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Couldn't Walk! 1 used to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to women," write* Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, IlL "For nearly a year, I could not walk, without holding my sides. 1 tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally, our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint I was so thin, my weight was IIS, Now, I weigh 163, and I am never sick. I ride horseback as good as ever. 1 am in floe health at 52 years." Cardui We have thousands of such fetters, and more are arriving dairy. Such earnest testimony from those who have tried K, surely proves the great value of thits vegeta? ble, tonic medicine, for women. Cardui relieves women's sufferings, and builds weak women up to hearth and strength. If you are a woman, Kve it a trUl It should help you, for it has helped a mil Mi oiiers. It is made from pure, harmless, herb ingredi? ents, which act promptly and surely on the womanly organs. fcH Is a good tonic Try it I Your druggist sells it A<fri#ccy Dept.. book. Co, Motlrm. J 66 THE PEOPLES' WAY Did you over consider the savins; of the samll amounts and the added powers of compound interest? Not only would we have you think but we would suggest that yon also act The result will be surprising. THE PEOPLES' BANK SAVING DEPOSITORS. In our Savings "Department we have mor* than six btirdr*?d depositors, and to their credit tbey have $115.000.00. Many of tltas* d?poel%s/?e-m?m. wogien? end children, started the hatdi of auilng by depositing oniv One I ollar. We Invite you to ieeugne 04e of our slaving Depositors. THE BANK OF SUMTER. _J Homes For Sale. The time to buv property i? when it is FOR SALE. These places have been listed with us, and if you are witting lo pay fair value you can buy the one that suits you 6 room House and Lot, 53 x 170, Liberty St.$2,200 6 room House and Lot, 53 x 164 Liberty St. close in. 3,000 6 room House ami Lot; b*u x 2^0, Calhoun St. 3.000 6 room House and Lot, 83 x 250, Broad St. 2,500 6 room House and Lot, %J4 acres, Broad St. 4,500 7 room House, btore and Several Tenant Houses, 48 acres of land on Broad Street.II.OOO Elegant 10 room Htm at, close in on Calhoun Street, lot of loo x 219.12,000 CHY MOPERfY FARM t UBfcR LAUD R. B. Belser Co. mUr REAL F.STATE DEALERS. 26 1-2 N. Main Street. Sumter, South Carolina ACME PLASTER. IBINOLKfl LATHS. FIRE BRICK. DRAIN PIPE. ETC. LIME. CEMENT. H u v drain Kl?-? Flour. Ship Stuff. Bran. I id y . VJIdlll. Mliwd Cow and Chlckeu Feed. Horses. Mules. Rr,5iUi*'- J*!? "fl Ifo Order Too Largo Or Too SnaaU. Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. Undertakers and Embalmers, and Private Ambulance HEARSES FOR WHITE AND COLORED Ktntf 14 or 251? Day or Night Prompt Service D.Craig Furniture Company 8, 10, 12 West Liberty Street. COTTON SCHEME MS FIRE. WATSON 10X1*1. UN's STjVVCW OF '?30-MIL1.1O*; PLA.V For Good Of All Concerned. Prop***! MOfJ (if Now Yorfe Syndicate Will be Thoroughly Investigated by Prominent Business Man. Name Withheld, lief ore IVusfSo* to M4Ui~< age South Carolina End are Vp potnted. Colutnl?ia, Dec. 14.?A statement issued late this afternoon by Com? missioner E. J. Watson. In the* matter of the appointment of three trustees for this State to handle the leSJUT of $60,000,000, tendered by a group of I New York bankers to finance the* oot- j ton holding campaign, goes Into the | matter In detail and sums up me whole situation, also gives his posi? tion on the status of the whole co*> ton fight. The statement follows: "In regard to the matter of th?r appointment of trustees at the re? quest of the proposers of the loan for the handling of Southern cotton, I have tried to make it clear to the public that I was willing to accede to this request only In so far as to name three men of the highest char? acter and standing that I could find In the State, regardless of whether or not they were opposed to or in favor of the proposition submitted, but with the idea that they were to be a kind of protectorate for those citi? zens of the State who cared to deal with the New York syndicate. "It will be some time next week, very probably before any definite an? nouncement of the appointment of trustees will be made. I have only mentioned the matter to six men whom I have In mind, asking each of them if they felt that acting on such a board would affect them either in a business way or politically, to de? cline Immediately to even consider the matter. There has been one de? clination to serve for reasons that have been given the public. One other haj declined for purely personal reasons. A third that I bad in mind 1 shall not ask to serve. I have, however, settled upon three of the most prom? inent men in the State, of the highest business and personal integrity and intelligence, who are identified with the banking business and the farm? ing interest of the State, and this af? ternoon I have been in conference with them, explaining to them thoroughly my position, as president of the Southern Cotton Congress, in merely being the medium through which this proposition has besjn con? veyed to our people in accordance with the instructions civet. t;> me at Montgomery. "I have urged them, however, be? fore the final acceptance of the ap? pointment to thoroughly investigate every detail of this