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Monitiis mi win,,u Hl'LKS. Nagel Lighten* Requirement* for Idle ggWBBg F-quipnn iu in tin NoUlll. Washington. Sept. 11.?The gnv crnment's stringent regulation OOS* trolling life gating apparatus on ?teano ts. re\is?d last April as a NMH of th?- Titanic disaster, will be modi tied by Se?r* iar> N Igel so as to light? en lh?? re?iuliern?nls f r Nessels ply inn the *?ays sounds anil rivers of the Pucltle g?ggg*\ the Gulf of Mexico and ihr? Atlantic roust -outh of Char? leston. S. I . In the future sbanois in the bay and sounds of that territory must earn ? no ug h Nil boats or rifts to acconunod.it?' tody JO per cent of the passengers and crew and st ?a mcrs in th?- rl\er II per eent the year round. Instead of summer only. Cnder the April rules these vessels were re? quired to have life equipment for all on board from September l."> to May IS. I III M \\n litoM CIn(. \|| Rembs rt hi the l.im. light: |?rota< tetl Milling lo IU lie d?Other Mai? lers. I'm; > h Sept 1 J. This section 1? M h.ol several ahowers whit h ha\e OOOl ed the air some. CottOS is op.-nine fast from the heat. I think I can rornpftfi the crop with hist year hy saying it is light. lUht. r. IgfasSSt ..r light. ? rt is trying Is K< t tho people interested In the new hank at that plai Sv We wish it an I umlaut suc? cess. Money is getting very plenti? ful in the State. A few years ago it was hard to handle. Now all hon?M men can get all they BjSCd for their business. The protrat te.l m?? ting that was postponed at I'Hgah church in the summer, owing to the pressure of farm work will be resumed on the 4th Sunday this month. Mr. Tolar of Sumter is ?\p.< eeV He is popular here. Chtldrens' Day at Pisgah last Sun? day was a success. The children formed in the yard around with the flags of the worl-i and marched Into the ehureh. pres? nttng quite a pretty scene. The recitations were all good. Among those who did exceptionally well were Misses Terese Hatheld, Nelly Ollll*. Pearl Hatheld and Madge Kodgers. Mr. R. J. Watson re talks w*-r?. ? i>' jnd , J. T W'lWMi. the l?*t1 it< !? : tr- Sunday school. Mr. i? j. ?I., . -. , ,i pad tnulut .d til the children. There was baptism at Swift Creek hist Sund.i) afternoon There is a good deal of sickness, mostly faver, throughout this se< lion and several deaths among the colored people. I n. r.rltt(?n '"arson and Foxwnrth are always ready to aid the distressed through this section. while below <Drs. Kirk. Hay and S.u. b rs look af? ter the sick folks. It is dry here No --t.it? rs ' peas, t blckens or egg*, and the gardens ha\?. f ill. d <?\> ing to I he dr| 1?-atln-r. i so vegetables are scarce. < M il MFN FIN I .H. N*\.ral Xdmliicil Violation of the Wblokey I aw Columbia. Sept. 12.?Five keepers of so-ealled social tlnbt were ar? raigned in litt I ?ort of g? m ral s?s ssam resterd | before Judge Gage, ami pleading guilt> u. r. giv?n their ? h. hi da>s" Imprisonment or a fine mi llOo each. T. T. Stack, M a Pent j. m. Kos?. Jobs II Oas t<?n and j. B leb roder field the tinp i rn i ? 1 Rsjgfcj llluff Newv Ib.? ky llluff. Sept. Iti?Tin long drought has b< en >?r??k?? n at last b) .?mall shower* Tue??ga> and Wednes da\ of ?hl?? w??k. We ha\e n? ? had a K"'m| -..?''>n. but p?' is. piitato?-s, ami garden* and gOSBS > o u n g I "rn BSV* bren benefited S) n. Th. eottOS I rog la short this year, and what Is made g| opening \?r> fa-t. There are n? winter gntdeus *t rt ,\ \.t eollar?ili mere plmteti b> s..io? . th?uSS .ill planted ttirtups i I; lo t tb-ir tlm? and seed, for Ust) weft killed by tin son as .ti as they came through tin sr? .und. Mrs J. J. Ilatfn Id ami ? hlblren spent ? part of | t?t week at I'.onb n. Miss I.* .. M< I.e I spent Sundi> morning with b? r RUSA Mr*. Alfrsd A mir?ws. Mr. K i. Hat*< Id and Mr md Mrs W. I . Habel ? I ? r.t Honda) with r? lalli at Pefdeg Mise F.va II illbld and little brotht >. Jnsnen, and i: ?. ad Csrj llakei xpt nt gnnslnj ti Ml M ?