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Doctor itecommends '*GargleM t&\Xis& by an Ashevllle Col ored Woman. (AsheviUe Citizen.) A leading doctor in the State of Georgia, who has passed unscathed through a serious yellowr fever epi-i dernic, is authority for the statement! that" a little sulphur placed in thej shoes, each day is a positive preven tive for- Spanish influenza. This pre--j ventiye is suggested in a recent article in i?e Aga^ti^Censtitntion. Tie use ?t'js&tp&gt in this manner, is not an - altogether new thing, in th^ cityr for at least one colored wo-, man in the city has been using it since the present epidemic started here. .This woman was in the office ot .W_ & Hymans, clerk of the Unit-. e4*States JBistrict .Court, a few days ago, anoV in discussing the situation with him she was told by Mr. Hymans, - that;^e^s??uld use a gargle every day: to keepJ.welL J'X does it', yes sir, I does it. Every morning I shakes a little sulphur in ^my-.snoes. It shore is the stuff to; gargle with." Tie-article from the Constitution foifojre7: But .a small amount of sulphur in ' each;-shoe every morning and good by iniiueajaa. .This-is the remedy offered to the V^oplp ot Atlanta by a Georgia :doc tor "Wiro has been practicing in Dixie for forty. years and who went through the. -yellow fever epidemic in New Orjfceans in 1897 unscathed. .His account of the successf ul trials I of this remedy follows: :Tn^e;ear4y eighties; I moved - to. j Louisiana to practice medicine, and remahi^?m.Uie,to~n where I first lo cated: for nearly twenty years. The town in which I located was in the. v southwestern portion' of-the State and had jUtrge sugar and lumber indus tries," therefore I met many traveling j men, and one in particular I remem-| ber^frpn: Memphis,'Tenn;, who told me? one evening that he had nursed ye^w.-fever and cholera in all its /stsjjpes, - :had; assisted in burying the j dead, and \hat the only precaution he ever took was to. sprinkle sulphur in j hjpr shoes- every morning during. the j epidemic, and .that he had never con tracted the disease; furthermore, ev ery one he told about it and who had tried it, not. a singie one had had the disAase;.. . . ^tn 1897 we had an epidemic of yellow fever, and remembering what this gentleman had told me I tried it, notwithstanding I had very little con fidence in it. L shalk never regret having tried it, for I escaped the fe ver, although I rrarsed it in all its stages during the entire epidemic. Norar ..what; has this to" do wtih infl? enia? J Itlhas the-same to do with it that it Jhad to dp with yellow fever and; choJera--rkill the germ. I believe Whence; system is thoroughly satur ated : wjfcth .the: sulphur as suggested, it will prevent the germs. of any dis ease from attacking the system. There is no 'doubt that-sulphur will pens-.: tr?te the -system readily, for when I one takes sulphur in the system and has a silver dollar in his pocket, it will' be turned black, caused by the si^pnnreittWjt- -hydrogen. -Try it and ~ss^'vNow it would be very little trouble to have the boys in .the camps carry out this suggestion and thus . break -up the disease which is caus ing so muteh' ?u a great j many deaths/*; f. /; FLU SITUATION1 ?SPROTES. nOitook in State More Hopeful, Says | " Dr. Akin. v Columbia? OCt: z&.-^There is a more \ hopeful Outlook in the Spanish influ enza situation, according to a state nient made tonight by Capt. A. V. 4kin, M. D., United States Public; Health Service, in charge of the epi demic in^thly Sfegi?- He; said that there | is a slight decrease in the number of | ?w cases of the disease, but an in crease in the cases of pnfeumonia thus raising the mortality rate. This isf to be expected in a declining epi demic, besmted mid need' occasion no ?dann. SERBS * NEARING DANUBE. SPowns of Zeietchar and Polyevatz Captured. - London, Oct. - 21.?Franco-Serbian troops have entered Zaietchar, 28 miles from the River Danube at Ne gbtin, 45 miles northeast of Nish, ac cording^ to the Serbian official state ment Sunday." The Allies also cap tared Bolyevatz, "west of Zaietchar. DONT EXPERIMENT. Yon Will Make No Mistake if You Follow This Sumter Citizen's Ad 1 vice. k_ Never neglect your .^ddneys. If you have pain in tf^back, urin ary-disorders, dizziness and nervous ness, it's time to act and no time to experiment. These are frequent! v symptoms of kidney trouble, and a remedy which is recommended for tiie kidneys"should be-taken in time. ( Doan's Kidney Pills is a good rem edy to use.