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MEftT WAVE RECEDES. COOLING RREKXES TAKE place OF SCORCHING BLASTS. Derided Drop In Tempera rare In Sontfjwoat sgorcnry Went Above IM Degrees In Many Towns In Mlwissalppl, liOulMLana end Texas. New Orleans, La.. Aug. 19.?The bot wave, which has held the Mouth west In Its grasp for the past four days, has apparently been broken. Tonight those sections which have sweltered snder the torrid heat In many places unprecedented In Its Intensity, were visited by colling breese*. In some parts of Louisiana and Mlaslsssippl the wind assumed almost the proportion of a gale, In many instances accompanied by elec? trical storms. Today the heat wave was central over Mississippi and a portion of Louisiana. There was a decided drop la temperature In Texas and Arkan? sas. In numerous towns In Mississip? pi snd some In Louisiana, the mer? cury uMsred above 100 degrees. Baton Rouge. La., reported a maximum temperature of lit degree*. The ther? mometer reached 10S degrees at Hattlrsbucg. Miss. Both man and beast have gone be? fore the torrid onslaught and vege? tation ta many sections havs wither? ed under the scorching syn and hot blasts. Only one death was reported In New Orleans today, as a result of the heat. William Schlllenkamp. There were a number of prostrations. KTjOOO Or foreign capital Into the United States to Es? cape Exaction* at Home. New York Press. Among bankers and others who handle and pay close attention to in? vestment, both here and abroad. thoru Is common agreement that ?rmous sums of French and Eng capital are being transferred to this country for permanent employ? ment here. There are various rea? sons fsr this shift of capital. The productive fields of the United States ate as naturally rich, with large re? turns easily and quickly earned, that capital discontented with its profits or security In other places seeks the better chance, for capital out of em? ployment or engaged in unsatisfac? tory employment hunts for work just M the wage-earner hunts for work. Again the foreign manufacturer who eaanot get a share of our domes? tic i market, ths greatest and richest la the world, because our tariff sys? tem pr,serves It for Industries es? tablished here, will often move all or part of his plant to the United States so aa to be able to operate within the Waas of our custom duties. This While permitting the foreigner to the benefits of oar home market on terms with American producers, the productive forces of the country, swells the wage payments which are spent here, stimulates the geaeral purchasing power and adds to the national wealth. A case In point Is the very recent one of a French automobile concern arrang? ing to set ap a plant and to operate It la one of our cities of the middle Thin capital colonizing so to speak, has been going ot^ for years as s matter of fact process in seeking ben? rather than fleeing from in.tu Recently, however, a highly slg it Impetus has been given to tats previously normal flow of for? den Investment Into the United Statt-? Capita! from abroad Is com? ing here In a volume that increases with a?tonUhtrig force because It is actually being driven out of Eng? end France by excessive taxa for Dealing With the Fly Nuisance. Keep the flies away from the sick. ?U'iv those III with contagious dsnsnse*. Kill every fly that stray* Into th ? sick room. His body is cov w< th germs. Do i? ?? allow decaying material of ty sott to accumulate on or near your im t'titisee. ATI i.?(i?.e which tends in any way ta form nt.itlon. such as bedding. l?M>er waste and vegetable Itmf should b<* disposed of or cov t?tt?? time or kerosene oil. 8ere<? .<ll food. Keep .?tl receptacles for garbage rfub?/ covered and the cans clean? ed or f?? . * i - - 1 with oil or lime. Keer nil stable manure in vault or pit. screened or sprinkled with llrne. oil or ethos cheap preparation. Oo^e? goad after a meal; burn or bury ail table refuse. Screen ill food exposed for sale. Here' n all windows and BOOTS, especially the kitchen and dining room. l>on'l forget, |f you see flies. th?ii breedirn place I* in nearby tilth. It may b ? ??? htnd the door, under the table gl kj the CHsptdor. If tbeeg I? no dirt and filth there Will ho n* tiles. THE REVOLUTION A BLUNDER? McClure Declares That America Can Absorb British Empire. rd. ?. McClure, of New York, In a blic address ?eAtNiday said the Brit? ish empire is In momentary danger of destruction at hands of Germany and ready, merely for the asking to accept the dominance of the United States and set the empire's real seat of authority transferred to Wash? ington. When the orators In the national convention of revolutionary France