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S Nomination Ballot. S M ? ? ? m I hereby nominale ^ " M. ? ? ? ? Address. ? ? U pk[ My Name N ]BJ H ? M| Address. ^ This nomination ballot, when properly filled out, will count for M M 1,000 vote*. Only one ballot will be credited to a candidate. M ? M Under no circumstance* will the name of anyone making a \ZZ Jj nomination be divulged. JJ I The Ballot. * M TWENTY-FIVE VOTES FOR M ? 5 Mm. . * M ft X Address. s| ? . . Jj M| Subject to rules of The Osteen Publishing Co.'s Contest. Void ^ m after December 15. IIMMIIHHMIIHIMIIIIXMIIMIIK OOIXINS WUIKLKSS STOCK. ??11? on New York Curb Market For Lernt Than In Sumter. Editor of The Item: Having Information that Mr. M. L. Rise w?hl has sold a great deal of the stork of The Collins' Wireless Tele? phone Co.. of Newark, N. J., to peo? ple In this State at $3 and $4 per share, and believing that the people should know what they are buying, I respectfully request that you publish the following letter, received by the firm that I represent In response to a Sett* Asking for lnformstl mi shout The tilns* WlrtfleJW Telephone Co.'s slot IX 'handler Clothing Co . *Jr- Sumter, S. C. Oentlemen. Replying to yours of the. Ith Inst.. Inquiring about The Col* line Wireless Telephone Securities, would say. that the company Is capi? talised at one million dollars and the par value Is II. It Is offered on the eurb In our city at 1 l-l and 1 1-8 is bid for It. In the advertisement you seat us we notice that they say that while the stock lasts you csn buy It at 14 per share. We do not like to advise anyone in regard to investment of money. We feel in this case however, that we would not care ourselves to purchase this security. The Wall street Journal, a paper printed In New York covering the subject of securities and giving ad rise In a conservstlve manner, has s column devoted to answering such Inquiries as you ssk us, and If you would forward them a request the> would probably reply, especially If you would say that you note that this Is a feature of their paper. All these wireless companies seem from our view point to have capital" Isd their inventions and opportuni? ties almost one hundred fold, in an? ticipation of benefits and results to be achieved, which are a long way from being realised at the present time, and were being conducted as stock jobbing propositions rather than I practical inventions to do every day business. If you will look up the capitalisa? tion of these different wireless com? panies you will find that they are all up In the millions and securities are not well thought of as Investments by the conservstlve bankers and brokers. We are, Yours very truly, FAIRCHILD COMPANY. New York. Nov. I, 1909. From the above letter It will be seen that the same stock that Is be? ing sold In this State at 13 and |4 per share is offered in New York at $1.37 1-1 per share. The firm of Falrchlld & Co. are the publishers of The Dally Trade Record, of New York, ii paper ..f rer ognlsed Importance and standing. If the papers of the State will ropy the above it may save some one from losing monev. Respectfully, JAM KS II CHANbLKU. Sumter. S. ('.. N?T 19. 1909. 11-19-lt. CASTOR IA For Infant? and Children. Tn Kind You Han Always 'jougM Bears the Signature of HARVEST OF DEAD. Explorern Recover Corpses From St. Paul Mine. Cherry. III., Nov. 19.- With the fire In the St. Paul mine checked ami five of the 800 bodies of men who were killed by Saturday's fire recov ered, It Is hoped that much progress towards clearing the mine will be made tomorrow. Charity has poured aid into the homes of suffering sur vlvora but this could not subdue the grief of Cherry's Inhabitants when the sight of the dead, lifted from the tomb, exploded their hopes that men might be r*???o">Arl gHVO. R haa been six days ilnee the fire started, but the five and ?.,':?>?<?>> have allowed the recovery of only five bodJe. four today and one last night. Tomorrow, however. It is expected many more of the dead will e recov? ered. Many bodies were seen today by explorers working deep Into the second, gallery, but the searchers were forced to ileo because of falling earth and rock. HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM. It Is en Internal Disease and Re? quires an Internal Remedy. The cause of Rheumatism and kin? dred diseases Is an excess of uric acid In the blood. To cure this terrible dis? ease this acid must be expelled and the system so regulated that no more seid will be formed in excessive quan? tities. Rheumatism is an Internal disease and requires an internal rem edy. Rubbing witj| Oils and Lini? ments will not cure, affords only tem? porary relief at best, causes you to delay the proper treatment, and al , lows the malady to get a firmer hold on you. Liniments may ease the pain, but they will no more cure Rheuma? tism than paint will change the fibre of rotten wood. Science has at last discovered a perfect and complete cure, which Is called "Rheumacide." Tested In hun dreds of cases, it has effected thr most marvelous cures; we believe it will cure you. Rheumacide "gets at the joints from the inside,' sweeps the poisons out of thr system tones up the stomach regulates the liver and kidneys and makt s you well all over. Rheumacide "strikes the roots of the disease and removes its cause." This splendid remedy is sold by drug? gists and dealers generally at 50c and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at 2bc and 50c a package. Trial bottle of Tablets sent by mall on receipt of price 25c. Booklet free. Write to Bobbltt Chemical Co., Baltimore. Md. Sold in Sutnter by Sibert's Drug Store. 