- No need to experiment. It has acted effectively in many cases in Sumter. Follow the advice of a Sumter citizen. : Mrs. B. P. Cuttino, 109.Blanding Street, says: "Six years ago I had in flammation of the bladder and I was in bed .with severe backaches and headaches. I was in bad shap^ and my nerves were unstrung. I tried dif ferent things to get relief, but didn't secure any benefit until I used Doan's tTJdney Pills. Two boxes of Doan's cured me and I haven't been bother ed since.'* Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Cuttino had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. (62> BUILDING SHIPS IN TEXAS. Houston Has Companies Building Ships of Yellow Pine. Houston, Texas, Oct. 19.?Forty one vessels, including ten barges, have i been contracted for with the Emer j gency. Fleet Corporation by two com panies of Houston and all are to be built ;on a waterway that only a few years ago would not accommodate an ocean-going vessel. .Seven, ships ' have already been launched, fpur by the Universal Ship building company and three by the Midland Bridge company; eight more are under construction at the yai Js of each of the two concerns, and the Universal holds contracts for eight .more ships, .while the Midland com pany has contracted for ten barges. Within one year, after the program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation went into effect, Houston, located in a section where former efforts along this line were confined to a few small pleasure craft and an occasional barge, began launching ships. It was in April of this year that the first vessel built of Southern yellow pipe under | government contract slipped down the ways to the Hous ton ship channel, it was christen ed 4?Nacogdoches." Since .that time the splendid progress made has been; the subject of favorable comment by officials of the fleet corporation. Ships launched at the Houston yards are towedv.to Beaumont to re ceive their machinery after the fin ishing touches., are given the hulls here., A central assembling yard is located at that point and, under the direction of the Emergency Fleet j Corporation, stores of all kinds of ma terial are assembled there to be dis tributed to the yards. In place of moving machinery to the boats, the boats are moved to the machinery. The infant-industry'of shipbuilding in Houston demanded the services of some 3,000 men within a few weeks after ground w is broken, and the payroll now amounts to more than half a million dollars each month. Special trains carry the army of work ers to the shipyards, which are situat ed on. the channel a few miles below tiie turning basis. shipbuilders live in Houston, wl is credited with being one Of the few cities where, with war. work, extensive housing fa cilities: have not caused alarm. Com fortable quarters have been provided for all. The Universal Shipbuilding com pany, a local corporation, was or ganized subsequent to the Fleet Cor poration. The Midland Bridge com pany, a Missouri cbrpoiation with headquarters at Kansas City was, prior to the present 'shipbuilding ac tivities, engaged in bridge construc tion and the distribution of structural steel. Another company is now being ofiganize'd to" establish a concrete plant here. The International Marine Iron Works is another unit in the ship building program at Houston. This company manufactures marine en gines, boilers; propellers and other appliances used in ships, and is equip ped to produce heavy castings, ft has contracts for propellers for most of the ships constructed in the dis trict Houston, as a lumber center, has shared liberally in the prosperity which has resulted in that industry from the use of Southern yellow pine in shipbuilding. Approximately 20 per cent of the totaV production of Southern saw mills is handled through Houston. BOSTON EPIDEMIC ENDED. I Normal Cpudttions Restored Today and Schools Reopen. Boston, Oct. 21.?Normal condi tions were resumed here today when the schools and theatres and othei places of publi? assembly were per mitted-to- open by the health officials They had been elosed nearly three weeks on account of influenza, which caused nearly four thousand deaths in Boston. A Prussian Threnody. (Columbia Record.) The Kreuz-Zeitung is singing