declared that British power had been destroyed. Marlbeau asked where, when and in what latitude. Fifty years later Ledru Rollln, who became vice president of one of the French republics, wrote a book on "The De? cline of England." Since then Eng? land has not declined any territory. Increasing her possessions In both Asia and Africa. McClure called the parting of the United States from England In 1771 a disastrous mistake, and read a statement from Lord Rosebury In which that statesman predicts that if England and her American colonies had not separated at the time of the revolution the seat of government of the British empire would already have been transferred from the Brit? ish isles to what Is now the United States, and those islands would sim? ply have been the sacred historic shrine of the great world empire of the English speaking people. "When a business man makes a mistake," Mr. McClure continued, "he does whatever he can to remedy it and eliminate its effect. We made a disastrous mistake in parting from England at the time of the revolution, and ahoufd, as nearly as possible, re? turn to the conditions that would have existed If we had not made It. The United States should secure dom? inance In the British empire, and this in the present condition of that realm can be had merely for the asking "The present situation of England and Germany la that of two farmers living side by side, one of whom Is a first rate prise fighter, has trained his people to be prize fighters, and says to his neighbor, who has been peaceably engaged In cultivating his estate, *l want some of your property and I'm going to have it.' The pos? sible destruction of the British em? pire which this means, is the most terrible problem before us today." King's Mountain. South Carolina Is a State that can boast of many historic Incidents, among the number being the battle of King's Mountain, which was fought on October 7, 1780, between the British troops and Tories under Col. Patrick Ferguson and the American patriots under Generals Lacy, Williams and Sevler. The bat? tle ground Is located in York county and all citizens of York county are Indeed proud of It. On October 7th, of this year, the monument that Is being erected by the government, for which $40,000 waa appropriated, will be unveiled and great Interest is be? ing manifested all over the nation on account of the accaslon. In this battle there were troops from North Carolina. Virginia, Geor? gia. Tennessee and South Carolina, and It Is said that all af these States will be represented on the occasion of the dedication of the monument. Two other monuments have been erected on this historic spot, the first one being but three feet in height, an ordinary granite slab. In 1880 a monument was erected by South Car? olinians, the necessary funds being raised by public subscriptions and now the government 13 building a monument that should have been built many years ago.?Rock Hill Herald. ?There Is more Catarrh In this sec? tion of the country than all other dis? eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur? able. For a great many years doc? tors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by con? stantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mu? cous surfaces of the system. They of? fer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J CHUNKY & CO., To? ledo. Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Fumlly Pills for const! patlon. 8-4?lm. Too Bad. The soft crab Wiped bis briny eyes; Ills heart was sad ami sore. He'd been an orphan ever since The summer just before. * People with chronic bronchitis, asthma and lung trouble, will find great relief and comfort in V 'ley's Honey and Tar, and cun avoid suffer? ing by commencing to take It at once. W. W. Slbert. IE i P?<N fid F Rt?. PAIITY THAT HAZED LIEUT. SUT TON'S BROTHER DISMISSED. President Taft Directs Summary Punislinient for Seven Cadets for Beating "Plcbe" Who Refused to Take Fright at ??Ghost"?Victim Is Brother of Annapolis Man Whose Death Has Just Been Investigated. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 19.?For being Involved in the hazing of Ro? lando Sutton, a brother of Lieut. James N. Sutton, Jr., United States marine corps, whose death at An? napolis two years ago has just been investigated, seven West Point ca? dets were dismissed today by direc? tion of President Taft. The cadets ordered to be dismissed are: John H. Booker, Jr., of West Point, Ga? first-class; Richard W. Hocker, Kansas City, Mo., third class; Earle Dunmore, Utlca, N. Y., third-class; Chauncey C. Devore, Wheeling, W. Va., third-class; Gor? don Lefevere, Richmond, Va., third class; Albert E. Crane, Hawarden, la., third-class; Jacob S. Fortner. Dothan, Ala., third-class. The Results. "Speaking about speeches," said the man on the rear platform of the car, "but I want to tell you that It will be a long time before anyone beats the speech La Follette got off in the Senate. It was surely a crack erjack." "It was on the tariff I believe?" queried one of the others. "Yea, on the tariff." "And he roasted New England?" "He did that. Yes. sir. peeled the hide right off'n her." "His speech lasted three days, if I remember right?" "Yes." "And they had a special night ses? sion to help him wind up?" "Yes." "And he had dishes of billk and tea on his desk to sustain him when he i grew faint?" "It was so stated. Oh, it was a great speech." "But after three days he finally got through with it?" ?Certainly." "And?and what happened? Did he carry any particular point? Did he change any issue?" "Why, no, not that I know of," re? plied the man who had started the discussion. "Then, what was the use of his three-day speech?" "Urn! Well, I think it helped out the June rainfall!" Joe Kerr. The Thaw Case and the Insanity Plca. The decision that Harry K. Thaw is Insane, and must go back to the asylum for the insane and remain there, cannot but lessen the disposi? tion of violent men to look to this plea of Insanity for immunity in the commission of certain crimes. The asylum has been for too many mur? derers a short cut to liberty. "Brain? storm" and temporary insanity" have been overworked, especially when there was large wealth to draw upon for the hire of lawyers and allenl3ts. The Jury in Thaw's case accepted as correct the defense made in his be? half during his trial, that -he was Insane. It is not logical or right that he should "blow hot and cold with the same mouth"?plead Insani? ty as a means of escaping punish? ment, and set up sanity as a means of escaping the asylum. Evidence clear enough to free the prisoner from responsibility for his actions ought certainly to be clear enough to keep him from fresh opportunities for mwrder. It Is no doubt possible for a man1 to become insane and af? terward recover sanity. But the ben? efit of this possibility was precluded for Thaw, in Justice Mills' opinion, by conclusive evidence that Thaw's delusions had become fixed in his mind prior to the time of his marri? age and that he still cherishes de? lusions in regard to Stanford White's conduct. Before the murder, at the time of the murder and now, after the murder, his mind, in the opinion of Justice Mills, exhibits a perversion which makes it dangerous to allow him to go at large.?Baltimore Sun. Easy Answer. A teacher in a small Oregon school was giving a lesson on the Circulation Of the blood: Trying to make it clearer he said: "Now, chil? dren, if 1 stood on my head the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I should turn red In the face." "Yes. sir." said they. "Now, Arthur,'' continued the teacher, addressing a small boy, "What I want to know is this: How is it thai while I am standing up? right In this ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet and turn them red?'' "Why, sir." answered Arthur, "be? cause your feet ain't empty."?Bun shine Bulletin. Farmers! w E can supply you with HAGGING and TIES Call and get our prices before you buy. We k now that we can save you money on these articles besides /iving you goods that have quality. Don't forget us wheu you are ready to purchase. A. A. Strauss ? Co., 2$ NORTH MAIN STREET. Sumter, - . South Carolina. The Girls I Almost Kissed. From the fish I have almost caught? Lobster or sucker or skate? To the witty things I've thought Just half a wink too late; From the riches I've almost had To the trains I've barely missed, There is never a memory so sad As the girls that I almost kissed. There was Alice, who said me nay, And Anna, who spurned me cold, And the merry, the madcap Mae, Who cried I was bad and bold. Their bright eyes haunt my dreams la a dim, delicious mist, And a glint of pearl and ivory gleams Through the lips that I almost kiss? ed. There was Rose of the soulful sigh And June of the wistful face, Allegra of luring eye And the courtly poise of Grace. Lo, out of my giddy past, Though I squirm and struggle and twist, The sweet ghosts find me out at last? The girls that I almost kissed. Though I'm fat, smooth doomed and old, And none would kiss me now, My loves come back to fold New wrinkles in my brow, And each has a suit to lay On my breach of promise list, For the girls that I almost kissed one day Next day I always kissed! ?Chester Firkins In Puck. Distinctive. This one happened before the pres? ent wave of cold weather had swept over Kentucky. There was an open air celebration being pulled off near Lexington, and a reporter from Cin? cinnati wanted to find a certain prominent citizen whom he did not know by sight. He appealed to a red nosed man with a large badge on his bosom and scruff on his tongue. "You'll find him somewhere around here In the crowd," responded the badger, quite ready to help all he could. "I saw him not 15 minutes ago." "But I don't know him. How can I distinguish him?" "He's a big, tall man." "All Kentuckians are tall. Isn't there something about him that's dif? ferent from the others?" "Lemme see," said the badger, rub? bing bis chin and thinking. "Well, he's sober."