11-19-W. & S. wed. A Religious Author's Statement. ?Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman. Salis? bury, N. C, who is the author of sex eral books, writes: "For several voai s I was afflicted with kidney trouble and last winter I was suddenly strick? en with a severe pain in my kidney* and was confined to bed eight da>s unable to get up without assistance My urine contained a thick whl'e sed? iment c?nd I passed same freque^tlj day and right. I commenced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and finally cease J and my urine became normal. 1 cheer fully recommend Kolcy's Kidn. v Remedy." Sibert's Drug Store. There are thirty CSjSSI <?i smallpox at Ninety-Nine Islands. Cherokee j county. Forced Into Exile. ?Wm. Upchurch of lilm <?ak. OkhV, was an exile from imm?\ Mounts In uir, lie thought, would curs ;i fright? ful lung-racking cough that had dc Bed mi i emedtt i for I iro \ 11 rs AI tei six m<>nth< he returned, death dOg ding Iiis steps. " I'll i I begSfl to use Dr. King's n? u Discovery/' he writes, "and SjtOff taking six buttles I am as well as <-\ t ; " It Sty< I thousands yearly from desperate lung dlsessei infallible for coughi and ooltlo, it dli pels hoarseness and Sme Th r< >a t. cures grip. BronohltlSt Hsmorrhsges, Astb? ma, croup whooping ooughi 10c nnd $1.00, trial bottle free, guaranteed by Slbert't Drug b'tore. THE COTTON MARKET. Rumors of lienrish Import Freely Circulated?Cotton World Now Awaits Government Crop Estimate. New York, Nov. 19.?It has been a ntrvoui cotton market, dominated for the most part by large Interests which In the main are bullish. Also, how? ever, the receipts have undoubtedly fallen off sharply; spot markets have been strong with reports of increased activity here and there; New York sold 15,000 bales in one block on Thursday for export and Eugene Scales denies emphatically a rumor ; current on Thursday that he was ; selling out his holdings preparatory to leaving New York. From time to time similar rumors have been cir? culated, supposedly by bear interests, and they have caused much soreness among *he bulls, who accuse their op? ponents of stabbing them in the back. At one time a rumor is circu? lated that Patten is selling out then again that Scales is, then again that the whole bull outfit Is liquidating. The answer to this has usually been a sharp rally in prices. Moreover, the general killing frost of late in the Southwest, according to bulls, dis? poses finally and effectually of the expectations of a top crop in that quarter. In fact killing frost has been so general not only In the Southwest but also in the central belt and east of the Mississippi that many regard the growing season as prac? tically over and they await with im? patience the government crop esti? mate on December 10. That will be what Horace Greely used to call "mighty interesting reading" for the cotton world. German and Russian reports are to the effect that spinners are having a good trade. Cotton goods in this country have increased in value; trade has been hindered somewhat by unseasonable weather. Chicago, how? ever, has had a good trade.. At one time a report was circulated that many of the Manchester mills were resuming full time but this appears to have been a mistake. Many reports from the South have lately been that most of'the crop has been ginned. Sea Island cotton has been selling at 33 to 37 cents or ibout 10 cents higher than a year ago. Some Alabama mills which had "hut down or had curtailed opera? tions are. It U said, resuming work rti full time. On t!i" other hand spot cotton has been geneiully quiet and speculation has dwindled. A f jw large operators have ruled the market. They insist that prices are ultimately going to 18 or 20 cents but the general public af? ter its recent rough experience on he bull side has been wary about peculation and It Is not improbable that the bulls will have to make good in no uncertain fashion if they are to secure another outside following. In some parts of the South, too, it s reported that a practical deadlock exists In the matter of spot cotton, holders firmly maintaining prices and spinners holding aloof Of late there has been aot a little selling on the act that the National Glnners' Asso latlon put the total ginning up to vovember 14 at 8.096,000 bales. One nimor was that the total was 8,250, ?00 bales as against previous intima? tions that It was only 7,911,000 bales. This uncertainty about the ginners' gures and a good deal of selling hy Memphis, Liverpool, Wall street and 'he West contributed largely to the decline of Thursday and Friday. Bears look for a substantial decline before the first of the year, but bulls insist that cotton is likely to rule high at least for three years to come in the general expansion of trade, echoing Andrew Carnegie's sentiment, "We are in throes of prosperity and good times are to have a long, long ses? sion." Conservative Interests, however, leprecate any wild or reckless spec? ulation on either side of the market. A CARD ?This Is to certify that all druggists ire authorized to refund your money if Foiey's Honey and Tar falls to cure vour cough or cold. It stops the cough, henls the lungs and prevents serious result! from a cold, prevents pneu? monia and consumption. Contains no opiates. The genuine Is In a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Sibert's I )rug Store. The friends of Mr. J. L. Alnutt will regret to learn that he is confined to his home