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CHAMBER 8F COMMERCE MEETS < tt?. A\l/. vnoi* SHOWN TO RE IN ?>:\(KMiyr CONDITION BY H*lPimTS SUBMITTED. (omnU?# ,i Form of Municipal Oov ? orai/m Wanted In Sumter; Prab** foy :fkintary snell and Work of ikft> OrgnnJantloa; Lint of J?7 Mcm yArfi; A'Hlirtewa by Mc??rt4. A. W. X VfoKr in?!, L. D, Jennie*., and K. W. BsBftaV The eeml-snnual supper and smoker of ths Chamber of Com? merce Tuesday night In ths Armory Hall was ths most successful meeting that body has ever held, the meeting at which the reorganisation of the Chamber was accomplished not ex cepted. Reports ware rsad by the chairmen of the various commlttoc* showing ths work which had been done during ths past six months and to ???entaiiv they showed that there was much life In the chamber and that much good work was being done end bad been accomplished. The organisation was shown to be In good condition and ready to under? take the accomplishment of what? ever waa for ths best interest of Sumte*. The chief recommend ut >n submit? ted to the organisation was that mads by the comm.'. -e on legisla? tion and quarters which advised the adoption of the com maeion form of city government for Sutnter snd ths enactment of legislation at ths next session of ths General Assembly whereby Sumter charter could be change*I so ss to allow thin form of government In this city. This rsc omrn'odfetton was on motion of Mr. H. C. Haynsworth unanimously adopted by ths body then in session. Man) matters of Im ports nee were taken \. p during ths evening and dis? cussed. Ths session was a long one. R being after midnight when the last add* sas was completed and the anembaia began to disperse to go to their hem es (n many parts of ths etty. Ills oyster supper of stewed and frl'?d oysters was nerved by the Ladtee' Aid Society ' of Mt. Sinai Tabernacle and was heartily snjoyed by all of those partaking of the sup? per. Ths hall was beautifully deco? rated In drsped flags white on the table wars set vases ot beautiful chrysanthemums. At each plate was sat a "Gamecock City" hedge end under It waa placed a pamphlet of the constitution and by-laws of the association and a postcard which each member wss sske.1 to sei.d out te some friend Inviting him to make Bnmter bis boms. During the evening a paper was pased around on which sonny signed thtlr names, thus de? claring their Intention to go on the ?'booster'* trip to Baltimore, Rich? mond, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, next spring. The supper over, the meeting was called to ordsr by President S. C. Belter, who announced .that this wee the first semi-annual meeting of the PS organised Chamber of Commerce. At this meeting the varlcus commit? tees, would make their semi-annual reports which were now In order. He then called upon Mr. D. D. Molae to make bis report as chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Molse staed that a hard cam? paign had been Inatltuted imme? diately after ths rs-organlaatlon of the Chamber of Commerce and a large number of membera had b?en obtained. This membership had gradually Increased until now there were 117 members of the organiz? ation. All persons subscribing as much ss ten dollsrs and one person for sarh firm out of ev*ry ten dollars esjbecrlbed wss sdmltted to member ship He msds an earnest plea for all of the business man of Sumter |t Iota the Chamber of Commerce and for more meml>ers for the organ? isation ss It wss doing auch a good work for Sumter. Mr. Nell O'Donnell, chairman of the finance committee, next made his report. His report showed a balance of ll.tlt.4t In the treasury ef the M.6U.I1 which had been col terted from membership fee*. the difference having been paid out for current expense*. He ststed that s secretary had been secured who had shown himeelf competent and willing to cope with ?II att'iatlnn?. II?? *t>??-d that money had been np*nt In adver? tising In a most judicious manner. He talked about the securing of oth? er enterprises for Sumter and the dlffh nitv In getting enterprises if the Sumter people would not pull togeth? er and see that Sumter got what she needed. Ms slated that th?? n<>< .1 <>( m\ hotel In Sumter was great and as this was a eef*? enterprla*. h?? thought that the building ought to be erected. fThere was a need f->r young men end It was BstfJggBSBl upon tb> young men to put their money In Oafs enterprises which were need. ?