The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 23, 1912, Image 3
t I. C. A. BUILDING OPENED.
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* 11 > of Sumter'* Slao-?Ap|M>rl4on_
men Is of tin* Building?OrlKln of
\ M t \ Subscription t'am|tt?lgn
ant fnx- Ion of structure? Hoard off
Bir.Ttor* im?| FxcvutUc Officer*?
V. mber^hip < ampai^n
i'r >wil< ihfOSJged the Young Men's
< M.!?tlan Aoooosltlou hgdlillg from
4 o'clock Monday aft i.n until af?
ter 1 o'clock at night, during the re
i option at hat place whirl marked
the formal opening of the building as
a home for Sumter'e young men.
Tlo?re wire probably more than
twenty-five hundred persons In all to
fctttfj the budding during the hours of
the recept'on. although It Is Impos?
sible to give any accurate estinvat
owlnt; t? th>> fact tha? many were
conti iuhIIx omlng and going and
numbers came back the tec or d and
third time to Inspect the building, to
See th. I <ts an I to hear the de?
lightful music which was furnished
for the occasion by th>- Sumter or?
chestra, during the evening, and by
Ml seen Edmunds, Teleher and Fr??
ser, during the afternoon.
KI arybody .seemed favorably lm
preaaed with the building and its
equipment and there were may nice
things said about them and the p< o
ple who had had charge of the work
and those who bad started the cam?
paign which had made the building
a possibility, at first, and then an as?
sured fact. Th- |. ..pl.s g.-n.-rally
geemcd prom! of whit tin \ had don
f >r the youni men of the city and of
the home which their young men in
fnture ccu'd reaort o In quest of
amusement and for morai and physi?
cs! training.
The building was op. .. .1 early In
the afternoon and the crowd com?
menced arriving even before the ap?
pointed hour. 4 o'clock, end stayed
until long after tbe time for the end
of tbe Peeefdl >n. Secretary Birchard
and Assistant Secretary Wltherspoon
with the board of directors and other
officer* lettd as the reception commit?
tee and eaeh party were cordially
welcomed and taken through the
t'utldlng. being shown all "f the fee
turfs that went to make up the
equipment and the completed build?
ing
The Building.
Tbe building Is situated on the
northwest corner of Liberty and
Sumter streets and facing south on
Liberty street v here It can receive on
Its fee*, so to speak, the hrlght rays
Of the Southern sun snd where It can
be seen and admired by all persona
who pass along these two streets Sit?
uated one bh.rk from tho heart of
the town It I? so located that It Is
easily r - ch.-d bf everybody living in
the city and <%ccess?Me to everybody
i
Interested In ?be young men of the
elty. The bulking Is sl'.uated on a
let 7e a 120 feet and Is a handsome,
though plainly eonstructed. four-story
brtck structure. In the rear of the
hwlldlna is roorr for two tennis courts
which will be opened In the near fu?
ture, an outdoor feature for athletics
that many associations lack Nor Is
the Inside lacking In any of the ap?
paratus or equipment to make It com?
plete throughou'.
On ascending the granite steps to
a small porch, one enters a spacious
lobby fach g the public and private
offices of tbe secretary and his as?
sistant i >n th? left Is the boys'
reading and game rooms and on tin
right ar? par: ?ding room, game
room, youna rntn's dun room, the
physlclal director's office and the
gymnasium. Following the passage?
way and stairway to the upper floors
one a?e* the business men's club
room, a kitchen and pantry, for use
In cane hnnquets, for any reason. gffO
to tie ser\**d In the bulljln*. the gal?
lery to tb?? icvmr.asium. three ni*ht
clans room- a small auditorium, a
ladles' parlor and si* dornitory rooms,
whieb will bo rented out to young
m n living In the city. The third floor
I -ti'.iln* twenty dormitory room
With h*?th and tollet for the use of
th I sj eupantrt of the rooms.
fdescending to the basement, one
again finds objects and places of in?
terest Here a ft loeeted two reguIi -
tlon six- howling alleys, the luisiio -s
ni.-e'H 1 -'h iro| dr? s-im< rc?oms, the
hoys" Utth and dressing rooms, and
the genei I hath ind dressing rooms.
