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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1901 Entered at the Fast Ornee at Sumter S as-Second C!asc- Matter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ; D J Chandler-Spring Neckwear. Estate of" Mrs Julia R Farr, an-Citation. Walsh'* Sboe Storr-Tbe Herrick Sfcoe. Cresswell & Cc-Everything in tbe Gro? cery Line. PERSONAL. Mr. C. M Brand spsnt Sunday in tbe city ?fir. L C Milis spent Thursday inj the city Mr. Frank A. Little, of Colombia, is in Ike city. Mr. Stephen Thomas, of Charleston, ts io ;be city. Mist Sae Lide, of Pinewood, was in town Sato rd ay Miss Minnie Moses has returned from Charleston. Capt W. Priestly CoDyers, of Greenville, is io town. Capt. J. S. Atkins, of Mayesvilie, was io town Friaay. Hiss Sbdie Moses is at boms from Con? verse College. Mr. J. E. Wilson, of Maye3ville, was in town yesterday Mr Marcos Ryttenberg has reto med from a trip to New York. Mr. W. A. Cooper, of Mayesvilie, was in :ke city Thursday Capt Keith, of Timmonsville, was io town last Thursday night. Mr. Muidrow Green, of Bisbopvilie, waa in the city yesterday. Mr3. J. R Mayes and daughter, Miss Elms, were ic the city Friday. Rev H, H. Covington bas returned to the c:tj from Bennettsville. Mr. Vernon Scarborough, of Bisbopvilie, wa9 in town Saturday. Col. H. T. Thompson, of Columbia, was :a toe city last Thursday night. Misses Jessi? and Izi Thomas have return? ed to their home io Greenville. Misses Gertie Sanders and Sadie Barrows, of Boykins, were ia the city last week. Mr and Mrs Percival Smith, of George town, are spending a few days in tbe city. Cast. J. L. Carsoo, president of the Mor? gan Iron Works, of Spartanburg, is m tbe c ty on bcsioes3. Mis-3 Glennie Biggs, of Florence, who has been visiting Miss Maggie Bradham, returned home this morning. Sup: of Sducatioo, W. P. Biskio3 return? ed Saturday from a week's visit to schools JO Lynchburg and Mayesville townships. Mr. E. L Witherspoon, of the 6rm of Witherspoon Bros & Co , returned last week ieom a business trip to Baltimore and Wash? ington. Mrs. J. C. Dove who bas been visiting rel* atives in this city bas returned to ber home ia Doves vii le. She was accompanied by Mrs. D W. Cunningham. Mr. Geo- E. GiU. advaoce repr?sentative of Carpenter's Quo Vadis Co , was in tbe city yesterday masing arrangements for the ap? pearance of that company in this city MM. Thomas R. Hareby, 1314 Kenyon Street, has as ber guests Mrs. James H Dawes ?nd .Miss Gertrude Epperson, of Phil? adelphia and Mr J. P. Brennan and Mr. Neill O'Donnell, of Sumter, S. C -Wash? ington (D. C ) Star. Rev. F. M Satterwbite, pastor of the Bart iette Street Baptist Church arrived in the city iag; Friday and for the present is the guest of Dr. J. S dugbsoo His family will remove so the eily within tbe next two weeks and they will occupy the bouse on Washington S?rest recently vacatfd by Mr R D Cuttino The Mayor's court has almost gone out of bu 3! ness. The advertisement of D. J. Chandler will set be hard to find, and all men should read it. The ladies of the Jewish Lecture Hall So? ciety will give a dioner Monday, April 1st The place will qe mentioned later. The movement of fertilizers has been so heavy this year that the railroads have been taxed to obtain a sufficient cambe: of cars to han? dle the business. Quite * crowd weat to Camden Monday to witoass the game of Polo at the Cam? den Country Club between the Camden and Aiken teams. Mr Ailan R. Flowers, feting for MiS3 Eleanor Tbom?on has sold her Washington Street residence to Dr. H T Abbott, of BD3 sards. who expects to remev ;o thi3 city. Aa usually large turnip was found among j a Sot purchased bv Mr. E Mnrr*y Tbe I turnip weighed l\ pounds This is about as large as they grow The street force ts working today on East j Liberty Street The road boles are beiug filled uo with brick and dirt and the street i pot in a ceiter condition. This is a timely I improvement. The foundations of the new brick stores on Main Street are being rapidly built and the walls will soi?, begin to rise. These stores wiil add greatly to fbe appearance of vee street at ibis point. The blood bounds receded by the police lait week, were ?riven a trial Thursday and ogaic Friday. They did not prove satis? factory, however, and were returned to thetr owner A woman preacher on Ryttenr-erg's corner created quite a sensation last Saturday. It was quite an innovation in this city. She :s the wifi of the preacher who has be?