\ Bnmter had the finest agricultural "background of any place on the into and whst was needed to make It a more sajaag^sjeBsl town thsn It was now waa to jet manufacturing Indus tries here. Everybody must Join to? gether to boost the town. but the Booting would not do any good tin leas the peo.de were willing to put their hands In their money to get what was needed. R. B. Belehr came next with his report on public highways. He stat? ed that his committee had kept In close touch with road-bulldlng work in the county and had endeavored to plan out .a system of sand clay roaus which would be fair to the whole county, and of most advantage to the city of Sumter. Roads leading to Paxvtlle, Sununerton and other places had been clayed to the county line and would mean a large in? crease of busine?? to the merchants I of Sumter. A new road had been built from the Radical Road tr .*ough to the Plowden's Mill Road and Mul 1 drow'a' Crossing, shortening the dis? tance to the city from Shlloh and the lower section of Mayesvllle town ' ship by several miles. The Moses and the Mayesvllle roads have been Improved, but that portion of these roads' In the city limits needed drainage and Improvements badly. The campaign for Issuing bonds for the building of a county wldo sys? tem of roads had been defeated at the election, but the voters would have another chance of voting on this question at another date. The com? mittee advised the employing of a road engineer out of The ordinary county fund for road building to have charge of the building of roads In the county. This recommend? ation waa adopted by the organisa? tion. The railroad extension committee's report was made by Secretary Snell, Mr. R. I. Manning, the chairman of, the committee being unable to be present at the meeting. Mr. Snell stated that he had during the after? noon received a telephone message from Mr. Manning that the Seaboard extension would be built Into Sumter and that work would be commenc? ed on the grading of the road from Blshopvllle as soon as the present survey was completed. Mr. J. W. McKelver, chairman of the committee to secure manufac? turing industries, next made his re? port. The committee had set to work to help the town by securing manu? facturing Ind'jatrles and had first secured the Rowland Buggy Com? pany which was now In operation ot the old cotton mill. This enterprise removed a stain from the city In the shape of the old cotton plant which had been abandoned and did much to show seemingly little life in Summer's business men. A second enterprise which had been secured w?b the gas plant which in the course of anothor year would be building its lines throughout the city. Several 'other matters were now being handled by the committee and it was hoped that the efforts of the committee In itn correspondence with these enter pt iaes would be as succesuful as was w.th the former ones. The committee advised the adop? tion of the Davenport plan for se? curing industries. The report then went on to state that there were va? rious kinds of enterprises which could do good business here if they were established and run by enterprising business men. The report closed with a tender of thanks to the finance committee, who had rendered as? sistance when It was needed, and to thr secretary, who had done much of the work for the committee. Mr. H. O. Osteen reported for the advertising committee. This com? mute had no great achievements to its credit, but It had mcde progress in the formulation of plans which Would result in subs*,inpnl and ef f. ctlve publicity for the city. The eominlttee had met and agreed upon a schedule, Scereiar> Snell taking ?pop himself much Of the work of the committee and doing much In the way of advertising and co-operation. The committee was preparing a booklet for distribu? tion which would give In brief form the advantages of Sumter as a place to live In and as a home for manu factoring enterprise*. For this book? let photographs had been tuken and work was now in progress on the tfxt. Another feature of the adver? tising was the takln* of moving ple tures which would be exhibited aP over the country. This idea had been originated by Secretary McKeand and to him the credit of its success would be due. An advertising club had been formed and Mr. K. I. Manning bad been sent as the representative Of IMS bodv to B?HM to meet wi'll th* advertising men from all over the country. I'be ( MMimlf ter \\ HS UoW engaged U1 pushing through the booster trip to Richmond ;ind Baltimore next spring, when Sumter WOOld aet raueh valu? able advertising. The trip would also be educational and Instructive and It Was expected that It would result in much good. At the same time SOB siderable work has been done ;n keeping Sumter before tho public by sending out news to various papers throughout *he sonn try. Much ad vertlslng matter has been printed and circulated end with the Retail Met chants' Association the Pargaln Day of Thursday has been planned. Mr. If. Ii. Scarborough on farm r. latlons stated that his committee was si work trying to sec tire the Clem son experimental station for Sumte