Shower b'ithn and swimming pool are
features that pr e, g| attractive to the
t .\i \l-ltlng the place. The steam
beating plant and holler ami h?*ati r
to keep warm wnt*?r thfOUghottl tho
hulldlng and In tho swimming |.'
. r. ? l?o situ ite.l II the !..??? III. Ml
The hiilldlng Is provided through?
out with all modern conveniences and
?ffsMsgeassaasai tvMeh go to make K
on?? of the newest ,in<| t.est Y. M. <*.
A. building* In nr<y city the s|Xe of
Humter In Amern ?. The personnel of
th#? force In whose charge the opera?
tion of th* association Is left Is an
efficient one ami -ro. pi whn*| hands
the association wl.l d > ?.I w .rk In
the tralnln* off young men and hoys.
Hoard of Directors.
Prof. 8. H. Kdmunds Is president
of tho board of directors und asso?
ciated on the offlcerH* board with him
are Messrs. I'. ('. Smith, vice presi?
dent; one of the young men who had
much to do |H originating the eatn
aajfjl fur funds for a Young Men's
I Christian Association in Sumter; Geo.
D. Shore, vice president; C. M. Hurst,
reoordlni tat ratarys it. Walsh, treas
nrer. on tbe board are Messrs. L.
I?. Jennings. J. A. MeKnlght. II. L.
trhorotigh. H. F. llaynsworth, S. F.
Stoudenmire. Ii. I. Manning, J. 1?.
Shlrer. E. tV llayiiMVorth, J is. El,
Scarborough, J. W. McCoy.
I ?n the eaeeutrrt board are Qeiu
. i il Secretary H. L. l?rchard and As?
sistant Secretary C. A. Wltherspoon.
l??th of whom have been in this city
for tnor iban a year in carrying on
W ik connected with the building of
tho institution, and Ii. A. Thees ol
Wilmington, who has recently been
select (1 as physical instructor for the
gymnasium. These officers have been
chosen I'ccause of their fltneOS for the1
v. ork and it is thought that under:
their able guidance it will prosper ex?
ceedingly.
MctntK r*ltlp Campaign.
With the fcrmal oponing of tho
building Monday a membership cam?
paign will be commenced and the
< mmitt' c appointed to solicit mem?
bers will be hard at work in the next
fefJ days obtaining members for the
n n inst: tut ion At the reception
m nday tbe men ben ol thli oomtnlt
co wer?' obtaining the names of all
proapeettv( mean ben and those who
Bid be Indnoed to join the associa?
tion. Tho board expo is by means of
ib ? membership campaign to secure
I., th ? neighborhood el 100 members
for tho i i. active or contrlb.
i: . .;. and it is generally thought
lb en n a larger membership than
th! can be obtained among the boys
ai d men of the city and county who
at I anxlot.s to haw some such place
to spend their idle hours as the as
loa offers.
There are twenty ?eis dormitory
rooms in the building and already ap?
plications have beWfl made for al?
most twice this many rooms. Some
of tho prospective tenants have al
readv c mmenced moving their ef?
fects into the building and it is prob?
able that by the Ural of the coming
month every desultory room will be
oceupb d.
Inception of Organization.
Often it Is a very sn ail thing that
?SUM muoh In tin- life of a man or
ihe history of a country. It was this
way In the origin of the Y. M. C. A.
for Bo inter* Some of th*' young men
and boys of Sumter during the win
t r and spring *?f 1908-09 found It
tin-some to spend theb Idle hours on
the streets and loafing about the drug
?tores and elsewhere about town.
