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It will help you. Ask your druggist Writ* to: Ladles'Advisory Dept. Chattanoota Medidnt Co.. CharUnooft, Tens,, i lnstractu>r\M. and 64-pafc book, Horn? Treatment (or Women," tent free, J 90 SEA SIDE HOTEL The Sea Side Hotel, Myrtle Beach, is Now Open for the Season. ThUi well know hotel hjkVtag I?'1 ? rHitted and refurnished, located ?n one of the liiust bsSChsS on the South Atlantic Coast la ready for the dummer re ...it?r. It appeals strongly to those wanting; a sea aide vacation, excellent surf bathing, boating, fish? ing, etc. Music and Dancing at the Pavilion Absolutely io malaria In this region, the sandy soil thorough? ly draining the surrounding country. We desire to eater to the best families, those wanting all the comfortj of home life. The summer sr.-hedule of trains to and from Myrtle Heach en? ables one to leave any part of Mastern South Carolina and reach Myrtle Ueach for noon dinner. Special Rate9 by tee Week for Families and Children ST. JOHN & SON MYRTLE BEACH, SOU! H CAROLINA f DR. N. G- OSTEEN. JR., DKM IT8T. 18 W. Liberty St. -:- Phone No. 31). -OKI'I CK HOURS I TO 1. 2 TO 8. I Good for 25 Votes \(>T MOO AlTF.lt JIM! 20. This coupon Is good for 10 Votes If returned to the Oaily Item Ossoe properly Ailed out. Name Arid ret*. AO Ml PLASTER, SHINGLES LATHS. Fl UK MUCK. DRAIN PIPE, ETC. LIME. CEMENT, T-Tav Hroir? Ittes Flour. Skip StutT. Itntn. lidV. Vlldlll. MlM OOSJ and Chicken Feed. Horses. Mules, iS&gi!!*' Wa*ons a,H! No Order Too I a rife Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUM IT.K. S< UTTH CAROLINA. [SPECIAL l .A ? DON'T WAIT Wait for next Spring and higher prices buy now and reap the pro? fit yourself. Some of the Choice Properties Listed With Us now at Quick Sale Prices \<>. 331 Wmi Hamilton Avenue. \o. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 21 Haakall Street. SUMTER REAL ESTATE * INSURANGF RO Farriu rs' Bank ft Trust Co, Bldff, Sumter. s. (;. PRESENCE OF MIND May Make Heroes of Physical Cowards In Time of Danger. NOT A MATTER OF COURAGE. It It the Sudden Impulse That Move* One to Do the Right Thing In an Un? expected Emergency?A Soldier and a Shell and a Man and a Murder. There Is u distinction to be drawn between presence of mind and cour? age. Persous who naturally are timid and nervous will in circumstances of great danger and excitement perform acts of heroism that would be beyond their powers on ordinary occasions. We speak of these as instunces of presence of mind. But If you usk them they vvouid tell you that an in? voluntary impulse rather than any premeditated course of action gvMod their will on the occasion. Had they time for reflection when all the threat? ening dangOT to themselves had be? come clear to their minds their nat? ural timidity of character would have asserted itself and deprived them of action. It is absence of fear that prompts the soldier under a heavy fire from the enemy's guns to go to the assist? ance of a wounded comrade and bring him to a place of safety, and nothing In human nature can compare with auch self sacrifice. Rut in times of sudden emergency It is not always the bravest who act with promptitude. The following story is an instance of this: One of our transports was returning from the Philippines with invalided men, and one morning at sea a group ?f officers on the deck discussed the aubject of firing shells. A soldier was told by the colonel to bring an empty ?hell with a fuse. The colonel took Ihe shell In his hands and. striking a match, lighted the fuse. As this slow? ly burned and the colonel proceeded with his address to the other officers another soldier passed the group, and the moment he caught sight of the shell he rushed forward, exclaiming, "Look out. sir; the shell Is a lire one!" Then he did what never seemed to have come Into the minds of any in the group of officers. He seized the shell out of the hands of the colonel and threw it into the sea. For this service he was promoted. The soldier who had been told to bring an empty shell had gone to the wrong magazine. Those who talked with the man touch? ing this Incident srv tbst h? r?*?idi ated any Idea of baring done a brave hing, "i don't knovi." he saiU. "what made me anlas lbs abell out of the colootl'a hand, bnt It came suddenly Into mj mind, and 1 did it." It io taUl wave of unconscious thought which constitutes true presence of mind. This will come to people of nervous and even cowardly natures. There Is of authentic record the case of a man known to be utterly deficient of courage who saved himself from a very awkward situation by an exhibi? tion of real presence of mind. He was an Englishman and lived in a town in the midlands, where he was an organ? ist I*ate one evening he was returning home through some of the back streets, which at that hour were more or less empty of people. As he went along, however, he noticed some distance ahead of him a man and a woman walking side by side, the man's arm being around the woman's neck. Just under a street lamp the couple stop? ped for a moment, when the organist beard a piercing scream and saw the woman slowly falling from the man's arms. Almost before she had reached the ground the man darted away down a side street and disappeared. When the organist cafiie up to the woman he found, to his horror, that she was lying in a pool of blood. His first impulse was to run away and get clear of the terrible scene, but his bet? ter feelings prevailed, and ho knelt down beside the poor woman to see if he could do anything for her. When he raised her head he found she was quite dead, with her throat cut from ear to ear. Beside her on the pave? ment lay a blood stained razor. The organist was overwhelmed with horror. Before he could collect him? self a group of people had gathered, and presently he heard expressions such as "He did lt." "I tell you I saw him," "There Is the razor," "The fiend! Where are the polk- ?" 