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6llUMI*4lIER HIGHWAY. III?. PARTTf CROSS WVTK.HF.K AT SlMTIflM-oi.l MBIA Uli.II WA V CltossiNt. C'osmpsinj Formed In IV? Minute, Time?Jf. H. \iiIM. of Fa*to\cr, larvsldtant?Rmid In Fl im? Condition ?4 oMptin to Im ( bartered with Cajplftf Stork of $3,04K>. The* people of Columbia "the square meal" town, will b? willing to H'lmlt hereafter that Sumter Is the "town with the good.4." Mt at !- i ? thoss) of Columhl* and Fastover who \i?lt#<l thia city Thursday afternoon In gehalf of the darner s Kerry cross log SrVef the Warteree river will so adShit whene\er they have . vcasion teV ?peak of Sumter, and *t is prob ahb- tnat th?- work done Vhursday af? ternoon will give them frequent oc gOalon to do so, for within ten min? ute after the meeting (f the Rich land county pai ty and r? number of eminent cltlsens of Sumter was railed to order be Mayor Jennings in the Chamber of Commerce hall a stock company wse formed with a capitalisation of $3.000 and officers snd a board of directors were elect? ed and preparations made for the In? corporation of the company. The party from Columbia was ex? pected by the ufisens of Sumter. who hsd seen the statement in the Cclum hta papers a day ahead that tiny were coming, but n? special arrange ?nets had been made for their re? ception aa it we impossible to know st what time the party would arrive or how many there would be In it. In anticipation of the meeting which was to be held Mr. L. D. Jennings snd Mr. P. P. Molse had seen several ef the business men of the city and hsd been sssured by them thst they would stand behind any promise which should be made at the meeting. In accordance wtlh this promise, Mr. Jennings snd Mr. Molse stated, as soon as a proposition was made, that the cltlsens of Sumter county would be certain to subscribe to their share of the stock to the proposed stock company. As soon as the meeting was called So order Mr. Jennings asked that erme member of th^ Columbia party state what proposition 'hey bad to s?*?f rvgnrdlng the plan for building the proposed ferry. Mr. st W. Mr- j sfe.**?*r of Columbia, th? well known] sotomoblle man. stated that they had gone ahead with the work as they realised that. If some one did not start the work it would never be start, d. Their plan w as to form a stock company with the people of thH county sub-^iblng to one-half ?f the stock. H ? was unable to say whe her the money subscribed would Be repaid or not. but he did know that the road would be a Rood thing tnd a erent convenience to tbo peo? ple of both cities. Re said that he rhouaht that the SOOt would be from $2.000 to $3.000. Sir. JeuntnsJ" stated In reply that Stumter county * ItSSSSMi could be de? pended upon to subscribe to thetr ?hur-- of the stock of the proponed ompany and Mr. 1 >. I >. Molse cor 'borated this assertion. Mr. Molse went further and stated that as ail of those who were most Interested 'n the company were present, be thought It a capital Idea to form the com? pany. He did not see any reason at all for waitlns until some other time er of appointing a committee to form the company, when It could be formed then as easily as at any fu? ture time. It was upon this suggestion of Mr. Molse's that the company be formed at once tha' officer'* w. re elected and a hoard of directors appointed. The officers elected w ere President, T. II. Audi. Kastover. Vi.. President. L. f>. Je nnings. Sumter: S< cretary and Tr.-a nr?>r. .1. p. Isgsjrfjr, ?ngentfsjP] M II i; la 4to\ - r; Hoard of DsPSSteen T. 11. Aubl. L I?. Jennlng-. J. P LsjSJfsy, 1?. I > .MotSS. it pates, and lasji gents whom the director* might appoint. tf they deemed necessary. The capital sto<k "f the compain. which was sojsned Um OoHtsnhss Sumtes Highway Asso? latp.n. u ??? to be $.1. S00 n<t preparations SfSfS made to ha\ ? 'to- company Incorporated and s chirter secured as soon as possible. The mntNT of securing the charter was I. ft to the members from c lum MsV The first of the party to come In reached the city shoot IfM p m. and stopped at the Hotel Sumter. Tin re wer- tWO ISJtSmobil,.i in this put. Whb h W SOOa followed up by thre.? more. All of these . irs were from Bestover and th? peopts coming In th.-ro SJTSJffS from that enterprising little city Just i. ross the W.lteree rl\ ? r r county. In the party 'adle Sea v. Mi-. Mae *? I. d. Mit.w. |; \ svhooii i Ssnoolbecd, k. 0, ftivers, lam?, j. s. Dates, I (i. Toucbb. rrv. W. c,. Hr.'i-n Alibi ThiM pnti f had lef it I Ml p. tn and I....' str river for a dinner of fried I'd fish and other picnic lien, Lenting tn? ri\ er l*ank at about 3:30 p. in. the party made a leisurely trip to Sum? ter In order that the other automo? bilen whieh were coming; on behind mlgit have a chance to catch up with them. They rolled Into the Game Cock City shortly before t? o'clock and after a short stop at the hotel went on to the Chamber of Com? merce hall In front of which "John? nie on the spot" Hlanchard took an official picture of the "trail blazers." as the members of the party will her?af'er be officially designated. This was not a hard matter to do as while the Rastoverltes were waiting about town for their brothers from Columbia to arrive the party from that DMOt came in and stopped at the Chamber of Commerce hall, and It was while they were congregated here that Mr. W. L, Hlanchard got his pictures. In the party which came from Co? lumbia were Messrs. Beverly Herbert, President of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce; S. P. McMaster, the well known sporting man; W. F. M?l? ler, supervisor of Rlchland county; J. A. Hoyt. editor of the Columbia Record; Dr. F. A. Coward, State bac? teriologist; T>r. Mitchell Whaley; A. M. Glbbes of the Glbbes Machinery Company; F. B. Etheridge of the Ktherldge Motor Company; G. M. Berry. J. M. Hates, B. C. Keenan, Jr.. H. S. Reynolds, H. D. Crosswell, E. G. Cooke, W. R. Flahbume, W. T. Green. J. B. Urquhart, H. J. Basier. W. J. I tames and W. L. Blanchard. who Is always "right there." The party from Columbia came over in six nutomobiles. all of which came across the Garner's Ferry, which the party reported to be In excellent condition everywhere except for small spaces where the road had recently been built up by Supervisor Mulle: und where the rains of Wednesday had softened the dirt and made M mushy. The road on this side of the river through the four miles of swamp was In fine condition as were the bridges which had been built re? cently by Mr. H. G. Hates, who had spent Mi summer in the Wateree swamp building up the road. Both parties came by Wedgefleld. being t nacqualntsed with the Stutehurg road and not knowing in what con? dition they would find it. At the meeting in the Chamber of Commct e lla'l Mr. Jenmngs n?kcd ? bat some one state what proposition ihe party .from Rehlnr.d Count) had to noike to ihe people here eotca.u U?u ferry. Mr. s. Hell ister went over the matter and bnen> stated the proposition which they had to put before the citizens of eUftntet county. Before this .however, Mr. A. V. Snell, of the Chamber of Commerce, stated to the visitors why It v..is that a larger number of the izens of Sumter had not gathered to meet them on their arrival. Mr. John Bates stated that he could . rant, e the investment to be a I ay in?; one. He pointed out the faet that the BeteS Ferry, over the Con R*are*? met Fort Motte. had paid 10 per cent dividends during the first \e.-r ;.nd it was not used near us muili ee the Cturner's Ferry route win 'iKe'.y to ho used. SJfj] irx leOff M?ller of Rlchland county stated that he was heartily In sympathy with those who wanted the rocd and that he would do ??!! in hi power to build up a good roil on the Rlchland side of the river. Mr. Beverly Herbert, of the Colum? bia Chamber of Commerce, stated that hi was glad to meet the people of Sumt -j and he thought that the road would be of Immense conven? ience in drawing the p. <?pie of th3 IWO coui.lie*- closer together. He )&? lends ;. welcome to Columbia *.o all ?