e swan song. This paper is the leading tenor in the chorus of the Agrarians. It weeps for the extinction of beau tiful Prussia. Alas, Borussia! "Prussia as a state is dead," it says. ''But in this earnest hour we Prussian* bond ourselves together, standing erect and with dignity, we receive the fatal sword thrust of socialism and democracy." Sad, isn't it? Prussia is to be nc more. It will survive only as e '?geographical expression." Has the bile of all history been bitterer than that? '"The work of our famous men from Frederick the Great, to Wilhelm II *ies in ruins." I Prussia stands as described. It is ! impossible to consider her standing ; any other way. since the drill ser geant at the time of the Great Flee tor imposed the hieratic attitude. But nobody is deceived by the limj and lamenting position taken by thr Kruez-Zeitung. The eternal Prussian who has extended himself into th" eternal German, is not ready to su; render. Prussia is merely playinv '"possum." Its efforts to stimulate x death cannot fool those for whom th performance is given.?At the kam time Prussia and Prussianism ar doomed to death. The allies will b. the judges of the moment when th operation is successful. Sickly Belgian Children Cared for by Red Cross. Havre, France. Sept. 2" (Corre spondence)?Lieut. Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, Commissioner for Belgium has announced that the America* Red Cross is to aid the sickly chil dren in occupied Belgium by sendin ihem into Holland to build up thei strength. Already 10.000 childret have been brought out of Belgiun for this special treatment. Death Notice Only Notice Wanted (Los Angeles Times.) The condition of Nikolai Lenine oun not be "satisfactory" so long as' he is alive. Notice of Election. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that the Gen era! Election for United States Sena tor (full term) and Representatives in Congress, and a Special Election for United States Senator (short term) will he held at the voting pre cincts fixed by law in the County of Sumter, on Tuesday. November 5th, 1918, said day being Tuesday follow ing the first Monday, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax. then due and paj'able. Pro vided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and col lectible during the previous year. The production ?f a certificate or the re ceipt of the officer authorized to col Ject such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional' oath. The Chairman of the Boan of. Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to th Clerk; a Notary Public must admin ister the oath to the Chairman. Tlu Managers elect their Chairman ant. Clerk. Polls at each voting place must b< opened at 7 o'clock ?. m. and closet at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the Cit? of Charleston, where they shall b opened at 7 a. m. r.nd closed at 8 p m. The Manpi ers have the power t fill a vacancy! and if none of th: Managers attend; the citizens can ap point frOm among the qualified vot ers,-tne'"Managers,"" who, after beim sworn, caii conduct the election. At the close: of the election, th'' Managers and Clerk must proceec publicly to open the ballot boxes anc count the ballots therein, and con tinue without adjournment until th; same is completed, and make a state ment of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three day* thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, .must deliver to the Com" missioners. of Election the poll list the boxes containing the ballots and written statements- of the results of the election. Managers of Election?The follow-" ing'Managers of Election have beer! appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said county: Sumter Ward 1?J. Leslie Brown W. K. Jennings, J. J. Christmas. Sumter. ^Ward 2?J. N; Phillips Ormsby Blanding, Arthur Beaumont. Sumter, Ward S?P. B, Stover, P, P Firm, D. P. Shuler. Sumter, Ward s4?E. I. Reardon, T W. Pace, H. J. Lawrence. Stateburg?A. F. Neyle, Jas. Pagan. T. R. Moody. Providence?Willie Boykin, Marior Moore, W. TEL. Jennings, Jr. Rafting Creek?J. H. McLeod. S. W. Young, Jno. Hawkins. Oswego?W'illie-McLeod, l/L. H. An drewis, T. A. Cauthen. - Mayesville?J. R. Mayes, J. H. B?r ge js, E. G. Spencer.. Sbiloh-*-J. A- M. Carroway, M. Mc Clam, S. J. Player. Concord?R. M. Jones, DuRant Tis dale, L. D. Newman. Privateer Station?Percy Harvin. Silas Kolb, J. A. Cooper." Wedgefield?Hugh McLaurin, J. B. Ryan, Geo. W. Dew. Bloomhill?W. J. Ardis, J. E. John son. Robt. Christmas. DuBose?T. J. DuBose, DuBos< Fraser, Horatio Fr?ser. The Managers at each precinc named above are requested to dele gate one of their number to secun boxes and blanks for the electioi from E. F. Miller, at The Item offic on Saturday, November "2nd, 1918. BARTOW WALSH, T. B. KENNEDY, STANYARNE BURROWS, Commissioners of Federal Election for Sumter County, 5. Cv E. F. Miller, Clerk. October 18, 1918. Notice of Election. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, - County of-Sumter. Notice is hereby given that the Gen eral Election for State and j Count> Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by- law.In sail eounty, on Tuesday, November .5 1918, said day being Tuesday follow tng the first Monday in November, a prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage: Managers of ejection shall requir of every elector offering to vote a Fany election, before allowing him t. vote, the production of his registrn tion certificate and proof of the pay meht of ail taxes, including poll tax assessed against him and collectib! during the previous year. The pro duction of a certificate or of the re ceipt of the officer authorized to col lect such taxes., shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Section. 237, Code of 1912, a: amended by Act No. 6, special sessio: of 1914. Section ^j>7. There shall be thre separate anCi distinct ballots, as fol cws: One tmllot for United State ?Senator. Representatives in Congres and PresidentiaKelectors; and on hallot for Governor^ Lieutenant Gov "rnor, State officers, Circuit Solicitors members of The Hous\ of Reprejen tative. State Senator, county 'and one ballot for all Co^qstitu a ^ amendments and special qh^V? ni t-ach of three said boxes to be nr^l an* >riately labelled: which hallots shaV,; >e of plain white paper and of sup^yj width and length as to contain .-?j,-; names of the officer or officers /ma<3, question or questions to be voteR wer< or upon, clear and even cut, vr[ ornament, designation, mult/' symbol or mark of any kind. ? ever, except the name or names of the- person or persons voted for and the office to which such person or persons are intended to be chosen", and all special questions which name or names, office or offices, ques. r ? questions shall be written or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in black ink; and such bal lot shall be so folded-as to conceal the name or names, question or questions thereon, and so folded, shall be de posited in a box to be constructed, kept and disposed of as herein provid ed by law, and no ballot of any oth er'.description found in either or said boxes shall be counW|l. On all special questions the ballot shall state the question, or ques tions, and shall thereafter have the words "Yes" and "No" inserted so that the voter may indicate his vote by striking out one or the other of such words on said ballot, the word not so stricken out to be counted. Before the hour: fixed for opening the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to. the other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must admin ister the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk, Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where" they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill: a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can ap point from among the qualified vot ers, the Managers, who. after being J sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and con tinue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a state ment of the result for eac\ office and sign the same. Within three nays" thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver-to-the Com missioners of Election the poll list the boxes containing the ballots and writtenr statements of the results of the; election. At the said election qualified elec tors ^dil vote upon the adoption or ! rejection of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the fol lowing Joint Resolutions: A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 7 of Article VIII of the Con -stitution, Relating to Bonded Indebt edness by Adding a Proviso Thereto as .to the City of Abbeville. A Joint Resolution Proposing ar. Amendment to Section 14a of Article X ?f the