by a serious illness and that his condition doei not grow bet? ter from day to day. ?A Scalded Hoy's Shrieks horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria Taylor, of Neho, k\.. who writes that, when ;iii thought he would die. Buck* ten's Arnica Salve wholly cured him Infalliable for burns. scalds, cuts eoms, wounds, bruises, Cures fever ores, boil-;, skin eruptions, chilblains chapped hands. Soon route Piles. -&< ? t Sibert's PruM Store. SO CASE o\ RECORD ?There is no case on record ()f a cough or roll! resulting in pneumonia ? r consumption nftei Poley'e Honey ami Tar hap been taken, as it will stop your cough ind break op your cold quickly. IVfuse an> but 'be genuine Poley's Honey and I'm- In a yellow packagai contain* .piates and is Me and sine Sihert't Drug Store. F&ncy Groceries A Thousand Reasons for our Popularity, :: :: Everybody knows that we are SUMTER'S most reliable grocers, as may be seen from the fact of our ever-growing patronage. We are ready for the test to be put to us. Our stock shows the most complete selection ever offered in this section of SOUTH CAROLINA. Of Course You Need These: Currants, - - - - 15c pkg. Citron, - 20c lb. Raisins, Monogram Brand, - - 10c pkg. Raisins, Republic Brand, - - 15c pkg. Spices?Finest Quality in Bulk or Packages. Candied lemon Peel, - - . 25c lb. Candied Orange Peel, - 25c lb. Pineapple Glace, ... 50c lb. Candied Cherries, ... 50c lb. Marischino Cherries, * - - 35c, 50c, 75c bottle. Mince Meat, Sweet Pickle Peaches, Plum Pudding, Olives?bulk and bottled, Sweet Mixed Pickles?bulk and bottled, Dills?bulk and bottled, Sour Pickles? bulk and bottled, Mustard, Chow Chow, Sauer Kraut. OUR. FR.U1TS? Are selected with care. Malaga Grapes, Cooking and Eating Apples, Oranges, Chestnuts, Lemons, Nuts, Etc. Visit the Big Grocery Store at 25 North Main Street. Special attention to Mail Orders. If you do not live in the city, phone or write us and your order will receive that same care as if you were present. We stand back of every article sold to be just as represented. You can show your wiseness by giving us that THANKSGIVING ORDER. LEAVE IT WITH. K?hl HOT Foe of 90 Y*?nrq. ?"The most merciless enemy I hail for 20 years," declares Mis. Janus Duncan, of Haynesvtlle, Me., "was dyspepsia. I suffered, intensely after eating or drinking and c< sld icerce ly sleep. After many remedies hau ; failed and several doctors gave me up, I tried Electric Bitters, which cured me completely. Now I can eat any? thing. I am 70 years old and am over-joyed to get my health and strength back again." For Indiges? tion, loss of appetite, kidney trouble, lame back, female complaints, its un equaled. Only 50c at Sibert's Drug Store. FAIR EXCHANGE. A New Back for an Old One-?How It Is Done in Sumter. The back aches at times with dull, indescribable feeling, making you weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kid? neys, and again the loins are so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply plaster to the back in this con? dition. You cannot reach the cause. Exchange the bad back for a new and stronger one. Follow the example of this Sumter citizen. Mrs. B. B. Seymour, 318 W. Cai houn St., Sumter, S. C, says: "I was annoyed a great deal by the kidney secretions, had dull, nagging back? aches and distressing pains through my loins. I used Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at China's drug store and have not had any trouble with my back since. That was about a year ago and I am glad to say that Doan's Kidney Pills entirely cured me. My son was also afflicted with kidney trouble, being unable to con? trol the kidney secretions, especially at night. Since taking Doan's Kid? ney Pills, he has improved wonder? fully. He is much stronger and is able to control the kidney secretions. I gladly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills In return for the good they did in our family." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 7. lTHE kind of FRAMEg To be used is very much a matter of taste. It is im? portant, though, that the frames set properly on the nose and at the right dis? tance from the Eyei; that the lenses be perfectly cen? tered, and how are you to know when some is guess? ing. W E NEVER GUESS Glasses Right, Good Sight. 1 have a graduate Optician iti charge Of my Optical Parlor and all work is guaranteed. W. A. THOMPSON, J EW Ei - E kam) Ol 1 ki an. 6 S. Main St. Phone 333. For Sale! FjyiMijj [km. In tbe Following Sized Tracts. One Place - 300 Acres. One Place - 76 Acres. One Place - IC5 Acres. One Place .... 355 Acres. One Place - 357 Acres One Place .... 183 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 ESATATE & INSURANCE CO., Sumter, ... South Carolina. A Bank Account is Not Only a Luxury, But a Necessity to a Successful Business Man. Do you know of a man or woman who is con? ducting a successful business without the assis? tance of a bank account. No matter what line of business you are en? gaged in?farming, merchandising, teaching, clerking or one of the professions, you should have an account with a bank?this bank. We furnish a bank book and checks free. %W Bank of Sumter BANKING mwmwmmmummmmwmwmmwmmmmmmwmmmwmm The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co., lias the largest capital stock of any bankjn Sumter Coun? ty with a rapidly growing surplus, a progressive a?id ac commodating set of officials, it is able and guarantees it s patrons the very best that's to be had in the way of conser? vative banking. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST.