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NOTU K OF fXlXTIOX. Saals of Mouth Carolina?County of Sumter. Notice te hereby given that un elec tk>a will bs held at the voting pre ?taeta prescribed by law In said Coun? ty on Tuesday. August 1st. 1911. as provided In the following Act An Act to Aothorlxc an Flection In SitnU>r County to |s?*ue lloiuN lu The Saum of One Hundred and 1 Ml] Thousand Dollar* for Hulldlng snd i onntr'M ting Road* and Bridges In Sumter < ounty. Sec. 1. Be It enacted by the Oeners. Ateembly of the State of South Carolina, that an election In Sumter County It hereby authorized as to the Issue of coupon bonds of amid county to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of building and main? taining rosds and bridget in Sumter County. Sec. 2. That said election shall be held ar.d conducted under the direc? tion of the Commissioners for State sjgeetions, who shall appoint the man? agers, prepsre the ballots, canvasa the returns, snd declare the results, as provided by law f.>r gen.-rul elec? tions, floe. 8. The election Serein pro? vided for shall be held on the first Tuesday In August, on- thousand nine hundred and eleven; those vot? ing In favor of the Issuing such bonds shall vote s ballot on which Is print? er or written the words. "Sha'l Sum? ter County Issue bonds to the amount Of $150.000. at the rate of $30,000 a year for five consecutive years, for the purpose of building and construc? ting roads snd bridges in Sumter count\ ' Yes." Those voting against the) Issue of tuch bondt thall vote a ballot on which It printed or written the words, "Shall Sumter County is? sue bonds to the amount of $150.000. at the rate of $30,000 a year for five consecutive years, for the purpose ?af building and constructing roads and bridges in Sumter County?" "So.'' And If a majority of the qualified ?lectors In said election thall vote for bonds, then the Supervisor and County Commissioners of Sumter County shall issue said bondt at here? to provided; but If a majority of the qualified electors voting In said elec? tion shall vote against bonds, then SM> bonds ahall be Issued under this Act. flee. 4. Said bonds to be issued In denominations of jne hundred dol? lars, five hundred dollars and one thousand dollars as pnay be deter? mined, bearing Interest at a rate not exceeding five per #entum per an Srum. payable annually, and to mature twenty yeara from date of Issue. Sec. 5. That said bondt ahall not he sold for less than par. and the proceeds of the sale of aald bonds at gold thall be paid over to the County urer. to be used for e^ld pur I. That thirty thousand OJS.OOO) dollars of mid bonds shall he sold annually. Sec. 7. That there thall be retain? ed out of the proceeds of sale of such tM>nds as may first be sold, a sum sufficient to pay the first year a Interest thereon; that thereafter the ?r suthorltlea of aald county 11 annually cause to be levied a tax on all the taxable property, real sssd personal. In said county, suffi? cient to pay the Interest on auch tends as shall have been sold, and provide a sinking fund to retire said at maturity, flee. t. Thst sll bonds Issued here ?der and In pursuance of thla Act M be signed by the Supervisor and ?mbers of the said County Hoard of imtastoners of said county: pro eided. That the signatures of the su? pervisor snd members of aald hoard assy be lithographed or engraved up? on the coupons attached to said bonos *?;.<! such lithographed or en? graved signatures shall be a suffh lent sagging thereof. That the treasurer enf said county ahall he liable upon tats bonds for the proceeds of aale of SSSrh bonds sold and turned Into the count> tressury of said eoun'y. Sec. t. Ssld commissioner* *ha!l employ ,r. engineer, who ?hall also be skilled In scientific road construc? tion, at auch salary as may be :lxed hy said eomml*?loner*. payable enonthlv from the pro < f the ?ale of hands hstuei pewetded for. And such assistant SSdJtflSarU, With tike qualification* a* th.v um gOOSn accessary, whose salar\ ah ill be fixed ?nd paid In like manner. It ?hall be the duty of the engineer, under the direction of the commissioners, to SOrvev laeSjSS and rUtaSatS, gfhei n>< dsamry. every section of road bet?rt SUty permanent work shall be ieSM thereon, furnishing roniplete maps ?bowing lo. atioo. grid.-. ISflethtt with corn pie te plans and speelScatlona for the permanent SddSSftN tb-n of road or highway. See. 10. That nothing her. In b erTeW In any r hood*, or the right to Issue say bond ?r bond* uroW th.