*..' ? pt I - Mrs. Murj .i Cnio speni ? BjgfM wllb Mr I I M .tflehl Htm Mntssl Du Haut ^ spending tni^ week with relatives r. i Irlands: !?? Sumter. Iglss I jgi lint De Rani has seeepled g |.?.M?tn?n with gnaw .v MeCollum, Tb?^.- on MM k li-t nr.* Mrs. Alfred tndrews .i i M?*?sr?< T??ni nd l'.lk;. im .!..-?>. CARE FOR Tili: MUX PEOPLE, Boston Cotton Mggfuctnrer UKm it an in? (?piuion that Operative*' Health i? iiighu Important. New London, Conn., Sept, II,?One ??f the most Important factors In the ?nicee-s of a cotton mill wai its loca? tion. Aiehn T, Scott of Boston today told the delegates at ths semi-an? nual meeting of the National Assocla Hon of Cotton Manufacturer! In set ?Ion at Session Point "Thought must be given not only of making of money." ha said, "but also to the health ami comfort of the operatives, Whlls not generally so considered, i believs thai at the bot? tom the underlying fundamental! of g.1 economies and morals are one, ami that a healthful mill and com? fortabls conditions of working and living of the operath a will bring In profits for the mill non< ths ,,,!-s real bt I use indirect." At the night gsgatofi H< s. Reed of 1:1 Contra, CaL, road a paper ? n "Cotton Raising In California/' and wiiham w. wheeier of Meridian, Conn., spoke on "The Canto Cotton Ol Cuba." The convention 'hen ad? journed. BEST OYSTER CROP i n YEARS. Ili\ul\< - Are lut ami Plentiful on ( omicvticut Coast. New Haven. Conn.. Sept. 11.?The American oyster crop for this season promise! to bs one of the finest in ruariN yeurs. lb ports received here indicate that the oysters are fatter and morg plentiful than in ? long time. Already large Quantities are being packed and shipped, not only to the far West, but even to Hawaii, Japan and China. European shipments will begin about Oetober I, by which time ths Oysten will be at their best. ni:\v diving RECORD for ! NAVY. t hief BoatWnte*S Mate GOOS Down 9tt Feet to Seek Torranlo. Newport. It. I.. Sept. 10.?Chief Boalwain'i Mate Charles Zucker is the bidder of a new diving record for the navy. He went down 96 feet In the water off Princeton during a erutssj Junt ended here, in search of a torpedo lost by the destroyer Pauld ing. The pressure of the wnt*?r ot was ti neonat lous f?r ? ?l?< tlmi ft?: ofn'ng t 1 ? j'.ii f.. \< Ut.y.i.liiA mot i II I) PrUoner I uinn His Own Death on Turning Off Klcetric Light. Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 11.- Sitting on the edge of his bed in the Ohio penitentiary, George. Bteece, commlt I ed for three years, acidentally alte? IrfoCUtod himself last night when ho ttt. mpted to turn off the SlSOtrlC light in bis cell. His bare feet earns in contact with the railing of the bed of a prisoner In th. bunk belOUf him . I he touched ths brggS of the ? let trie light socket He died Instant y. Prison authorities dsclars thai only HQ voits could ha\e passed t brough bhi bogy, \\ l Molts I ALI, TO DEATH. Two Ragttsh Army Flyers Killed When Airship Fell ftgg l ent. Oaford, England, Sept. iu.? Anoth? er double aviation fatality, the sec? ond within 1 w? ? , occurred early to - day to members of ths army Hying corps, when Lieut. ('. A. Bettlngton nnd Lieut. B, rlotchklss, both of whom had just been given commls? slons on probat on, were killed while Hying past Wotvercolo. Their motor appeared to stop and the aeroplane fell to the ground from a height of f un feet. ? me account of the acci? dent tnys that in explosion occurred while the machine was in ths air. Large Tree on Ociim Surface. HoatOg, Mass Sept. !??. -A large tie.- fully leaved out and with IU branches allvs with birds of ga) plu? ii ages Raated In Ihs .-".i |00 miles from land, arcordlni to officers and i at si ng< m of the steamer Lim >n. just arrived hers front Jnmlca, The tree whs encountered off the .. ? -t roast of Cuba, About thlrt) feet ol it was ideal shove the water line ami it stood unright at If embedded in Ihs o, , in bottom, The offl< ? i ol th,- ileamer n*cr< "' Ihe opinion that the Iree went afloat In n ? ive-ln on i?mc shore line and retained suftl < lent sob and rock entwined in Iti 11ait! to s? r>?? as baHast, There has beep some complaint mong visitors In lfi< city that non* ]of tbe stre, t of the . if. hav< sign on the ? "i i ? i Indii ?'mt; the Irei I \ it ii ?.ou p. i un not knou Ins th< ?? .\i n generally, have trouble In Und mi! Iheli w ij .irourel ai Ihi do nn kii. w lh< streets and it i- hud to dl 11 aguish pla< ? - da sj i bj the th script Ion. CIIW.ls |\ COTTON KILLS. Revision Committee of New York l m hange Establishes Difference** Between Hie tirades, New York. Bept, 11,?At the Sep? tember meeting of the revision com* mlttee of tin- New York cotton ex? change iy differences as applied to deliveries on Nen York contracts were established. The only changes made were reductlonil In the pre? miums on the high grades as follows Fair formerlj it.". on, now 160 on; strict middling fair from 150 to 130 I on; middling fair 130 to 110 on; strlc good middling from 8 t<> ?;s on; fully good middling from 68 to 57 on; g.I middling from 66 to l'". on; barely good middling from 49 to 32 on; strict 1.1 middling tinged from 43 to 35 on. These differences will hold un? til the next meeting of the commit? tee which li scheduled for Novem? ber 16, Ills', SCMTER'8 ( UN I KAL PARK, Workmen Suffer During Evenings Because of Lack of Amusement, Every day when they have com? pleted their work, when the tra< a of the tt.il of the day has been scrubbed away and the evening meal despatch edi the workmen engaged In the con? struction of tin- Claremont Hotel meet together at the corner of Main and Bartlette itreets and. sitting around on l?ie blocks of material, swap yarns of other days, exchang? ing jokes, witticisms and badinage, and talk of their home back In "Ole Vlrglnny." Richmond Is the home cr several of them and they do not find Bumter a bit like that city. As one of the men 'aid Thurs? day "Sumter's a good town and there are plent) of g? od people in it. but th. re ain't no place to go at night when the day's work is done. It's d? ad then and those who come here from larger towns find it very much so. and accordingly suffer much from ennui during the evenings between supper an bedtime." He didn't put it exactly that way. but that is about what he thought, j "Central Park" they call the corner where they sit on the streets and pass the evening, long evenings to them they are, too. This is the only place near at hand for them to go to where they can con? gregate. There nre generally no LTVi:it asks for FUNDS, Congressman OgfS Lexington f.x ecntlve Committee to Wage Cam? paign to Aid Wilson, Lexington. Sept. 1 2.?When the county executive committee had fin? ished Its routine work, Congress? man Lever, who was present asked permission to address the committee upon the importance of the Democ? racy of the county n aklng contribu? tions to the National Democratic cam? paign fund. Mr. Lever emphatically set forth the idea that it takes large sums of monej to finance the nation? al campaign and stressed the fact that I for the hrst time in hll memory and he thought In the memory of the Oldest person present a great political party was depending for the means with which to run its campaign upon th.- voluntary contributions of the rank) and Die of the party. He brought out the fact that Qov Wilson had determined and properly so. t<. scrutinise most carefully the sources from which contributions came to the end that the Democratic party, If successful, could not feel Itself obligated to any other source than the p.opie themselves, Mr. Lever argued th it in this cam? paign tin- Democratic party intended to rely solely upon the patriotism and wisdom of the American electorate and that If victory came, and he^saw nothing but Victory, it would come with no embarrassing Influences at ta< bed to it. His plan that each mem? ber of tin executive committee be em? powered by the chairman of the ex? ecutive committee t?. act as canvasser for his precinct for tun.is and that these funds should be tinned over to the lreasur< r of the ? xecutlve com? mittee win. in tum should forward them to th. state chairman in charge <>t the Collection Of funds Was adopted after n full and enthusiastic discus? sion. In addition to this, tin executive committee m ob ., contribution lo the . tmpalgn fund of $5o, The i ise "t doll ir depends on i w hetlo r it is 1 oinins or mlng. lb .?i n ntloil N'-ti, . ?>n Friday, September 20th l U i -' the Stipervl ors of Registration wll open their books at the Store Of J, \ Foxworthi i.t May* vllle, s. C? for lh< purpose pr< ? crll ? d by luv?. s. J. WHITE, Clerk of Board Supervisors of i tratlon. TWO GUARDS \|| RDERED. Report* of Violence Come From Mountaineers of Cabin Creek Conl l>i*:i id in Wesl \ Irglnla, Charleston, w. v.... Sept. 12.?Word has been received here that two mine guard* have been murdered and an othei beaten no badly that he will be an Invalid for life In the moun? tains near Sharon, In Cabin Creek, ? ii the coai dlsti let. ?>ne of the mur? dered men, the report says, was L. L. Cooper, of Crocketts, V'a, The dan? gerously wounded man is J. a. David? son of Wythe county, Virginia. The killing, it Is said, occurred since the strike lias been declared by the coal miners, but before martial law was declared, Foty-two miners arrested at horn try, Raleigh county, today, charged with being armed with clubs ami marching ?m the mine of the Four states Coal company In in attempt to prevent other miners from resum? ing work, will be tried before the mili? tia committee Friday. Tonight it was decided to rearrange the troops now on duty in the martial law sone, Sev? eral additional companies have been lent to the militia headquarters at Paint Creek to be in readiness to move on a moment's notice. RURAL ROUTE DIRECTORY. Bervlcenble Rand Hook Gotten out by J. A, Leslie?Valuable Information. A hand book in the shape of a ru? ral route directory containing the names of all of the patrons of the postofflces In the county on the va? rious rural routes has just been Is sued by J. A. Leslie of Gainesville, Florida. The book is a very serviceable one. gotten up on good paper with brown paper covers. It is full of informa? tion which will prove of much ser? vice to merchants and others having dealings with the people in the ru? ral communities. The directory tells the occupation of the poisons living on the routes and gives the number of persons in <?ach family. There are quite a number of attractive ?adver? tisements on each page which add to the completed pamphlet. Some people Seem to live a long time just to spite other people. r?o TT vow i Sun l.er Poop e Should Vot Wait 1 n til 11 ll TiHi i^itc. j 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 ft rm of kidney complaint. If you suffer from backache, head? ache, dlssy spells; if the kidney secretions are Irregular of passage ind unnatural In appearance, do not delay, Help the kidney! at once. Doan's kidney ruis are especially for kidney disorders?they cure where others fa ?>\er one hun ired thousand people have recom? mended them. Merc Is a case at home: Mrs. J. B. Raffleld, 340 W. Hamp? ton avenue. Sumter. S. S.. says: "I consider Doan's Kidney Hills 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 distressing symptoms of kidney com? plaint." For sale by all dealers. Price BO ?en's. Foster-MiIburn Co., Buffalo, Sew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan'i and take no other. So, 23 DR. CARL D. EPPS. Physician and surgeon. Ollice over I>elx>rme's I>rug Store. Re. lence 307 N. Main Street Of? fice hours 11 A. M. to 2 P, M. Of tier phone 4 19, residence, 371, SSSSSSBWBBSSSSSJBIBBBSUHI Live Stock Insurance Insure your Horses, Mules and Cattle from death from any cause, In the Standard Live Stock Instance i !ompany, w Ith W. A. Brown, \getit. \t the Old, llellahle Clothing Stora . f the I'. J. I 'hat dlei ? 'lothlng Co, phone 1 3-30-1 taw .;<'.*; C.i" '.,14 * ? < . ? : > - .? Have You A Boy to Educate? 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