County. At present Mr. Manning wan or the committee to secure a site for the station and this committee had Wen invited here and would be tak? en t<> see all available sites offered. Prof. 8, 11. Edmunds, the chair? man of the educational committee, made a short report stating what hH ; committee had done. The principal ! work of the committee was the se I curing of a promise to have made a I full and accurate map ? i the county, j This map would be made by the ' county, the cost being paid from the educational fund and from the coun? try ordinary fund, and would be sold j to all of the schools, Institutions and persons wanting the map, the cost being refunded out of the sales of the map. Thts recommendation was unani? mously adopted by the Chamber. Next came the report of the com? mittee on legislation and quarters. Dr. Geo. W. Dick as chairman of this committee read the report. It was in this report that the commission form of government for Sumter was recommended. Dr. Dick stated that the committee had visited and in? spected all of the quarters available and had decided upon the ones in which the Chamber was now install? ed, they being the best. all thing? considered, that the committee cou'd find. The hall had been furnished for small cost and had proved con? venient and satisfactory quarters. The report then went on to ?ttate that the members of the commUlee had been thinking over the matier for some time and had come to the conclusion that a change of govern? ment would be a good thing for Sum? ter. The part of the report re latlng to this subject Is as follows: "There have at times been brought before us various legislative matters of minor Importance, but that which has caused most consideration is the one bearing upon a change of our municipal form of government. Af? ter studying the question for some time, your committee therefore fur? ther reports that it deems a govern? ment by commission advisable, and recommends that the Chamber of Commerce take such steps as may be necessary to secure for Sumter this form of government. Your com? mittee desires to call your attention to the difficulties to be overcom\ The constitution of this State looks to a uniformity of charter for all cities of the same class under general laws. The constitution permits cities chartered before the adoption of the constitution (1895), to retain their charters, but makes no provision for any amendments. It would be nec? essary therefore, to make changes in our charter before our form of gov? ernment can be altered. As it will be necossary to enact certain legis? lation to carry out our recommenda? tion, we suggest that our secretary, aided by some eommlttee that you may appoint, correspond with other chambers of commerce of cities of our class, securing where possible, their co-operation In the matter. We will then be in a position to obtain a slultabh? chart ?r under a general law of the desired form. We do not mean to say that an amendment of our charter would be void, but it would be doubtful, and a doubtful charter would be most unsatisfactory." Following the recommendation of the committee the matter was voted on and the report was unanimously adopted. Sl'ICIDE AT HARTSVILLE. Ira V Clements, Liveryman, Drinks Meat Ii Potion?Fiiiinclnl Troubles. Hartsvllle, Nov. 22.?Mr. Ira N. Clements committed suicide here at noon today by swallowing a dose of chloral and laudanut, which he had gotten for horse colic. Mr. Clements had lived in Hartsvllle for some llvo or six years, und during that time had conducted a livery stable. Previous to that ne had been a very successful farmer in the Oats sec? tion of this county. He leaves a wife, 1)Mills pRKFKRfl PRESENT JOB. Won't Run for Senate, Farmers Union > bester, NOV. 10.?The Hon. E. W. Debbe, president of the state Far men Union, addressed the farmers of the county at the Court House, In this city, today. Mr. Dabbs urged his hearers to stick to the plan pro? mulgate I by the Farmers' Union and make Ootton a secondary crop He said he had hoard It rumored thm he was going to be a candidate for the Senate, but this was a mis? take, as bo prefers to be prealdent of the Farmers' Union, Court Which la now in session for the basting of equity oases has done nothing especial, several oases hav< been argued, but Judge Copes had reserved bis decisions, nont of them being rendered yet, Cotton brough as high as 9 IB on tho looal market Tuesday. The r" celpts continue to bo II rht. President Declares. MERCHANTS HIGHLY PLEASED AT UFsri/r OF ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, Morris Wins Three Prizes?Men" night Also Successful in Contents?Par? es Attract Much Attention?Big Crowd Present lor Bargain Day Sales and to Bee Paces. i It, meaning Parurain I>ay, has c'omo i and