- |.r..\HIoim nf Act entitled "An Act to authorize the sarpervtsor and County OaasSglsslori of 8umter County to Issue bonds Ii the ?um of fifty thousand dollars (Of building und maintaining roads and bridges In Sumter County," ap ; io\?m1 the 26th day of February, A. 1>. 1910. Approved the ISth day of February, A. D. 1911. I'.efore the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerk j must take and subscribe the Constitutional I?ath. The chairman of the Board of M i augers can administer the t?.th to ( the other members and to the Clerk; I notary public must administer the i l i'h to the Chairman. The managers elect their ? hau man and clerk. l'olls at each voting place must be oi.cned at 7 o'clock u. m. and closed it 1 o'clock p. m. The manager* have the power tu 111 a vacancy, and if none of the managers attend, the citizens can ap? point from among the qualified voters, the managers, who. after being sworn, can cniuliict the election. At the close of the election, the managers and clerks must proceed publu ly to open the ballot boxes and < mint the I.allots therein, and con? tinue without adjournment until the tamS Is completed, and make a state? ment of the result, and sign the ?sine. Within three days thereafter, the h lirman of the Hoard or some one designs IS J by the Baord must de? liver to the Commissioners of Flec? tion the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. Mulingers of Klccion. The following managers of Election have bSSB appointed to hold the elec? tion at tl^e various precincts in the said county: Sumter Ward 1?E. T. Windham. 1. -die Brown, Geo. W. Reardon. WaH 2?J. S. Richardson. Thos. S. Sumur, D. F. Stoudenmlre. Ward 3?W. C. Key,, F. D. BlodgeU, W. t'. Dlnklns. Ward 4?W. P. Smith, G. A. Brown. Chailes Thames. Shlloh?J. K. McElveen, W. T. Player, S. B. McErveen. Maycsvil?9?W. X. McElveen, Jno. A. Foxworth, J. F. Bland. Rafting Creek?B. C. Du Pre. T. M. Rodgers, C. W. Young. Stateburg?W. M. Sanders. Richard Cantey, CJ. V. Nelson. Wedgofleld?E. E. Aycock, J. B. Crouch. W. H. Rsmsey. Providence?J. E. Rembert. C. J. Galllard. E. P. Scarborough. Concord?Waddy Brun*on. .?'am Newman, G. W. Mahoney. Bloom Hill?W. J. Ardls. F. M. Coulter. B. P. Broadway. Privateer?W. O. Cain, W. H. Cut tlno, H. H. Well*. Oswegc?Marlon Dorn, W. J. An? drew?. B. M. Oliver. The managers at each precinct named Above are requested to dele? gate one of their number to secure l-oxey, ?dank? and tickets for the glsje t on on or before Saturday, July 24th, 1911. from E. F. Miller at ofilTt ul Ost? en Publishing Company. J. E. DuPRE. W. T. GREEN, F. D. KNIGHT, <'ommissioners of State and County Elections for Sumter County, 3. C. E. F. MILLER, Clerk. EXAMINATIONS FRIDAY. Nine Young Men Stand Fxamlnation* for Various Colleges. The examinations for Clemson Col leg?\ the College of Charleston ami the Cnlverslty of South Carolina were held in the court house Friday by Superintendent of Education Ha> ns worth, there being nine young men to stand the examinations for ttl< various colleges. Two stood the examination for th? College of Charleston scholarship for which there were no contestants last Friday Srhen the examination was heduled tO com.' off. Two stood the sxamtnatton for the University of S..uih Carolina scholarship and four for the ciemson College scholarship, < >ne simply stood the entrance ex? amination to Clemson which wa3 the ime as the scholarship examination TOM FELDER FOR GOVERNOR. Maj Be < umhiutc When Senator? elect Moke Smith (jolt* the Olbce. Atlanta. July 11,?-The business of electing a United States Senator out of the way mom hers <?f the Legisla? ture and the attaches of the Capitol have turned to the next gubernator? ial election as food for gOSBO, The foot that QoV, Smith will not, aecord tng to his own statement, FSSlgn un? til winter, thus placing the election some time ??ff. dost not seem to dull tho Interest. The announcement of J, Pope r.rown. of Hawklnavtlle, former state treasurer that he would be a <an dldate, was the subject of the most 'alk b'da\. He was mentioned some line age but did not mal e formal an n tuncement until lasi night. ittornO) Cneral Thomas I'.. Fel dof also has been "mentioned." It In expei b d lhat h iif ? doaen other aaiflOJ Will bS connected With the tie\t State election. Fx-Oov. J. M. Brown has m ole