#< the citizens of Sumter. HV, T, )] Auld stated that the peo? ple of Kastover had before this time had no near means of com? munication with their next door neighbors scroes the river, but he 'hought that from now on that a useful and growing Intimacy would b> the leeult of the road whi h should Im I mit by the m w iy formed com per j. It was here that Mr. Moles mad' i Is uropos lion to form the company that was so readily taken up by those |o?at. At first Mr. Jennings stated that the citi/ens of Sumter would "come neross" with $1.000, but when Mr. Bates stated that he thought that it would cost as much as IS.odt to put the road Into good t'ondltlon for travel. Mr. Jennings i d that the < itlaons hers would put Up as much SJ Il,6e0 at thN time. This pro position eras readily agreed lo by the Rl< hland county party, when Mr. Jennings stat< d that the money was fortlu omlng at any lime that it was wented( there Was considerable applause from the visitors. It was simply a case .,f ("How I talk0" and Mr. Aubl stated that Mr. Jennlngi leihe? lust right, though br did not USS lltOSe words. After Ihe meeting the members ol tin- Rb biand county part) look sup per at the hotel end then struck our for home, somo going by way of Ihe ferry and others, deciding thai tic longest way was the Safest way home, weni around b) Csmden, Still the night In town, leaving early Fri? day morning. The trip made by th i parly was a success from every point Of view and the people of Rlchland county seem de much elated at the success of their trip. H Is probable that in the near future there will be ? great many others to follow the "blazed trail" left by the Columbia and East over pathfinders. ARRESTED FOR HOUSE-BREAK? ING, Negro Boy Enter- [IoUS? of Mrs, J. E. \\ bilden Thursday Afternoou, I >n Friday Julian Luckya a ne? gro boy who was working for Mrs. J. K. Whilden, was arrested on the charge of house-breaking, given a preliminary hearing and bound over to the court of general sessions at its fall sitting. The negro has been working for Mrs. Whilden for several days and was left In the yard on Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Whilden and her children went out. l^a ter Mrs. Whilden's little girl had to go back to the house and she found Lucky In the up-stairs part of the house. ? He called out to her "don't tell Mrs. Whilden." and when she ran out to tell somebody about the negro being in the house, he left the building. On Friday the ne? gro returned to work and Policeman McKagen was sent up to the house to arrest him. Lucky acknowledged entering the house through the win? dow, but said that he did not break !n or steal anything. BEAVTIITL SCEN ERY. From the Dally Item, Aug 11. The Columbia party which came In yesterday afternoon had consid? erable to say about the roads over which they traveled, but they had a great deal more to say of the beau? tiful scenery In the swamp on this side of the Wateree. Photographer W. L* Blanchard characterized it as being as beautiful as that which he had seen anywhere in this country, others of the party went even far? ther and stated that the views in the swamp were the most beautiful they had ever seen. The members of i the party were especially pleased with the old col? onial homes which they passed on this side of tin rlvef In the lower part of fttateburg townahtp and Mr. Rlaiw hard utated that it wn? his in teatlon lo uome ba< ? it the earliest possible daie to get photographs of the houses and places of Interest and to take views in the swamp. He left Columbia some time ahead of the rest of the party to take photo? graphs along the way and did Secure a number of them. He took several views of the Church of the Holy Cross at Stateburg. Pays Fine and Is Released. Friday morning Charley St?hes, the negro who was tried by Judge Wells Monday and sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or serve 30 days on the chain gang for wife heating, niid up his line and was released. The negro lives on Mr. C. N". Roykin's piaco a few miles east of the city. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the dlsessed portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf? ness, and th?t is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lin? ing of the Eustachlan Tube. When ibis tube Is Inflamed you have t* rum? bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness 1? the result, and unless the Inflamma? tion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hear? ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca? tarrh, which is nothing but an ln itamed condition of the mucous sur? faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by rtall's 1 atari h Cure. Send fot circu? it- free, F. J, CHENEY ^ CO., Toledo. O. Sold i v i ?ruggists, 75c. Take Halls Family Pi 111 for consti? pation. And sec our wonderful dis play <?f rings, Kngagement rings, wedding rings, baby rings, birthday rings, signet rings, Rings <>t every de? scription, An elegant stock to select from and such 1 < >\\ prices you cannot help but buy uIk ii you see <>-.ir rings, W. A. Thompson Jeweler and I tpttcan 'BIBIUE'STO DEES' BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED Jeremiah 37?Aug. 20 "Blesiwd art ye u hen mm shall irvile you and persecute you and shall suy all in uncr of er?< auuinut you fa/ssls for Hy unkt'." ? 'Matthea s.-.i. PERSECUTION implies that the person or thing persecuted possessed somo Qualities or powers thai are feared. Whnn the persecution is for religion it proves that the persecutor realizes his own weakness to meet the argument iu o more rational way. Today's sn:(ly draws our attention to the persecutions endured by one of the Lord's faithful Prophets, lie was u patriot in the? highest sense of the word in That he looked lor the highest good for his nation aloug the lines of Id vino wisdom. His principle was "God First,*' and he well k n e w that only tills procedure could i) ring Divine blessings to his <??prfse*i?/. nation. He was of course misunder? stood by the king and his counsellors. They did not like him because lie told the truth* fearlessly?they preferred prophets who would tell them of their own wisdom, greatness and the suc? cess of their policies. At the time of this study ZedekJan was oii the throne. lie- was a vassal to Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Chal? deans, whoso teat of empire was to the north. Hoping for assistance from Egypt on the south. Judah revolted. contrary to the warning of the Lord through Jeremiah. The Chaldeans laid siege, and the Egyptian army started for their deliverance. Yet Jeremiah porsist??d in declarlR'.: as at first that the end of the kingdom was near, that they would be swallow? ed up in Babylon. Faithful Jeremiah Persecuted When the Chaldean army had with? drawn from the siege. Jeremiah con? cluded to oast his lot with some of the nation living outside the city walls? in the portion of the tribe of Beuja Vttcmptlug t" do this ho wns arrested on the charge of disloyalty' thai he had given himself over to co work with 'h?- Ubalden us against the intcrc- -' ol his own land. Although he Ue-n,to ;:ic charge he eras pot into prison. Jerusalem was honeycombed with underground cisterns and vaults, arch? ed overhead, and these were called "cabins." They were designed to be reservoirs for wafer in time of drought or of siege. The bottoms of these "cabins." or cisterns, after the re? moval of the water, were frequently deep with mud and slime. The next chapter tells us of the terrible condi? tion of the dungeon into which Jere? miah was put. We read, "They let down Jeremiah with cords, and in the dungeon there was no water but mire: so Jeremiah sunk In the mire." When finally they drew him out they took "old cast off clouts and rotten rags and let them down by cords Into the dungeon to Jeremiah," who put them nnder his arms and was drawn up by the cords, in this dungeon the Proph et remained "many days." Blessed Are They Who Are Persecuted For Righteousness* Sake We are reminded of others who were pnt In prison for righteousness' sake. Saints Peter and teI<t8M Pnul &nd sllas ^^^^ of ' tortur? a^'n"^ mis**/sf>r.?af?cs*. han(l3 aml feet ?ultation. # . . fast in the stocks, they were yet able to sine praise to God for the privilege they enjoyed of suffering with Christ, suf? fering for righteousness' sake, and thus filling up a share of the afflic? tions of Christ. Such characters w are to emulate. We are to understand that such joy and peace in the midst of sorrow and persecution cau come only from the Lord. The Master's words in our text BP ply yesterday, today