They wanted some place to spend
their evening! and as there was at
this time talk of a Y. M C. A. for
Columbia ami Greenville, and as a
number <?f the young men had vlalt
Sd the Y. M. C. A. In other cities,
they decided that a Y. M. C. A. build?
ing in Sumter would till their needs.
They accordingly began talking about
the matter and the idea of getting up
a Y. M. C. A. here gradually spread.
After a while several men's classes in
the various Sunday schools took up
the matter and at the suggestion of a
few a mass meeting was called. Up
to this time only the young men and
boys had considered the matter se?
riously, but with the calling of this
mass meeting in June, 1909. the first
that was held, older persons and
many business men all over the city
began to take an interest in the pr??p.
ositlon.
a committee was appointed to so
Heli members* It then being the plan
oi those in ? b?rge of the movement to
rent Quarters and t t them up as best
they were ablOi the membership dues
to cover ill expensee for the organise*
lion. More than two hundred mem
bei were secured and work was oon*
t nuing. when Mr. Huntington, the
secretary of North and South Carolina
Y. M. <\ a i with whom the com?
mittee had been in correspondence,
strongly advised auainst the forming
of a y. m. c? a. nntess th?i organise*
tlon owned ItS own building, with a
paid Secretary. others advised the
same thing and it was decided to let
the plan then on foot drop for the
present, but a committee was ap
pointed to took into the feasibility "f
raising funds |e secure ? Y M. C a.
building in Sumter.
This committee constated of Messrs
w. B, Kenyan, H? L Bcarborotigh nnd
c. Mi Hurst? Another committee was
appointed at ihe earns lime lo Invent!*
gate the matter of a suitable site for a
'building and tin- OOSl Of the lot.
Mengen, U D, Jennings B, C, Hayna?
worth and Bnrtow Walsh being on
th.mmlttee. Th< r*'sult of tin- in.
formation obtained bj thee*] two eoma
mittles was that a fund f??r a Y. M.
C. a. COUM raised. pfOVldod the
building did not 60 t mOTS than II,?
000, and that a tnltable lot <mild b?
purchased f'?r $7,f.oo. Flans w?r?
ihen eel on fool for the eampnlgn
to raus the funds m . gam y for th??
n at C a i Ion aver th ? commit?
tee appointed to raise funds did not
at first meet with much success and
after obtaining further information
along this line it was decided to se?
cure experts in this line to carry on
an eight-day campaign for $35,000,
II amount needed to purchase the
lot and ereet and furnish the build?
ing.
This whirlwind campaign was set
in motion on the night of Friday,
June 14, whan a number of enthu-j
I <: stie speeches wore made by visitors
ami people of this city. Beginning on
Ba urday the campaign made great
?ucceea, and with $0,000 as a result
Of the Aral day*s labor, the commlt
t< i under their various leaders, at
tl.nd of the eiuht days had raised
the required $35,000 with $5,000
more for good measure. From then
on it was merely a question of time
as t > when Sumter would have its Y.
.Nf. C, a. building. a building com?
mittee consisting of M008X8. L, D.
Jem Inge, H. C. Haynsworth and C.
M. Hurst v as appointed to look after
the purchase of the lot and to secure
OOmpetent architects to draw plans
for the building. Messrs. Wilson and
BompayraOi of Columbia, were choa.
en a - architects and the plans were
drawn up for a $25,000 building.
Construction.
The plans of the architects were ae- j
cepted in December, 1910, and in |
January, 1911, the Blue Ridge Con?
struction Company secured the con?
tract for the ( (instruction of the huilJ
Ing. ('.round was first broken on
March t. 1911 and from then on un?
til May the wo -k was continued. I >n
May it the work waa suspended, ow?
ing to the fact that the construction
company went Into bankruptcy. The
building at this stage bad its founda?
tion completed and tho walls were ;.s
high as th ? first floor, After the
suspension of work for s< \ . ral months
the board of directors of the Y. m. C,
a. Inetructed the building committee
to take charge of the work and push
II on to completion. At this time
M snare. Ft. F? Efaynsworth, tieo. D.
h nd U D, Jennings were ap
;>< i:.' d (iii the building committee
and Mr. W. F, Carr, Of this city, w es
?elected as foreman of the work. The
work from then on continued until to
day the building stands completed hn
every detail, one of the finest and
largest structures In the. city, and one
of the m west, if not the newest, Y.