nothing public ss to bis Intentions. FALSE STORY DENOUNCED, i>nfederatc Veterans of New Orleans Take Action In Matter. New Orleans, July 12,?At a meet ni of aeveral Confederate veterans, .:? mberj of Camp No, 2, Army <>f the r inneeeee, held last night, a state? ment, said to have appeared in a w ekly masaslne on June 10th list, ;v which it WSS asserted that a school teaeher of New Haven, Conn., i . denuded, tarred and feathered in i public square of Near Orleans dur-| Hg the Civil War. was strongly de- I nounced as a falsehood. The veterans referred tin- matter to the historical omlttee for further action. TO REBUILD GREAT LIBRARY. \Vw York Legislature Ha* Approprl ?ted tltSSOfOOd for the Purpose. Albany, N, v.. July 13.?A bill ap? propriating $1,250,000 for the reliabi? lity tlon of the Near york state library, which was destroyed by the recent Are in the Capitol, has I.n passed by the Legislature. The sum of I2SO.0O0 la made avail? able Immediately, $500,000 on January l next and the remaining $500,000 on ? October 1, 1912. MADE DRAINAGE ENGINEER. Federal Government Promotes F, E, Eason Of Charleston. r. B, Eason, who has been con? nected with the United Btatei office of drainage, and who assisted Com? missioner Watson In framing the drainage law for this state, has been designated by the national office of drainage as a drainage engineer. lit; is located at Charleston.?Columbia State. Only One Proposition. Mr. W. 15. Bonsai was here for a >hort while Tuesday afternoon and said there was hut one proposition for the railroad to come to Bishop Villi and that was from Hartsvllle by Lydia to Bishopville and on to Sum tsr. The town council at Its meeting last Tuesday by a unanimous vote dec ided to bond the town for $15, 000 or so much as will secure the right of way and depot site. That is rhe right spirit and let every one pull together to get that without any pos? sible friction. If we do this we will have the Seaboard Air Line here he fore Christmas. The s. a. L. is going to Charleston and If Blshopvlhs fuss o\Vr the right >f way it will simply give us the go by ind strike <>ut for the most direct line from Lydia to Sumter.?Hishop \ Ills Vindicator. Made Two Trip- to Got Married. Only one marriage certificate wsi Is ?usd by the county clerk Friday and this was to an old negro couple, the man being sixty-three years of a-^. >nd the woman fifty. The names of the newly married parties were, Jack Fefterson and Hester Moore, both of them being from Mayesvllle. Mr. Parrott, the clerk of court, issued the license and Immediately afterwards performed the marriage Ceremony, thus making it Incumbent upon him? self not only to till out and issue the license but to return It to himself and file it as well. This was not the first trip that the old man had made to get his license. On Monday he came to the clerk of court and asked for the license, but Si there was no one with him to sign the voucher for the woman he was not given the license. He was not to be outdone, however, and his first walk of fifteen miles did not dampen his ardor for his lady, notwithstanding his age. Friday he came auain and to make sure that nothing went wrong he bTOUghi her along with him and had the clerk of court pet form the j ceremony. Escaped With Ills Life. "Twenty-one years ago 1 facea an awful death," write If. I?. Martin, Port Ilarrelson, S. C. "Doctors said I had consumption and the dreadful cough I bad looked like It, sure en? ough. I tried everything I could hear of for my cough, and was un? der the treatment of the best doctor In Georgetown. s. C, for n year, but could get no relief. A friend advised me to try Dr. King's New Discovery. I did so. and was completely cured. ! fee] thai I owe my life to this great Lhroat and lung cure." Its positively fuaraateed for coughs, colds, and all bronchial affections. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free ?it Blbert's Drug Store. Much of the stock which will be Used in the buggy factory to be es? tablished here h is alre ady been order? ed. A Peek Into ills Pocket. WOUld Show the box Of Buckicn's Arnica Salve that B. S. Loper, a car? penter, of Marllla, N. Y., always car? ries." 1 have never had a I ut, wound, bruise, or sore It would not soon heal,'" he writes. Greatest healer of bum-;, bolla scalds, chapped hands and Hps, fever-sores, skin eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. ISc at Blbert's Drug store. (T tnmbcr of Commerce Notes, Secretary A. W, McKeand, of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce hag requested that the following be pub? lished restive to the value of an Ad Club in Sumter: What is an \d. C lub? An Ad Club la an organisation of advertising and sales-managers of va? rious tirms located in any community. They may be retailers, wholesalers, manuafcturers, real estate men, print? ers, publishers; In fact, any one who Is Interested In the disposal <>f any commodity or product. It mean- getting together and rub? bing elbows With the other fel? low. You exchange views on import? ant topics that ma;/ concern your firm p< rsonally, or the community at large. No man can be' a success by at? tempting to Use ideas altogether hi? own, he must profit by the experience others, and, In no way, can more knowledge fie gained than through the associations in an Ad, Club. Who \re The Advertisers? All men are consciously or uncon? sciously advertising, in some man? ner. If he dresses ids windows, puls a new sign in front of his office, buy3 n new delivery wagon, gives away a calendar, takes space In :> newspaper, has a card in the street car, hns a bulletin board printed, or hires a man to stand In front of his store with a megaphone and calls people to "come this way!" it Is simply some form >f advertising. Good Advertising vs. Poor Advertising More money is wasted on so-called advertising, than any other one thing. At the same time, greater results are reaped from good advertising, than from any other source. If one adver? tiser Is a success, why not the other? You would not attempt to sell woolen blankets in July. ->r spring hats in De? cember. The successful business man looks as carefully after his ad? vertising, 14s he does after his buy? ing or banking; that is?if he Is a real business man and not a make believe, or one wi?o thinks he Is, What an Ad. Club Can Do Por its City U can create and mould public sentiment, through proper publicity, it can devise the best methods of ad? vertising natural advantages of that city: it can determine. better than any other body, just what the natural advantages of that city are; it can be the very best assistance to the al? ready organized Chamber of Com? merce. It. alone, can bring about the proper understanding of what adver? tising is. It teaches you to tell of the value of the article offered, in a plain, straightforward, truth way. How to Form an Ad, Club. Qet togeth? r a few Of :he most in? terested people, who have a knowl edge of advertising, your local news? paper men, and the merchants, your manufacturer,- and Jobbern, your real estate men. Explain to th^m the benefits of a local get-together move? ment. Try and interest every one who advertises in any way. whether buyer or seller of space, as the ground is q mutual one. Tell them of the benefits of the National Organisation, Which consists of an educative cam? paign. Through "The Voice," the official publication of the national body. Three will be papers pub? lished that could not be bought by any magazine In the country for any amount of money. The National Association will put them in touch with all the National Advertisers, with the best line of ad? vertising and salesmanship journals, from which any bright man can se? cure information that will be worth many hundred times as much a? the cost may be, and, at the same time, it will educate the general public, to the fact that advertising Is not a mystery, but a plain common sense way of letting the people know. Fees and Dues. You can place your fees and dues at any amount that is best suited for your own particular needs. These dues range from $5.00 to $10.00 per year. In a majority of the cities. In S few small cities they are as low as $3.00. The National Association dues are $1.00, for each member, payable out of your regular due/, fifty cents of which goes to the National Association work and fifty cents to the subscription to "The Voice," the official organ. A Final Word. The Ad. Club Is the most efficient weapon with which to light the cat? alog, or mail order house, as it teaches the same system of advertis? ing used by these concern*!. it i efficient in building good roads, be? cause it is a publicity factor, that calls the attention of every one to their necessity. it advertises the tcWti, because it understands ad? vertising methods and the best pro? cedure to use In expending your