proposed plan for themselves, availing thtmselves of every source of first hand Information and as a result of the conference this afternoon, one of their number, who 13 going to the east on f, business trip, has undertaken to make such investi? gation for all of them. If he Is not satisfied as to the proposition Itself, and as to the men who are making It, and as to the measure of responsi? bility the trustees will bear, I have requested him to so advise the others and myself, and the committee will not be appointed. In other wd\ds, in view of the present apprehenslveness of the people over a proposition of such magnitude, we have seen fit to take every possible precaution, so far as the producing masses in the State of South Carolina are concerned. That is the way the thing stands In this State. "I wish to reiterate what I have said a dozen times already, and to do so In the most emphatic manner, that I have not assumed to father any one of the thousands or more plans for marketing the cotton crop of the South, but I have Insisted upon every one of them possessing apparent merit being given to the public a? clearly and distinctly as possible. With the big crop staring us In the face, and now actually counted, ft has been my hope that something looking to the proper care of the next crop would develop from some of them. ThS successive steps that have been taken in New York and else? where have admittedly been the moans of steadying the cotton market thus far and tho step we are now shout to take, at New Orleans, holds tho foundation key to any plan that any man might suggest, and I believe It Will further steady the market. "I have for years studied everything relating to cotton with all tho ability at my command and Since the Mont? gomery meeting, seeing conditions as they were and knowing what wns in? evitably about to happen, i have done my level bent, not sparing myself physically or msntally and facing, perhaps, sdvsrse criticism by those who would not understand to steady the market sufficiently to save some millions of dollars from this season's crop, ami to Insure n living price for ths nexl season's crop, for ws need nol deny ?bat with even a 12,000.000 bale crop neal year, without effective steps being buken In time, conditions now would prevail. I have longed to ?00 the day come, as I aaid at the opening of the Montgomery Conference, when I assumed the gavel, that business principles should I>e applied to the marketing of America's Chief 1 xport commodity. I have rea? lized that the Ea-?t. and indeed, all American commerce, Is dependent upon cotton, for unless the hanking hiteresfl can have cotton to deliver to Europe they must, perforce, .fend ever golel ? "T have time and again proclaimed fhat no commodity in the world has ?sv<*r been :esnt to the markets of the world with so great a degree of Ignorance siirrounding it as Ameri caTfl cotton. That is literally true, and' the time- has ciime for the pro? ducers themselves to come to an un? derstanding of the situation, and any plarr that is economically sound, to awafren to their owrr opportunity, seize It and once and for all remedy the evil." "So far as I am concerned, T don't care whose plan tfloes it, and I realize that all of the efforts that are now being made are purely preliminary to the final evolution* of a system vnat will faring abont the tfesired re? s-alts; Of course, there are going to be- mistakes and plenty of them, but each mistake will have Its ecfucational varue. and from this viewpoint I for oney have not been afraid to do what T c??ulti In co-operation with the men! from other States associated with me in this effort to afd in the- work to tfte best of our abijlty. So far as I kn?rw not a Southern man connect? ed with this wfjole present cotton agi? tation is interested financially or po? litically ih anjr degree in any kind of a scheme. *ut we are earnestly, sin? cerely and tirelessly working to do the best we can with tire lights- be? fore us, and with due regard to the Interests of the masses of the people, who have* had their ey^s turned up? on us for aid in the hour of dis? tress. "Holding- these view's, when I came to consider the particular matter of the New York proposition, I felt in honor bound to see it clearly and fair? ly presented to the people and give them the opportunity to either ac? cept or reject, as in their judgment they see best, realising that the an? nouncement of the fact that a vast sum of money had been offered to the South upon any kind of a business proposition worthy of consideration, was of itself a steadying factor in the market, being the first of its magni? tude In history to **n ?ftere? te Sooth - ern people for any undertaking of am kind whatsoever^ "The coots* that I have now taken with Ufa area whom 1 have called in? to conference 1 think a ?aie and wane one, and If this committee be appoint? ed, so fhr as I am concerned, I will feel that I have done my fall dnty in so far as the financial offer is concerned, and shall leave It to the trustees to present the proposition to all indivduafs concerned." EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS. Several Xcw Members Join Lodge and Chicken Stew Enjoyed. At a meeting of Eagles Wednesday nlghtt the annual nomination and elec? tion of officers took place resulting in the following officers being