M. C. A. buildings in America.
TRAIN! DELAYED OR DISCON?
TINUED.
High Water on Pee Dee and Santoo
11 Inders Railroad Facilities.
Several trains having Sumter as
their destination or passing through
here were discontinued Monday on
a*count of the high water on the
Santee and Pee Dee. That night the
water at tin* bridge at Remlnl was
reported to be several foet over the
bridge and the trains from AuguatA
were poetponed Indefinitely until the
water subsided.
On the north side of town the same
thing occurred, trains being unable
to cross the Peo Dee river on account
of the high water. The Gibson train
did not ranch Sumter at all Mon?
day because of the high water on
j Lynch's River. No accidents have
been reported having happened in this
section of the State because of the
I floods.
How's This?
We ofTer One Hundred Dollars Re?
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
?^ure.F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known
lr. J, Cheney for th* last 15 years, and
'?elieve him perfecetly honorable In
ill buelneee transactions, and finan?
cially able to carry out any Obliga?
tions made by his firm. Warning, Kin
nan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter?
nally, noting directly upon the blood
and inuCOUJ aurfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c.
per bottle. Sohl hy all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills lor con
?tlpatlon.
Arrests at Davis station.
Manning Times.
The Illicit sale of liquor had Kot?
ten so had about Davla station the
cttlaens of tint community determln
? d to put a Stop to it. and on last
Wednesday there were seven arrests
made, two while no n and live in
'toes, the white men wore roleaaed
on fond Friday. If the citizens of the
several communities would take an
Interest In having the law enforced
there would ba a great deal l.ss of
tin- violation to contend with; otic id'
the reasons dial lawless people take
advantage <?i present conditions is
that tin \ are patronized by the com?
munities ami enocuraged in their
lawtoooneas. Davis station has set
an example which every section of
the county will do well to follow.
Tu Mother??Ami Others,
V( u can use Bucklen'a Arnica
s.11\? to cure children of ecaema,
motion tetter, chaftngs, scaly and
(rusted humors, as well m their ac?
cidental Injuries -cuts, burns, brulaee,
etc., with perfect safety. Nothing
al8e heals so quickly. For boils,
ulcers old, running or fever sores
or pihs It has no equal. 16 cents at
Blhert'i Drug store.
COURT STILL ON MILLER CASE.
Many Expert Witnesses Heard :,:on_
day Afternoon and Tuesday Morn*
Monday afternoon tho case of J. A.
Miller against the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad company for $75,000 damages
resulting from Injuries received while
he was in the employ of the railroad,
working in the yard at Columbia
several years ago was resumed and
continued through Tuesday morning
with no possibility of an end coming
for the next tWO or three days.
The array of attorneys oppose d to
each other is a formidable one and
the list of expert witnesses, surgeons
and physicians, is still more for?
midable. From the number of sur?
geons called on to testify it seems
that almost all of those living in Co?
lumbia and in this city have been in
the court room during the past two
days) The testimony of Drs. A. E.
Shaw and P. V. Mitchell of Columbia
and Dr. F. K. Holman of Sumter was
taken Monday and Tuesday before
the pla'ntiff closed his case. J. W.
Sellers and R. M. Bryant were called
on to testify how the accident took
place, they being employees of the
railroad and present at the time the
accident happened.
Tuesday morning alter hearing of
Dr. Holman's testimony, Messrs.
John Sober, P. P. Finn, A. L. Jones
and Jas. A. Miller were put on the
Stand to bring out various matters
With which they were acquainted.
AMth the hearing of these witnesses
he plaintiff closed Its case and the
witnesses for the defendant were call-J
ed In. Dr. J. II. Mclntoeh of Colum?
bia Was the tirst witness put up and
he was still on the stand when court
adjourned for dinner.
The conti ntii n of counsel for the
I i
I p.atntiff Is that Mr. Miller is now suf?
fering from diseases caused by the
: accident, while the counsel for the
railroad claims that Mr, Miller is
I suffering from the effects of diseases
contracted prior to the ident in
w hlch he was Injured,
The "Child's Welfare" movement
has challenged the attention of
thoughtful people everywhere. Moth?
ers are natural supporters, nnd will
tind in Foley'S Honey and Tar Com?
pound a most valuable aid. Coughs
and colds that unchecked lead to
croup. bronchitis and pneumonia
yield quickly to the healing and
soothing qualities of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. Sibert's Drug
Dr. C. C. Rrown of Sumter deliver?
ed a very Interesting lecture at the
Baptist church on Inst Thursday even?
ing to men only. A neat sum srai
realized by collection for the benefit
of the Aged Minister's Fund.?Man?
ning Times.
A Cold, LaGrlppo, Then Pneumonia
Is too often the fatal sequence, and
Conane that bang on weaken the sys?
tem and lower the vital resistance.
F dey's Honey and Tar Compound is
a reliable medicine that stops the
cough promptly by healing the cause;
soothes the inflamed air passages, and
checks the cold. Keep always on
hand. Refuse substitutes. Sibert's
Drug Store.
it is a shame that a tall man and
a short man cannot walk together in
these degenerate days without being
called Jeff and Mutt.?Charleston
Post.
Hackachc Almost Unbearable
Is almost certain result of kidney
trouble. D. Tourney, S03 E. Olive St.,
Bloomington, 111., says: '"I suffered
with backache and pains in my kid?
neys which were almost unbearable.
1 gave Foley Kidney Pills a good trial,
and they done wonders for me. To?
day 1 can do a hard day's work and
not feel the effects." Sibert's Drug
Store.
Tbe county of Sumter has establish?
ed a rural police system, consisting
of three polio men at a salary of
$l.onu a year. We shall watch the
working of the system In the neigh?
boring county, as that county Is sim?
ilarly situated as this county: if It
works satisfactorily there it should do
?O here, and at the next session of the
legislature a bill can be put through
which win give a police system for
Clar< ndon.?Manning Times.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
won its great reputation and exten?
sive sale by its remarkable cures ol
coughs, colds nnd croup. It can be
depended upon. Try it. Sold by ill
dealers.
The beautiful weather of the past
few days has called forth much com?
ment among Cltfxens who bad almost
forgotten how it looked to hav< the
sun shining once more.
Repels Attack of Death.
? "Five years ago two doctors told
me i had only two years to live."
This startling statement was made
by Stil man Green, Malachite, Col,
"Thej told me I would die with con?
sumption it was ni> to me then to
try the best hing medicine and l be?
gan to use Dr. King's New Discov?
ery. M was well I did. for today I
mi working and believe I owe my
life to this great throat and lung
cure thai has cheated the grave of
another victim." its folly to suffer
with cougha colds or other throat
and lang troubles now. Take the cure
that's safest. Price BO cents and
11.00. Trial bottle fr. e at Sib- i t's
Drug Store.
log.
DO Tili: PEOPLE WANT A CAR
LINE.
L, A. Prlnoe Receives Letter from s.
B. McMaster of Oolumufn Concern
Ing Project.
The following letter from Mr. s. R.
McMaster of Columbia to Mr. L. A.
Prim,, of this city has been turned
o\'( r t?> Tho item and will no doubt
ho r.-ad with a great deal of interest
by peopl ? living in Sumter and along
Hie route between Sumter and Colum?
bia mid Sumter and Camden.
Columbia, March 4, 1912.
Mr. U A. Prince, Sumter, S. C.
hear Sir: Thank you very much
for your inquiry of the 2nd.
Tho Southern Power company is
< out. mplating running an electric line
from Great Falls to Camden. thence
to Columbia. It would be much more
to their financial interest to go to
Sumter where they have no electrical
competition and I think it would !>??
worth while for you, Sumter people,
to have them branch in that direc?
tion than if would for them to go
to Camden. I am pretty sure we
could get Sumter and Columbia to?
gether in that way. This should be
done i?efore the line is laid from
Camden to Columbia. You know the
kind of country between here and
Camden and 1 etweea here and Sum
ter and the coun ry between Camden
and Sumter for ibis line to develop.
Any one will see that it would be lots
better to have the road to Sumter
thit way then *o come the way they
ar< talking of. and I think you will
get up a little interest on this matt r
and get tho Sumter people to cx
! press a desire for a street car line it
would not be long before the South
em POW r company would grant your
desire.
Thanking you for your interest
and especially for your interest in the
Garner's Ferry,
Yours very truly,
S. B. McMaster.
The Pumter Item:
Mall you this in order to have you
start some Internet in the matter, and
tin re by aid in securing this valuable
commerce bringer.
L. A. Prince.
You can say goodbye to constipa?
tion with a clear conscience if you use
Chamberlain's Tablets. Many have
been permanently cured by their use.
For sale by all dealers.
Many sufferers from rheumatism
have been surprised and delighted
with the prompt relief afforded by ap?
plying Chamberlain's Liniment. Not
one case of rheumatism in ten re?
quires any internal treatment what?
ever. This liniment is for sale by all
dealers.
With the coming of the spring and
the cessation of the rains the small
boys have begun playing ball and
reading up on their favorite diamond
stars.
Nineteen Miles a Second
without a jar, shock or disturbance,
is the awful speed of our earth
through space. We wonder at such
ease of nature's movement, and so do
those who take Dr. King's New Life
Pills. No griping, no distress, just
thorough work that brings good
health and fine feeling. 25c at Sibert'e
I ?rug Store.
Pr. S. C. Faker has been named by
Commissioner Watson as one of the
delegates from this State to the Nat?
ional Drainage Congress which meets
In Now Orleans April 10-13.
R. G. Collins. Postmaster, Barr.e
gat, N. J.. was troubled with a severe
la grippe cough. He says : "I would
be completely exhausted after each
tit of Violent coughing. I bought a
bottle of Foley's Efoney and Tar Com?
pound and before I had taken it all
the coughing spoils had entirely
ceased. It can't be beat." Sibert's
ru ng Store.
Marriage License Record.
Samuel Wilder and Bmma Du Rant,
colored, ware issued a marriage 11
cens I Monday.
Partly by driving blood from the
Mow Cold Cause Kidney Disease,
surface end congesting the kidneys,
ami partly by throwing too much
work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills
Strengthen the kidneys, give tone to
the uninary organs and restore the
normal action of the bladder. They
are tonic in action, quick in results.
Try them. Sibert's Drug Store.
Ales Weldon and William Bur?
roughs, the two negroes convicted ol
the murder of Blihu Move at Flor?
ence ami s ?ntenced to be banged,
have been granted n new trial by the
Supreme Court on the ground that
the defendants had not had a fair
trial.
<'. \. Glossner, 24 Ontario St ,
I Rochester, N. v., has recovered from
i a long ami severe attack of kidney
trouble, his cure being due to Foley
, Kidney PHI*, After detailing his case,
he says: "l am only sorry I did nol
learn sooner of Foley Kidney Pills.
In a tew day's time my backache
completely left me end I fell greatly
Improved. My kidneys became strong?
er, dlssy spells left me and I was no
I longer annoyed at night, l feel loo
per ? eilt better Since ?ising Fob y
Kidney Pills." Sibert's Drug Store.