-n speak? ing on the Court House square for the past two nights The dull season seem? to bare bit us, for ifctcgs are beginning to look quiet. Our streets are not very crowded with people ibe?e days. Of course, this t:me bas to come every spring and people are used to it A. fakir at the Greeks' coren attracted qnue a large crowd one day last week. He peemed to be selling severa! small articles and ebowed a cumber of gocd tricks with figures aod other things. Two small negro boy? got into aa alter? cation over some runtier on Main Street last Wedneeda* and one cut tho other with a knife. Tbey were separated bj a number of other negroes and went away without further trouble. It was stated authoritatively about two months figo that ^be Atlantic Coa3t L?ce offi? ciais bad issued orders for work to be^in at once oo a car ?bed *t ;be passenger depot. At nncs seems to t:e a term that i; capable of sererai raeaciogs. There were two very [arge locomotives at j tte depct Friday ciorninr;. Thev were being I hau'ed "dead" :o ioiv.c point in Fiorica for tie Soa?b*rn Grorgia. and Florida R R Thc? are to be used on th? Suwanee River Route. One reason that tba mar^dam on Main ?tre?; is aiwavs muddy ?nd has not give-n tfce satisfaction anticipated n ?t is of seeb short ?engtb that worooa ?od oueg;^ bring in mad on their wbeeis from the ronds asd .other etreers aod cover the aac-id-itn with mad. Wheo the work bas been com? pleted tbe street? shoo?d be io a mncb better condition. DEATH Mr Janies Barrett died -t ?be residence of his daughter, Hr?. >\ F, Tescber at a quarter pa?' seven o'clo k. Sunday evening He was n his a!c*-tv second year Faoeral from St. Joseph ? Chapel at 9 3?? a ra Tae-rday Ser Tices will re conducted by Rev Jus. Foiev, o? Washington, D 0 Mr Barret; w*s a native of Ireland, bu had been a cifzan of Sumter for mere th? 3 six ; T '.pirsand few m s M w^-re netter known ?brot?5:bout ibe coentv. Prior to the Con federate Wax and for fifteen or twenty year subsequent thereto be ran a gene al ixercbau dise business on Mam Street Mr B rret: leaves two children, Mrs F. F. Teicber and Mr Jos J. Barrett, both of .hiscity. Mr?. Julia Furmao died at Georgetown Saturday morning after a brief iilness The funeral services were held Monday morning at the Episcopal Church aod the kitermet.t maae in the csmetery. Charter For the First Baptist Church At a church meeting held Sunday the members of the First Baptist Church appoint ed a committee, consisting of Col. T. V. Walsh, Dr. W. J Pringle and Mr. B R Nash, to apply to tbe Secretary of Sta?e foran amendment to tbe charter changing tbe name to tbe "First Baptist Church of Sumter, S. C." Services at Bartlette street Bap? tist Church. The first services were held in the Bartlets Street Baptist Church last Sunday morning Rev. F M. Satterwbite, the pastor, occupied the pulpit and preached a thoughtful and forciole sermon to a large ard attentive congregation At night it was expected ibRt tbe church would be dedicated, but Rev J. 0 Gough, of Maonicg, who was to hav* beeu present and preach the dedicatory ser? mon was unable to come, and the dedication j was postponed. Rev. Mr Satterwbite again j occupied tbe pulpit and preached The j church was crowded to the doors, even rbc i aisles being filled, ?Ld many were ! unable to tain admission Post Office Changes. Tba post cfSee at Bos3*rds bas been discon? tinued. Tbe post ofrce formerly known ? s Neaeon has neeu chanced io Soevea. Broke His Arm. James Kilgo, son of Rev J W. Kilgo, of this etty, nroke bis arm Monday'afterncon It seems be fell from a fence or was pull cl from it in playing The oreak is said to be a bad one. Dr. Mood was summoned aod set the broken bone There is very little cotton seen in town these days, and in a few more weeks, there will probably oe none to be sold. The price appears to declioe a few points every day, and those who have been holding their cot? ton ever since last fall expecting bigber prices are, no doubt, ?adly disappointed at rbis time. Tbeir promptness and their pleasant effects make Dewitt's Little Early Risers the most popular little pills wherever tbey are known. They are simply perfect for liver and bowel troubles.