elected for the en using year: J. W. Bradford, Jr.. W. P.; J. Fred Wise, V. P.; H. C. Cuttino, sec rotary; L. L. Dempsy, treasurer; J. A. Mclnvail, chaplain; McCutchen Owens, Inside Guard; R. K. Brown, Outside Guard; C. J. Lemmon, Phy? sician; Trustees, J. W. Allen, C. J. Lemmon and II. F. Walker. The chicken stew was greatly en? joyed by the fifty or sixty members present and a pleasant evening was spent by all. A number of new mem? bers were added to the lodge, which ! was reported to be In good condi i tlon. CLERK CARRIER EXAMINATION. Will bo Hold at Postofficc on Janu? ary 3, by Local Board. An examination for the position of clerk carrier in the United States pos? tal service will be held at the post office on January 3rd, the local board of examiners to conduct the examina? tion. Applicants for permission to stand the examination must bo made to the district secretary, Goo. S. Don noil, secretary fifth civil service dis? trict, Atlanta, On., before December 27. 1911. Persons desiring to take the exami? nation can get full particulars by ad dreasing Mr. Donneil. Bated HU Wife's Life. "Mr wife would have been In her grave today," writes O, H, Brown, of Muscadine, Ala., "if it had no! be mi f<>r Dr Klntr'fl Now Discovery, she was down io her bed. nol able to gel up without help. Bhs had ?? se? vers bronchial trouble and a dread? ful cough, 1 got her a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, and she soon began lo mend, and was well in a ?v ? " Infallible for coughs a s the most reliable rem ?? for desperate lUng trou 1 lagen, lagrlppe, asthma, l croup ami whooplnfl c $' DO. Trial bottle free. r ? w . ?'? I ?1 11 ?? m 1 ITS SPLIT iU M EFFECTWE. UVED o\ RKOAD STKI.I.T IKU DAY Al**fKRNOOX ? l>OJ ES Q0OD WORK. A Stop in The Uiithi Direction Taken: by Street (ouuni^iOUPT and City Engineer and One V. hi; !i nriU prove of Much Service i.o the City in the 5Iaintenance of ^miner's Streets. The split log draft was used on Broad street Friday afternoon, and so far as could he ascertained at that time it did effective work, ^ The drag was 3ent out by Street CommJjsioner White who was too Ooay attending to his many other duties 10 go out to supervise its op? eration, and was in charge of a negro* who had probably never rea<? tho many articles which have appeared in the Dally Item relative to the use ?f tbe drag, for it could be seen fcy even the uninitiated? observer that he had not mastered the details concerning its use as publi.vft.ed fn numerous good roads magazines and other pbiTcatfOns interested in the economic maintenance of thuiir streets and roa*fs; However, a representative of the Daily Item force, who has com^antry advised the use of the split log* (frag, was on hand and, after watching" with interest the experiment going ora for some time and seeing that it was not working successfully as he w,shed ft to. took a band In the matter and" of? fered some advfee which was follow? ed and which resulted in the dfrag being used with seeming effect. ' WhfTe, for a number of years, there 'has been much talk of using a sprit log drag on the many miles of sand clay roadway in the city limits, this is probably the first time that the split fog drag has ever been used' on arryef | the streets for putting them in shape when they were in condition for its nse. The drag was taken-first up> to North Main street, but for some rea? son was not used there and was tak? en on to Broad street, which has re? cently been put in good condition by the street bands. It was dragged up and down from Church to Washing? ton street a number of times, until It was finally so arranged' that it was most effective and sloped at thw pro? per angle, when it was started on the other portion of Broad street from [thereon out to the city limits. While the street has very recently been put In good condition and Fri? day was not in especial need of the ?split I drag, the use of this ?simple read rnnintainer will no doubt help to keep ti it street in the g?o#taetnJl tion that citizens living on it arid others who have to travel it hnvs found it not to be in numerous times In the past. The step taken by Street Commis? sioner White and City Engineer Lee In constructing the split log drag is one in the right direction and those who are responsible for its having been put in service and those who are operating it should be commend? ed for making this advance along the line of progress and' helping along the good work of trying to give Sum? ter good streets and endeavoring to keep them in such a condition that Sumter's citizens may be proud of them. A further step that would probab? ly help on some more at this tim< would be to have several more of the simple contrivances constructed so that they can be used on all of the streets in the city which have need for therm and so that they can be used when the streets are in con? dition for them. End Winter's Troubles. To many, winter is a season of trouble. The frost-bitten toes and fingers, chapped hands and lips, chll Mains, cold-sores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen's Arnica Salve. A trial convinces. Greatest healer of burns, boils, piles, cuts, sores, brui? ses eczema and sprains. Only 25c at Slbert'S Drug Store. Mr. Junius Parrott. deputy clerk of court, was painfully bruised Thurs? day morning when he had the mis? fortune to fall from his bicycle. His face was bruised in several places and his arm was so badly sprained that he had to carry it around in a sling. This morning Mr, Parrott was laid up from his injuries. Foley Kidney Pills. Tonie in action, quick in results, will cure any case of kidney or blad? der disorder not beyond the reach of medicine. No need to say more. Sibert's Drug Store. S. L. I. Annual Meeting. At the regular annual meeting of tho Sumter Light infantry held in the Armory Hall Thursday, routine business was transacted. Dr. EL M. Btuckey was re-elected surgeon and Rev. J. P? Marion re-elected chaplain Mr. Robbie Brown was also re-elected to tin position of secretary and treas? urer. if \ou are tr. ehroni? onstipstlon, ths entls ef? feet of Chamberl ? makei them especially s >ut ease. For *wl<? bv alt de LfTHERANS SIX L Hi: iTJmA'Li Rev. /. J. Kficrer, of Richmond. Va., Accept* Call to S'. Jumc>! C'liuwoh. Th* Bear. J. J. Sherer, D. D., for cnerly of Richmond, Va., has ac? cepted a ?all to serve the Lutheran tongregation of thL? city, and will fltttsr upon active duties at once. There will be services in the I'.i?heran cfturch on next Sunday morning at II o'clock by the new ciampim rjp commerce notes An editorial appears in this week's Manufacturers ftecord that should be read! by every one who may be in? terested.' in Southern immigration. It is entitled "Immigration?What Kind and How to Get It." The article quotes from a speech of Governor Mann in which 1W says, "We want good people in my State, or none. We have got to be particnlar as to who we invite to our shores and our territory." This article goes on to state that for years it has worked' for Southern upbuilding both within and from without ar/tf that It has al? ways been opposed ':e flooding the South with the off-scouring of Eu? rope. Thar there are millions of people in the North and West who are possible settlers In the South. The Record f?rther states that there are millions of" people in Northern Eu? rope whbse- cuming tr* this section would be advantageous- to all con? cerned. This Is a timely warning and should be heeded- and" yet the Seeth needs the right kind of settlers and should welcome them. In the County of Sumter alone there- are thousands of acres of land that are possible of cultivation if properly cleared or drained. uch improvement would add thousands to the tax Ifst alone. The entire- South needs a great in? crease in its population, it needs more laborers, it need*? more mechan? ics, it needs more manufacturers, it needs more farmers who will take up diversified agriculture. Little has been t\6ne he?vCefere te attract thif class of settlers this * the * ork that the Chamber of Centn*eroa \r this Stau n ?) trj lg* 1 to. 'P.ere are ottlsens in tins State and m this , city who criticise this work. Usually one finds on questioning them closely .that they have- made little effort to Investigate the work that is being done. Ttiev are> Tpviie.T to Open meet? ings at the C*Vsmber but there pres? ence is always insttSWhsra else. How Closely have they studied the work that is bei up done h??re and else? where WTiat Is the experience and how extensive is their Information? The entire West has been built up by advertising and the sort of push and pull together that really counts. Millions hare been spent and so well satisfied are the men of the West 1 with their investment that they are spending still greater sums. The State legislatures are appropriating large sums of money for this pur? pose. Governor Mann this as well as any go' land and he States tha A his legislature for an for this purpose. Wouk more Governor Manns' in the South. Every campaign of this kind must be laid on a broad 1 asis. A sys? tematic plan must be outlined. Every business man who has had any ex? perience in advertising knows that this is a fact. His advertising is not spasmodic but systematic. He reach? es out in every possible direction. The Advertising Committee- of the Chamber of Commerce has been working out such a plan. This must be done within as well without. Articles in the trade papers, publicity and education by means of the mov? ing pictures, pamphlets that may be mailed out in answer to inquiries and sent to others who may be Influenced therein, the Industrial Trip next May and by direct advertising for such specific settlers or Industries that may be needed now. We need the help of every citizen and we reed his criti? cism, not of the destructive kind but a constructive criticism. As stated in ' the Record, "State, railroads and land operators must conduct a broad campaign of advertising through every first class dally paper and every good farm paper and every reputable magaslne in "he North and West if we are to secure the settlers we need and whose coming can be brought about by Intelligent work rather than conferences and Conven? tions." When you have a bilious sttack give Chamberlain's TaHcts a trial. They arc excellent For sale by alW dealers. j Considerable interest was mainfest ed Friday morning when a big pack? age of liquor was accidentally ' sted" Open la front of the South? ern Repress Company office and the "perfectly g K>d b^oze" ran out on the ground. Without opiates or harmful drugs of any wind Poley*s Honey and Tar CSompocnd stops coughs and cures colds. Da not aaeept any substitute. Advertising Samtcr.