Tho Sumter Orchestra.
We do not want to overlook men?
tioning something that we citizens of
Bumter should feel proud of.
We refer to The Sumter orchestra.
Monday afternoon when they render?
ed music at the Y. M. C A. it was our
good fortune to hear their work. We
want to congratulate these young
people for their interest in the "side
line." as most of us think.
it Is not a side line. It is a pro?
fess:* n. A profeBSton that one should
f> el proud of. We Sumter people
f el proud of h ing aide to say that
there is a good orchestra in Sumter
and that the personnel of this or?
chestra is unsurpassable.
Borne months after the departure
of Prof. Schumacher, there was a
lull ir the melodious airs we .vere ac?
customed to hear. Miss Helen Til
Illtghaat of East over came to the res?
cue and under the directorship of
Prof. E. C. Molae there has been a
complete revival *f the work.
We don't wish to throw boquets,
but we feel as interested citizens,
that we can in some way "boost the
game" and encourage those who
have th? ir profession at hea-t.
Glorious News
comes from Dr. T. J. Curtiss, Dwight,
Kan. He writes: "I no?. only have
cured bad cases of zoma in my pa?
tients with Electric Bitters, but also
cured myself by them of the same
disease. I feel sure they will benefit
any case of eczema. This shows what
thousands have proved, that Electric
Bitters is a most effective blood puri?
fier. Its an excellent remedy for
eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers,
boils and running sores. It simu?
lates liver, kidney and bowels, ex?
pels poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Price 30 cents. Sat?
isfaction guaranteed by Sibert's Drug
Store.
Those la considerable agitation
among the clerks in the city and 'ome
Of the merchants for a general 6
o'clock closing at th' first of April
and from then on throughout the rest
of the spring and summer. Several
of the merchants now close their
stores at 6 o'clock all the year round
and their plan is generally approved
by the public at large.
You judge a man not by what he
promises to do, but by what he has
dene. That is the only true test.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy judg?
ed by this standard has no superior.
People everywhere speak of It in the
highest terms of praise. For sale by
all dealers.
A. E. Mertiman of this city has
be. ii choeen as one of the debators at
the Citadel in the annual Citadel
Charleston debate.
Children are much more likely to
contract the contag'ou? diseases when
they have colds. Whooping cough,
diptheria. scarlet fever and consump?
tion are diseases that are often con?
tracted when th l child ha* a cold.
That is why all medical authorities
say beware of colds. For the quick
cure of colds you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It can always be depended
upon and is pleasant and safe to
take. For sale by all dealers.
DO TT SOW.
Sumter People Should Not Wait Un?
til It Ls Too Eate.
The appalling death rate from kid?
ney disease is due in most cases to
the fact that the little kidney trou?
bles are usually neglected until they
become serious. The slight symp?
toms give place to chronic disorders
and the sufferer goes gradually into
the grasp of Bright'! disease, gravel
or some other serious form of kidney
complaint.
If you suffer from backache, head?
ache, dizzy spells; if the kidney
secretions are irregular of passage
and unnatural la appearance, do not
delay. Help the kidneys at once.
Dean's kidney Pills are especially
for kidney d isorders?they euro
where others fail. Over one hun?
dred thousand people have recom?
mended them. Here is a case at
home:
Mrs. J. B. Raftleld. 340 W. Hamp?
ton avenue. Sumter. S. S.. says: "I
consider Doan'a Kidney Pills a valu?
able remedy and cheerfully endorse
them. My supply was obtained at
China's Drug Store and their use re?
lieve,! me of backache and other
distressing symptoms of kidney com?
plaint."
For -ale by all deal rs. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Dean's??
a.nl take no_ other._No._.:?
Foley
Pills
What They Will Do for Yoa
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor*
rcct urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre?
vent Blight's Disease and Dla
bates, and rescue health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
SIBERT'S DRUG STORK