?New York Herald. Overworked Snakes. The new and very stringent pro? hibitory law which rocs into effect in Kansas has revived an old story on the subject. A stranger went into a Kansas drug store and asked for some whiskey. "But I'm sick," persisted the stran? ger. "That won't help any," replied the druggist. "It don't make any differ? ence. I can't sell you any whiskey for being sick." "Well what can you sell it to me for?" asked the stranger. "I can't sell you any whiskey," said the druggist. A report has been in circulation that the Schwartz Brothers of Sum ter are contemplating opening a branch dry goods and millinery store in Manning. We hope it is true, as Manning gladly welcomes good mer? chants. The more and the better the merchants, the more trade Is attract? ed here.? Manning Times. ?No matter how long you have suf? fered, Foley's Kidney Remedy will help you. Mrs. S. L. Bowen, of Wayne, w. Va? writes; "l was a suf? ferer from kidney disease, so that at times I could not .uet OUt Of bed. and when 1 did I could not stand straight, l took Foley's Kidney Rem? edy. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely." it will cure you. YV. W. Sibert. Lime, Cement, Shingles, Laths, Acme Plaster, Fire Brick, Drain and Sewer Pipe, Building Material of all Kinds, Cow, Hog and Chicken Feed, Hay, ? Horses-n^Mviles, Buggies, Wagons and Harness. Wholesale and Retail. :: :: :: :: :: :i BEST LIVERY IN SUMTER Co., SUMTER, SC. Tou should join the procession and take your account to Hf FARMERS' BANK AND TRUST GOMPANY the number of whose patrons is growing- each day, as is evidenc? ed by an increase in its daily exhibit of from $413,967.61 on July 28th, 1908 to $525,167.91 on July 28th, 1909. This bank has both the inclination and ability to take care of all desirable business. STATE'S FINANCIAL CONDITION. Comptroller General Issue** Compre? hensive Statement. Columbia, Aug. 19.?According to a statement issued today by Comp? troller General Jones, the total cash held by the counties of the State amounts to $1,086,324.79. The total cash held by the State Treasurer amounts to $408,914.59. The report is to June 30. The total cash in the offices of the county treasurers was $22,835.62. The total cash belonging to the counties deposited in banks amounted to $1,063.489.17. The gen? eral fund of the State amounted to $267,798.10. Special funds, $141, 116.49. The total funds held by the State and all of the counties amount? ed to $1.495,239.38. DRING ?The best remedy we know of In all cases of Kidney and Bladder trouble and the one we always can recommend, is DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are antiseptic and at once assist the kidneys to per? form their important work. But when you ask for these pills be positive that you get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. There are imitations placed upon sale to deceive you. Get DeWitt's. Insist upon them, and If your dealer cannot supply you?re? fuse anything else In place of them. Sold by all druggists. Ia Pleaaant and Effactive) CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble. by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural action* Is best for women and chil? dren as ORINO does not grips or nauseate* SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCI One More Chance. One day the office boy went to the editor of the Soaring Eagle and said: "There's a tramp at the door and he says he has had nothing to eat for six days." "Fetch him in," said the editor. "If we can find out how he does it we can run this paper for another week."? Illustrated Bits. New Kind of Setter. Little Oscar aged five, had a dog which was almost always to be found behind the stove in the kitchen. Os? car once visited at a house wber? there were two fine dogs. The mas? ter of the house told him that they were Irish setters. The little fellow, who was very fond of his pet. ans? wered quickly, "Mine is a kitchen setter."?The Delineator. Patents trade mann? Dcaiaita C oryrights AX. 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