ronmion fund for calling the atten i'oii to your city, it saves money for you because it teaches what is good advertising and, consequently, keeps away from your city the numerous fake and so-called advertising schemes that are a prey to the business men of every community, Tbc great national convention of advertising men will he held In Bos? ton, the lirvt of August, and it will be the greatest educational conven? tion ever held, and the fending of one . r two delegates, or more, to that convention, will put new life into your <ii>, as well as heing of untold bene? fit to those who cannol attend per? sonally. The South Carolina deb-gates leave Charleston by the Clyde lane on the 29th of July. Boston will spend MO, 000 ii entertainment alone. Burnt* r should bo represented in this conven? tion. Tiw following is taken from the Charleston Post relative to the work of the Credit Bureau in that city. The bureau is a branch of the Re? tailer's Association there. Bast -Ve.ek the Secretary of the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce called a meeting of of the retailors for the purpo ge of or? ganizing a branch of the retailer's a BOClatlon in Sumter but the me.-ting was so poorly attended that the or? ganisation was poatponed until the local merehants could be seen and their feeling regarding BUCh an or? ganization ascertained: "Sinee the credit bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, maintained bj the Retailer Merchants' Association, and manager by B. <\ McCarty, has been In operation here, for something over six mouths, it has necessarily brought to light some interesting facts ab.,ut the credit business of Charles? ton, and incidentally lias proved a great stimulant ;<? more prompt pay? ment of debts, but its record accom? plishment to date is the collection of a debt thirteen years old, amounting to about $130. This is a debt of very respectable age. Several of the merchants have given the bureau bills to collect which Were one or two years of age. or even five or six years old. but that account opened in 1898, and unpaid up to this year, takes the cake for age. Strange to say. when one of those yellow let ters made its appearance at the ad? dress of the debtor it brought results that astounded the merchant who was naturally skeptical about the use of bothering any more with the obliga? tion. The debtor came up, paid half the amount owed in cash, and is now liquidating the balance at a rate very satisfactory to the creditor. Charleston people have been accus? tomed to take their time about pay? ing their debts. The merchants, or many of them, hav been easy con? cerning this matter .jo. They have grown to look upon an account six months or a year old as still an in? fam:. The credt bureau has changed all this. Both the creditors and the debtors think differently about it. Members of the retailers' associa? tion state that now a great n any ot the r customers who were accustomed to pay at their leisure come in and settle up at the end of thirty ?r sixt> days, making the request that their names do not be put on the yellow letter" list. Thai yellow letter has a meaning all its own, and when it comes through the mail it tells a stor> that all who see it may read. But it also stands for more than its super ficlal significance for it mean.* that the man who gets it has not been pay? ing his accounts as he should, and U in bad with the merchants. This business of slow pay Is bad for everybody concerned. It lead.: the buyer to merge into extrava? gance, to forget his debts partly, and to "live on nothing a year." It hurts the merchant, because he needs casl: to carry on his business and must of? ten borrow money from the banks tc get his trade dscoums. It is gener? ally bad for business. Several thousand yellow letter! have been Bent out since the first ol the \ear to "bad pay" customers, and a very complete credit information list has been built up. A result it that any merchant in the asociatlOH can in a few minutes find out wheth? er an applicant for credit is a good risk or not, and in this way large sums of money are saved the d.