aial tomorrow long as the relgU of evil is permitted "Blessed are ye when men shall re vile you and persecute you. and say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake" Hut to be worthy of this blessing, and to receive it mean to develop and possess a character which tlie enemies righteousness would deem worthy "f persecution The RcrlpturcH declare that perseeti tlon Will be Hie portion of the folthf111 people of God through this Age un til the establish men! of the Kingdon of Messiah, ruder the new regime suffering for righteousness will not i . possible Mark the Master's word* "Whosoever will live godly in t!. present time shall suffer persecution.' To live godly means, not merely t abstain from Vicious and overt sin ?.;: to be a h TO n tli-' strife, :i defend- . ..f the right and an oppose of th wrong n servant <?f richte>usneaa, i - oldier of tin- .toss Miss Mary Edmunds, of Congaree Be HappyI Happy the girl, or woman, who has never suffered from any of the diseases of womanhood! Or, if she has been a sufferer, happy is she if she has learned of the wonderful benefits of Cardui, the woman's tonic! Cardui is a gentle, tonic remedy, for women's ailments. It is a natural medicine?safe, harmless, purely vegetable. It has been in successful use for more than 50 years. It has cured thousands. It should do the same for you. Cardui Woman'sTomc Mrs. Mary Neely, of Denver, Tenn., says, "I think there is no tonic on earth, as good as Cardui I used it with the very best results. I had backache and nearly everything a woman could suffer with, until I took Cardui. Now, I feel better than I have for two years. I shall always recommend Cardui to other suffering women. I can't praise it too highly. As a medicine for weak, tired, worn-out women, Cardui is safe and reliable. Try it, today. Wrttt to: Ladet?* Advisory DcpL. Chattanooga Medtdae Co, Chatumoof*. Ten. for Sptcial Instructions, and 64-page book, "Home Treatment lor Women. ' sect tree. J 54 Calhoun St. Property for Sale. Calhoun street Had been recently clayed and is rapidly becom? ing one of the nicest streets of the city. We are offering some good property on this street: Lot 4 7 feet by 200 feet, with live room dwelling, between Washington and Church Street. Price $1,700. Lot 85 feet by 2:10 feet, with seven room dwelling, corner Cai houn street and Haskell street. Price $2,400. Lot 60 feet by 20O feet, near Haskell street. Price $600. SEE I S ABOUT THESE N. B.?Twenty-fWe or thirty other desirable pieces of City pro? perty. R. B. Belser Co. 26 1-2 N. Main St. H. B. BEE SEIL. ERNEST FIELD. van - -A aft ' DON'T WAIT Wait for next Spring and higher prices - buy now and reap the pro? fit yourself. Some cf tte Chice Properties Listed With Us now at Quick Sale Prices No. 3il West Hampton Avenue. No. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 24 Haskell Street. SUMTER REAL ESTATE S INSURANGE CO., Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. BIdg. Sumter, S. C, ACME PLASTER. SHINGLES BRICK. DRAIN PIPE. ETC. LIME, CEMENT, Jfflyw Ii..? rVoin Rice Flour. Ship Stuff. Brun. Aid J, VII dl?, Mixed Cow and Chicken Feed. Horses, Mides. g?T Km Order Too Levge Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUMTES, SOUTH CAROLINA. Big Excursion To Wilmington, N. C. D( )N'T fail to take advantage of the most convenient, delightful and satisfactory excursion ever devised to Wilmington, N. C, under the management of Thos. H. Knight, Tuesday, August 22nd, via the fast and elegant ATLANTIC COAST LINK. It will be the ex? cursion of the year. Electric cars from Wilmington to the South'- most famous Summer Resort, Wrightsville Beach, every thirty minutes. This beautiful seaside resort will be? t?rt- long have more than one country dancing attendance on its surf Hues in the summer days. Train leaves Union Station, Columbia. S. I ., Tuesday morning, August 22nd, at 70 0 A. M. and will leave Wil? mington, N. C. on the return Wednesday, August ~ud at 6.00 P. M. The tare for the round trip from Sumter is only $2 25. Rowdies not \\ anted. W. J. Craig, T. C. White, Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. T. 11. KNIGHT, Excursion Mpr.