4*nand him over!" It was certainly a very awk? ward position, as the rough character of the people might tempt them to take the law Into their own hands and use him very badly. The arrival of a policeman seemed to steady his nerves for a moment, and then came a wave of inspiration that might trvly be call? ed presence of mind He seized the dead woman'! wrist and. pulling out his watch, went through the form of feeling her pulse. Then he put his hand over her bear! and, turning to the policeman, said as calmly as he could: "I am sorry to say that I can be of no further service here. Tho poor won,in Is quite dead. .There is no action in the hear! or (he pulse." In an Instant the murmurs of the crowd changed, and bo beard "Ho'* the doctor" on all aides, This was his opportunity, and. slowly rising and affecting |n be In n?> hurry, he passed through the crowd, who made way for him But when he got clear of tin? ptreet and came to the tir^t turning he took to his heels and ran for all be was worth. The cowardly spirit got the hotter of him i'; the end. He heard the ne\t day that the murderer had gone atmiffh* lo Ihe police station and given himself up, - Mew York Pres 4 ' v. WH on, ? f (!olum cjty. lUXGSTREE HAS $20,000 FIRE. oxoial Buildings and Valuable Li? brary Burned?Partial Insurance. Kingstree, June 16.?Fire was dis covered In the ofllce of Dr. A. N. Sni? der, adjoining bi.s dwelling, today about I o'clock, the dames spread rapidly, burning the handsome dwell Itig, Nor did it stop lure, for the dames, encouraged by a brisk south? west wind, soon swept the dwelling occupied by B, F. Patrick, and owned by w. II. Carr; then went on to the new two-Story dwelling owned and occupied i>> A. s. Coker, entailing a loss of about 120,000, partly covered i>y insurance apportioned as follows: Dr, A. x. Snider, dwelling, office and furniture, Including library loss, $10, 000; insurance $5,500. W. il. Carr, loss, $2,500; Insurance, $1,100. B. F. Patrick, loss . $400; insurance \. s. Coker, loss, $6,000; Insurance $ 1,000. Mis> Brunson Entertains. Quite a pleasant entertainment was given last evening 1?. Miss Ethel Brunson, at her home on Harvin treet. After several very interest in.; c ?ntests. dellghtfl 1 refreshments were served. Every one seemed to en - joy the evening and it was with much reluctance they said good night to their charming hostess. Mr. P. M. Pitts took a trip through Concord and Shiloh township during the past week and he : ? ports that the crops down In that section are look? ing line. A few places Where the cotton was replanted it has not come up to a good stund, but otherwise the prospect is much better than usual. An Appeal foe Help. To the citizens, merchants and busi? ness men of Sumter We, the members of Clint >n Chapel A. M. E. Zlon church, being your cooks and servants appeal to you to help us in our ?tr?jnuous effort to scat and furnish oar new church. My people ar poor, many of them work for a dollar a week, yet they are a willing people. We have been able with the help of Mr. Bartow Walsh, who we never will forget, to buy a lot and build a neat little church, on the corner of Harvin Street and Penn I avenue, a part of the town where a church will help my people greatly. [This hot all been done ta Ik months. I Therefor. I have had to labor with oui salary, Che record of m> par? ents and myself will show that I have Always paid my debts and hope that l can continue the practice. Our church debt Is when1 we can look af? ter it but we need seats and furniture and without we can get some help i will have to continue to labor without salary. The good people of Rock Hill, s. C. Chester, Yorkvllle, Lan? caster, Kershaw, and Charlotte, N. C, helped US much last sear. Now as a servant would to his masler, and a friend to his friend, 1 .appeal to the good people of this town to help us in the name of God and the people I serve, and the country to which 1 be? long. 1 kindly ask, as a mis-ion preacher, the consideration of thtfl appeal. What you nive to the church or for myself and family wil be great? ly appreciated. .1. H. st. \ t Dson, Pastor. Clinton Chapel A. M. E. Zlon i 'hurch. White Comb Honey. In one pound sections, now ready. Price 20 cents per section. Also ex? tracted honey at 40 cents per quart. All this season's make, fresh from the hive. Send to my residence, 316 W. Hampton Avenue. I do not de? liver. N, G. Osteen. Do you need print ng of any de scriptlon? Come to headqunrters? Osteen Publishing Co. For nearly fifty years Osteen am:; good printing ha\e meant the same thing in Sum? ter. i-. the one unfall ng scientific dressing which Instantly relieves and permanently cures all hurts, cuts, burns, bruises, sprains ami wound-, of every Kind. Pain leaves nl once hecutisc the air i? excluded, ami the oil covering acts as artificial skin. The quick? est, fastest healing oil known? 