-;.lers Not only that but the collection? made by tile credit bureau have firm? ly established its functions a? a pari of Charleston's business equpment. Kidney Diseases are Curable, under certain conditions. The right medicine must he taken before the disease has progress- d too far. Mr Perry A. Pitman, Dale, Tex., says: "I was down in bed for four months with kidney and blaJdor trouble and gall stones. One bottle of Foley'l Kidney Remedy cured me well and sound." Ask for it. W. W. Sibert. It has been shown that the mol ill nation of troops on the Mexican b.?r der was a military feature, but it was a very happy one for the Illustrated a eeklles.?Columbia State. Kill More Than Wild Boast Tlie number of people killed yearly by wild beasts don't approach the \ast number killed by disease germs. No life Is safe from their attacks, They're in air, water, dust, even food. But grand protection is afforded by BlectlC Bitters, which destroy nnd expel these deadly disease germs from the system. That's why chills, fever atnl ague. all malarial and many blood diseases yield propmtly to tills wonderful blood purifier. Try them, and enjoy the glorious health and new strength they'] give you. Money back, if not satisfied. Only 50c at Blbert's Drug Store. RECOMMENDS LEGAL REFORM. Ciov. Wood row Wilson Speak* on "The Lawyer in Politics" Before Ken? tucky Bar. Lexington, July _'.?Recommend? ing the proposed ref ?rm of legal pro? cedure, condemning what he charac? terized ss "new lawyers," and advo? cating the placing of the profession on a higher moral basis, Qov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey tonight deliv? ered his address on ' The Lawyer in Politics" before the members of the Kentucky liar association at their IOth annual convention. Gov. Wilson severely criticised methods pursued under present day procedure in the use of involved language In legal in? struments and made a plea for a bet? terment of the profession by the eli? mination of rhe unfit. Sprains require careful treatment. Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely. It will remove the soreness and quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition. For sale 1 y all dealers. ! MAKES HISTORY TO SUIT BLEASE Thompson Changes Wording of His? tory Adopted. Columbia. July 13.?Thompson's History of the United States will be used In the public schools of the State during the n^xt five years. Gov. Ukase having objected to the ad? option of the history because it was neutral on the question of the respon? sibility for t he burning of Columbia in 1865, the author. Mr. Waddy Thomp? son, of Atlanta, notified the board to? day through his brother, Col. Henry T. Thompson, .hat he would consent to change the phraseology complain? ed of so as to fi< the blame for the destruction of the Capital City posi? tively on Sherman's army. Mr. Thomp? son is a sen of the late Hugh S. Thompson, State Superintendent of Education. Governor, secret service commissioner, and assistant Secre? tary of the Treasury. The language complained of was. "The route of the army was mark? ed by the destruction of property, Co? lumbia, the Capital of the State, was laid In ashes;" as changed and accept? ed the statement is as follows: "The army marked its route by the destruction of property and laid Co? lumbia, the Capital of the State, in ashes." Right in your busiest season when you have the least time to spare you are most likely to take diarrhoea and lose several day's time, unless you have Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand and take a dose on the first appearance of the disease. For sale by all deal? ers. DOING THEIR DCTY. Score?* of Sumter Renders are Learn? ing the Duty of the Kidneys. I _ To filter the blood is the kidneys' duty. When they fail to do this the kid? neys are sick. Backache and many kidney ills fol? low; Dean's Kidney Pills build up weak kidneys. Sumter people endorse our claim. Mrs. J. L. Nunamaker, 161 Wright street, Sumter, S. C, says: "I know Doan's Kidney Pills to be a remedy of merit and I am willing to recom? mend them. About two years ago I got a supply of this preparation at China's Drug Store, when I was suf? fering from backache and other symptoms of kidney complaint. I was relieved and benefited and I have no further need of a kidney medicine. It gives me pleasure to teil how bene? ficial Doan's Kidney Pills have been to me." 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. 10 You can do this if you make your purchases of cut glass and silverware at this store. Here quality and price each shine In the light of tho other, from the smallest single pieces to the large seta W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. ? S. Main St. Sumter, S. C.