gone. One more day has been added, to the calendar and the mer? chants are today talking of what a success Bargain r>ay was, and already some have had the temerity, or wis? dom?call it what you will?to sug? gest another Bargain Day for next year or some time in the future. Bargain Day was a big success and there Is no doubting that. The crowd which attended the sales and came to see the races and the other at? tractions were well pleased and the merchants were well pleased, for considerable money was released among them and their pile of goods was diminished In the same propor? tion. In numbers the crowd was not quite as large as some had wished for, or 'expected, but it was larger than many merchants had thought It would be and there was more trad? ing than was expected. The crowd was something like a circus dav crowd, just as jolly and lively as pos? sible, with no fighting or unseemly conduct on the atreefs during the en? tire day. Tho races attracted considerable attention and passed off meet success? fully. The greased pig was released and caught before he had a chance to even squeal. After persistent ef? fort and much help a little negro boy was pushed up to the top of the greased pole and secured the coveted five dollar bill. The auto parade did not take place as the owners of these cars seemed loathe to run them out on the street and get them In the line up for the parade, especially as the streets were so crowded that it was dangerous to the persons on the street to have the parade. This feature of the program was. therefore, dispensed with. The crowd began collecting about 9 o'clock in the morning and grad? ually grew larger until about 4 in the afternoon when it began to di? minish very rapidly. The people came from all of the adjacent sur? rounding country and from many towns, villages and cities in sur? rounding counties. All were drawn by the various features of the day, each one having his or her mind set on some special attraction. The greased pole was erected be? fore 11 o'clock and it was about 1 o'clock before some of the more per? sistent climbers, or would-be climb? ers, solved the problem and got the money by putting a little negro boy on top of a long pole and pushing him up to the height of the much desired prize. This feature caused much amusement and was highly successful as It lasted for several hours. The release of the greased pig was not so successful as there was no race for him after all, as he was captured as soon as he hit the ground, and did not have a chance to get started. In the afternoon the races com? menced at 3:30 o'clock. The motor cycle race came first and created much interest as this is the first which has ever been run in Sumter. Jno. G. Morris was the successful contestant, he having crossed the line first on bis Flanders "4". The contestants In this race were J. A. Schwerin. Jr., on a Harley-Davidson: Jno. G. Morris on a Flanders and Robert Hall on a Merkel. Tho men came out In the following order and secured the following prizes: Morris, first, $1; Hall, second. $3.00; and Schwerin third. In the free for all bicycle race ths entries were: Jno. G. Morris, Ad hike; Jud James, Columbia, B. a. Brunsen, Columbia; m. w, Coaun, a Hard Racer, in this contest the prizes were won by: first, Jno. G. Morris, silver cup, donated by Pope Manuafcturlng Company; second, m. W. Costtn, |t? 00 cash; third, B. A. Brunson, f.'i.oo cash. The boys' bicycle race cams next \ ith a number of contestants. The winners were: first, Cuttlno Mc Knight on a Beading, $.'*.50, bicycle lamp, donated by Ii. L. Tisdale; sec? ond. Robbie Bradwell, bicycle sad? dle, donated by Ralph Hill; third, Herl ert Epperson, lamp and bell, donated by W. S. Reynolds. Tho fat man's race came next and created much amusement. For a while it looked as if Mr. L. T. Par? rot, who had issued a challenge to all comers was to fret the prize with? out having to race for it. His hopes along this line, however, were not to materialize, however, for Mr. James Read, a fat man from Rem bert, a hustling little town half way between Sumter and Camden. came in and announced that he would also compete with the challenger for the prize, a five dollar bill. He ran wito Mr. Parrott and beat him by more than twice his own length. The hundred yard dasn was th1* next race. There were several en? tries, but to Jno. G. Morris again went the honor of securing first prize, a three dollar bill. The second was won by Herbert Edens who got $3 and the third prize of $1 went to Partow Brunson. The sack race was a funny affair, but it showed that the man who tries hardest and has the most practice is the man who has the best chance. Cuttino McKnight was the success? ful runner, or jumper as he jumped most of the way, in this contest. He got as a