Constitution by Allowing the .City of Charleston Through the City Council, to Assess Abutting Property, for Permanent Improvement and to Pay for the Permanent improvement of * the Intersection of Streets for Curbing and the Laying of Drains without the Consent of the Property Owners. A ' joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 5, Article XI of the Constitu tion, Relating to School Districts, by Adding a Special Proviso as to Greenville County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 20, Article HI of the Constitu tion, by Inserting after the Words "Viva Voce," the Words Except by Unanimous Consent," A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Con stitution by Adding Thereto Section 19, to'Empower the City of Abbeville to Assess Abutting Property for Per manent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar ticle X (10) of the Constitution by Adding Thereto a Section 17 to Em power Any or All Incorporated Cities and Towns to Assess Abutting Prop erty for. Permanent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion" 7 Article VIII of the Constitu I tion, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Orangeburg. A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend Section 17 of Article VIII of the Constitution' Relating to Mu nicipal Bonded Indebtedness. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 7 of Article * VIII and Section Z of Article X, of the Constitution, so as t? Exempt the Cities of Rock Hill and Florence, from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Ariele X of the Con stitution by Adding Thereto Section 16, to Empower the Town of Pen dleton to Assess Abutting Propery for Permanent Improvements. Election Managers. The following Managers of Election ? have been appointed to hold the elec tion at the various precincts in the said County: Sumter, Ward 1?B. D. Mitchell. L. W. Jenkins, E. D. Hodge. Sumter, Ward 2.?W. T. L. Mars hall, Wm. Yeadon. W. T. Hall. Sumter, Ward 3?J. S. Kennedy Silas Mellette, Raymond Schwartz. Sumter, Ward 4?J. 1. Lesesne. W. Li Branson. Sr., T. C. Sc?ffe. y Stateburg?Jno. L. Frierson, N. P. Murray, D. Bull. Providence?S. P. Gaillard, A. C. Burrows, T. M. Crosswell. Rafting Creek?T. J. Brown, J. E Willis, S. L. Young. Oswego?E. C. Brown, S. M. Mc Coy. F. Andrews. Mayesvilie?C. M. Witherspoon, R. A. Chandler, S. J. Black well. Shiloh?S. W. Truluck. S. J. Mims. L C. Loclair. Concord?B. W. Brogdon, P. L. Tones. D. L. Smith. Privateer Station?Geo. A. Nettles. O. D. Pierson. Harry Hodge. Wedgefield- R. C. Burrows, W. H. Ramsey, C. W. Chandler. Bloomhill?J. J. Geddings. J. H. Christmas, C. P. Weeks. DuBose?T. S. DuBose, R. J. Yates, J. K. Heriot. The Managers at each precinct joined above are requested to dele te one of their number to secure "T; and blanks for the election f!SE- F- MUIer'at The Item ofr,cr ? Ji,A ^Krday, November 2nd. 1918. ! <Me to fr. T- E. HODGE. ' -^V:n the rin(?rs of State and County, f hke\ secoi*^uniter County, S. C. so hea^- m8< A \ > \ X t ! An Individual Executor Cannot be expected to be continuously at his office in readiness for every emergency, but a Trust Company Exe cutor is ready to act prompt^ and de cisively every business day. and be yond the span of fife of the individual executor. You are cordially invited to discuss with our officers this and the many other advantages of ?ur service. The Sumter Trust Co. K BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS m fi ? Buy Fourth Liberty Bonds. It is the privilege and duty of every true American to buy Bonds to the utmost. Come in and arrange, we will look after details. ? 1 Tbe National Bank of nter, The "Old Reliable" Since 1889 J. P. BOOTH, President W. J. CROWSON, Jr., Cashier i Mr. Seil 1 If you will bring us your 4 per cent Liberty Bonds before Nov. IA, we w?l be glad to have them converted into 41-4 per cent Bonds. mm SUMTER, S. C. Your War SaV* Pledge Our boys at/ the front are making ?! good their pledge. How about yout f Buy War Savings Stamps to-day. \ We sell tliem. The National Bank of Sooth Oar&flna I C. G. ROWLAND. President F E. HJNNANT. Cashier. * ??lr?>?HlfHH^W^HfWnfr>rfHH 11 It ?41 M 1II? i Building Material and Feed Stuffs Bough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Cows, Hogs and Poultry. We solicit your patronage. Booth & McLeod, Inc. 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