111 VI s I.K.I IT\ I \<. oil.. 23 cent', and r?0 cents bottles, A. B, RICHARDS MEDICINE CJ,, Sherman, Tim n '?? ' .I By i ? . I. i ? . \ (. KTOltE. MORE ABOUT MISSING MAN Partien Prom Privateer Want Affair Investigated by Authorities. Prom Hi" Dally Item, June 17. Today two men from Privateer, Messrs, Hodge and W. T. Davis, were in the city for the purpose of fatting ih->. county officials to investigate the alleged whipping a!.u supposed mur der of ii whits man down in that section. Mr. Davis claims that the man. John Browder, was whipped and that he has not been seen tine*'. He does not know whether Browder is a ne gro or not, although he thought that he was a white man. He claims that the citizens of the community ha\e organized and searched for Browder but were unable to lind him. They, however, secured information to the? eff iCt that shots were Jired at the place where Browder was last seen, and later the mob of negroes who gave Browder a whipping came from that direction. The warrants w hich v vre sworn out before Judge Wells by J. T. Hodge were turned over to the sheriff who it is stated turned them over to Magistrate Ingram of Privateer. No arrests have been mads and it Is not known what Judge Ingram has done about the matter, although it was stated by Mr. Davis that he had done nothing. Parties have since the warrants v\ : e sworn out informed M igistrate Wells that the man was still in that s. ction and other parties have report ei! that the man was seen, but Messrs. Davis and Hodge both assert in posi tlve terms that this is untrue. 1 lowever, the case may turn out and whatever may be the real trouble al out the matter, It is certain that the man was made to get out of the buggy which he had taken from the colored preacher with whom he was staying, and for whom he was work in,. Rev. Cheavis, and given a good beating by the negroes who composed the party which went after him. It Is supposed that the beating was giv en him because he was going out rid? ing With a colored girl, whose rela? tives objected to Browder going with her. The negroes for whom the war? rants were issued were 4 uncles and the father of the girl, all of them being named Smiling. The most pe? culiar thing about the affair is that I ? ?! v ?"W"*? .hink on* ,hin? and thing th. I ij posite, nut n tu ??! them seem to I be certain whethei Browder a I w hite man or a negro. In The Police Court. The cases heard in the Police Court were: M.'pK Peterson, cursing. $7.50 or ldaya :'arson Jenkins and Pick Merri man, fighting and creating a disturb? ance: Merrimon was dismissed and Jenkins was fined $5.00, the sentence being suspended during good be? havior. The county chain gam; has been working on the Plowden's Mill road during the past week and have done much to put it in good repair. Some of the oldest citisens down In that section state that it is the flrst time that the gang has ever visited and worked that road. The gang will camp at sfayesville during the com? ing week and work on the mill road will be completed Tor the time being. Y iu can do tlii- if you make your purchases of cut glass and silverware at this store. Here quality and price .?ach shine in the iurlit of the oilier, from the smallest single pieces t i the i irge sets. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. ?t S. Main' St. SuiUter, s- 0. Piano Tuning, Mr. Edmund It, Murraj iff< rs hi* services to those v. ho w ed an expert ? . rl< r 1 v mo an.i Organ 1 d ihed and kvork >; tarani .\ !<lres? EDMUND IT MURRAY, Sumter, S. C. < hri#tiiias Case Continued. The case against J. H. Christmas, who was to have been tried at the present term of tile federal court in Charleston for conducting a whiskey still on his place in Manchester town? ship, was continued until some later term <>f court sj that time can be giv? en for the capture of Med Haker, who was connected with Christmas in the operation of the still. A bench warrant was issued for Baker, who Is a son-in-law of Christ? mas, and whose whereabouts are un kn awn. Mr. II. T. Edens wishes a cor? rection made as to the capture of Gus Cooper. He was not a bondsman for Cooper, nor was he looking for him at the time that he ran across him. He sras out looking for several parties and the she ft had asked him to take along some warrants for other parties at the same time and to arrest them if he came across them in his search for the men he wanted. He did arrest both Michau and Coop? er in this way, but he did so only at the request of the sheriff and as a favor to that officer. SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. Bunter People Should Know How to Read and Heed Them. Sick kidneys give many signals of distress. The secretions are dark, contain a sediment, Passages are frequent, scanty, pain? ful. Backache is constant day and night. Headaches and dizzy spells are fre? quent. The weakened kidneys need quick help. Don't delay! Use a special kidney j remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are for sick kidneys, backache and urinary dis? orders. Sumter evidence proves their mer? its. F. G. Copleston, 8 E. Bartlette street, Sumter, S. C, says: "I have taken Doan's Kidney Pills and have found them to be a remedy of merit. 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