prize for his efforts $3, while the second prize of $2 went to The three-legged race was won by a team consisting of Robert Brad well and Richard Cleapor. They se? cured a purse of $4 cash. The race for non-residents was contested by only five persons. Her? bert Edens of Oswego got the prize of $5 cash offered in this race. There was only one entry in the contest for the waggon bringing in the greatest number of persons liv? ing outside of the 10-mile limit. This wagon was the property of the Bethel central school and was one of the three wagons used by the school in hauling children to school every morning. The wagon was un? der the management of Mr. J. M. Kolb of Privateer, although he him? self did not ride on the wagon. There were 4 2 children stowed away under the canopy top of the wagon and these children were as close together as the proverbial sardines are in a box. The wagon showed to the peo? ple of the city and of the country what was being done in the way of getting children to a good school in Privateer. The bicycle parade was called off as there were only a few small boys dressed up for it. These boys were given a prize each and allowed to go without the parade. To Mr. Snell, who bad to do most of the work during the day is due the credit for the success of the day. He was hard at work engineering through successfully the features of the program during the day and he did not have an easy job. Mr. H. L. Tisdale deserves some of the credit for the success of the races in the afternoon, he having seen that all of the rules and regulations were com plid with in these races. Mr. L. I. Strauss acted as starter and Messrs. E. S. Miller. Geo. D. Levy and L. E. LeGrand acted as judges. J. B. Taylor, a white boy 8 years old, was i run over and killed by a Southern Railway train at Xewberry Tuesday. There could be no better medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My children were all alck with whoop? ing cough. One of them was in bed, had a high ferer and was coughing up blood. Our doctor gare them Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy and the first dose e;ised them, and three bottles cured them." says Mrs. R. A. Donald? son, of Lexington, Miss. For sale by all dealers. Loafing cullud pussuns might be intereated in .he fact that S.ono.ooO acres of land along the coast await their pleasure with the shovel and plough.?Charleston Post. Is your husband cross? An irri? table, fault finding disposition is often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently cured of stomach trouble by taking Chamberlain's Tab? lets For sale by all dealers. For various reasons no fire horses have been purchased yet, but a num? ber have been tried out and found to be in good condition for use as fire horses. The wagons have not } et been ordered either. The boy's appetite la often the source of amazement. If you would have such an appetite take Cham? berlain's Tablets. They not only create a healthy appetite, but strengthen the stomach and enable it to Jo Its work naturally. F^r sale by all dealers. CRYING FOR HELP. Lots of It in Sumter, Rut Daily Grow? ing Less. The kidneys cry for help. Not an organ In the whole body so delicately constructed. Not one so important to health. The kidneys are the filters of the blood. When they fail the blood becomes foul and poisonous. There can be no health where there Is poisoned blood. Backache is one of the first indica? tions of kidney trouble. It is the kidneys' cry for help. Heed it. Doan's Kidney Pills are a-hat Is wanted. Are just what overworked kidneys need. They strengthen and Invigorate the kidneys; help them to do their work. Read the proof from a Sumter cit? izen : Mrs. J. B. Raffteld, 340 W. Hamp? ton avenue. Sumter, S. C, says: '1 consider Doan's Kidney Pills a valu? able remedy and cheerfully endorse them. My supply was obtained at China's Drug Store and their use re? lieved me of backache and other dis? tressing symptoms of kidney com? plaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 4 OPTICAL BARGAINS. Our Optican will examine your eyes Free of Charge and fit you with Glasses, if you need them, at Bargain Prices, on November 23rd only. All work guaranteed at our Optical Parlors. W. A. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician. 6 S. Main St. Sumter, S. C. ITS MOVING DAY WITH US. Being compelled to move to new quarters at an early date OUR GOODS MUST MOVE TOO. Hence we are going to let our customers help do the moving by selling at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES hundreds of useful pieces of hardware and hot behold goods. Here is an opportunity to buy necessities cheap, which you cannot afford to miss. Come to see us BARGAIN DAY OR ANY DAY. SUMTER HARDWARE CO. N. Main Street. SUMTER, S. C. !