 points lower; middling uplands 12.65; mid? dling gulf 12.90; no sales. Ft res opened steady and closed barely steady. How to Prevent Typhoid Fever. T. B. Terry, in Practical aFrmer. A Pennsylvania woman writes thai they have been having typhoid fever In their family for seven years. One son has it now, his sickness has cost them, she says, several hundred dol? lars, and they have no idea where it comes from, so do not know how to fight it. One wonders why the doc? tors employed have not explained tills matter to them. They live on a hilL Water is obtained from a well drilled 75 feet deep, There is a stable with? in 50 feet of this well. Liquid man? ure some times stands on surface about stable. The ground about build? ings is entirely flat, We are not told, t ut probably a privy is no further from well than the stable is. And per? haps there are accumulations of house slops on the surface, or soaked into ground. It is practicaly certain that the fever comes* from using im> pure water. Pardon me, but one must be plain to do any good. Human filth in the drinking water is the chief di? rect cause of typhoid fever. Through some cracks in the rock, or leak in tubing, the well gets filthy drainage from the surface. Cases have been found where It was pi oven that this came hundreds of feet from filth BO far away that no one dreamed of danger. A simple test has been 1.0 put salt freely Into privy vault and pour in water. Soon the Bait could be lasted plainly in the well water. Such things seem disgusting to some but llf? and death hang on them. We have galvanised palls In privy and contents are safely disposed of. A Slop barrel on wheels is used and the contents are emptied on surface, on heavy sod only once In ;i place, Th< grass roots will take care of It, <v - ment floors and manure shed stop ail leaching down of liquid from I 'hies. No accumulated ii!th i:- al? lowed where it can leach, Our w< ii wuter is thus kept practically free from tilth. The health officers nay boji ail water 20 or ?".'? minute i efore using it for drinking. Afh i thai it can be i ooled. but don't put Ice in it which ma) not i>. pure. Put it around it. The < lamdi n Water Llghi A Ice Co., which, has the contract for light? ing the town of Cumden has notified Mayor '/?mp thai the electric plant Will be shut down on Sept. 15th and thru the company will surrender It i ranchlse, Thin* or It! The sheriff continue* unabated bia campaign against the blind tigers and he proposes to enforce the law to the letter. The authorities are determin? ed 4m stamp out the illicit liquor deal? ers lind are determined to make ex? amples of those convicted. Magis tr?te J. J. McLure has been kept busy the past few days issuing warrants and holding preliminaries in the cases of those under arrest. Yester? day he heard two blind tiger cases.? Chester Lantern. The time is near at hand when the juvenile members of school fraterni? ties will once more be called on to take up their social duties.?Wash? ington Star. The Spokane Chamber of Com? merce will offer the Aero Club of America $100,000 for cash prizes for the aviators and will guarantee suit? able grounds for international avia? tion contests which are to be held next year in America. The commer? cial organizations of Spokane will communicate with A. Holland Forbes at once relative to securing the con? tests for next year, and will endeavor So meet every demand asked by Mr. Forbes. WHY SO WEAK, Kidney Troubles May be Sapping Your Life Away?-Sumter People Have Learned Tills Fact. When a healthy man or woman begins to run down without apparent cause, becomes weak, languid depress? ed, suffers backache, headache, dizzy spells and urinary disorders, look to the kidneys for the cause of it all. Keep the kidneys well and they will keep you well. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and keep them well. Here is Sumter testimony to prove it. Walter M. Folsom, 102 Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C, says: "For some time I suffered from a dull pain through my loins and when I made a sudden movement, sharp twinges darted through me. After sitting for a while I became so stiff and lame that I found it difficult to regau: stj erect position. The secretions from my kidneys were very unnatural and contained a heavy sediment. Doan s Kidney Pills, which I procured at China's drug store, soon gave me the desired relief. The bakache and pains vanished, the kidney secretions be? came natural and I could rest well. I have no hesitation in recommend? ing Doan's Kidney Pills as they have given me satisfactory results." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., buffalo, N'ew York, sole agents for the l:nited States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No 13. $2.75 And Return. $4.05 TO , S, Use /nd Retur (For Myrtle Beach.) ?VIA Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity to visit the famous Seashore Resorts of South Carolina at a minimum cost. For information, call on Ticket Agent, or i.rite. W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pas Agt. WILMINtiTON, N. C. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING? COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST. A Fair Proposition In the daily routine of business the banker should be reimbursed for actual outlays; and not only for this, but for the use of his capital, time and labor he should be fairly compensated. Upon the basis of this prop? osition, we beg to tender you our very best service. First National Bank, of Sumter Fan' Bank f lit Co. Is prepared to make liberal loans on cotton stored in the warehouse. : : ; : Banking Methods We have added to our equipment a double adding machine to fa? cilitate taking off daily balances. Our aim is to keep well up with approved banking methods, that we may render the most ef? ficient service to our customers at all times. ^ Bank of Sumter. For Sale! FARMING LANDS, in the Following Sized Tracts: .300 Acres. One Place. One Place.-.-.? 76. Acres. One Place_._.-.-105 Acres. One Place.?.366 Acres. One Place....-.357 Acres. One Place.-381 Acres. All of the above within six miles of Sumter on good public road. One Place.277 Acres, three miles from Wedgefield Two Places._100 Acres each, near Privateer, S. C. Three Places.40 Acres each, near Privateer, S. C. All at prices that are right. For particulars, see SUMTER REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE CO., Sumter, South Carolina NOTICE! If you have farm property in Sumter or Clarendon County which yon wish to sell this season, you should list it now, in order that it may be inspected and properly advertised forthe fall business. I have a number of prospective buyers for well improved property, and if your prices are risht, we should be able to do some business. CI'Y, FARM AND TIM? ER PROPERTY HAN >Lto' REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED. 26% N Main St. R. B. Belsen REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY. : : Sumter, S. C. MONEY INVESTED Ur REAL ESTATE MORT? GAGES. LET ME INVEST YOUR IDLE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER CENT Farmers! E can supply von with BAGGING and TIES. ( all and get our prices before you buy. We know that we can save you money <>n these articles besides ;ivin^ you goods that have quality. l)'iit forget us when you are ready to purchase. A. A. Strauss ? Co., 25 NORTH MAIN STREET. Sumter o u t h Caroli r\ a..