-J S Hngbsoo & Co. Last Wednesday night was one of the cold? est nights we have bad this winter At 1 o'clock tte thermometer registered 23? and about daylight tbe temperature bad fallen to 20? A policeman gave these figures It must have been a pretty hard nigbt f->r tbe officers, and they should have tbe sympathy of ali citizens. The lingering congb following grippe calla for One Minute Cooeh Cure. For all throat and lung troubles this is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Pre? vents consumption.-J S Hugbson & Co. Tbe next work that the chain gang does io the viciniiy of this city should be tbe com? pletion of the city rcsdway from Shot Pooch Branch to the etty limits This work was undertaken about four and a balfyears ago but after a short piece of first class road had beeo constructed the work was discontinued and nothing more bas ever been done. Like Oiiver Twist, children ask for moie when given Ooe Minute Cough Core. Moth? ers endorse it highly for cronp. It quickly cures all coughs and colds and every throat and lung trouble. It is a specific for grippe and asthma and has long been a well known remedy for whooping cough.-J S Hugbson & Co. Before work is commenced on tbs continu? ation of the macadam roadway on Main Street the telegraph and telephone poles shotfid be removed from the midcle of the stritt The poies ire io tbe way nod disfig? ure tbe street as it DOW stands and they wili bi more than ever out of place in ibe middle of a macadamized stree: that is cone too wide for the traffic that it must accommodate Headache often results from a disordered condition of the stomach and constipation cf the bowels. A dose or two of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will correct these disorders and cure the headache. Sold by Dr A J China. A few bales of cotton keep straggling in every day and are sold for the market pi ice, which is rather low at present Much of tbe cotton that is held for some rime becomes very much damaged.aDd also loses in weight. Altogether helding cotton seeru3 a poor busi? ness, and especially keeping it out in all kinds of weather. Counterfeits of DeWitt'e Witch Hazel Salve are liab?9 to cause blood poisoning Lea^e them alone. The original bas tbe name De Witt's upon the box and wrapper. It is a harmless and bealing salve for skin diseases Unequalled for piies -J S Hoghson & Co. Health Oflicer Reardon warns all citizens for whom Sam McDoifia bauis washing, that McDuffie bas a severe case of smallpox at his bo j e and that all washing hauled by Mc? Duffie bad be3t be disinfected. It is beet f >r all citizens not to send ?ny washing out ix the neighborhood ot the infected district out? side of t''e city. McDuf?e lives outside of toe city. There is no smallpox in the city of S umter. Prof Ivisorr, of Lonaconing, Md , suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen jears and after the drotors failed to core bim they fed him on morphine A fr.end ed vised "?he use of j Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and art.T takic^ a few bottles of it be sa?p, ' Ir bas cured me eo- j tirely. I can't say too mucb tor Kodol Dys- j pepsi a Core " Ii diger?s what jouent-J 3 H eignsoQ & Co j Cross weil & Co , th w b?'egale Vierers have : aw .tdvrf!ise:??e:ii toa-? y tnt! their old p/Urooa j wit] lead witb interest for it contatos 'bean ? O'-rvreroeci that tbey can v-uy g'-ods fom . this firm nt price3 never before (quilled to | Sum er They seil O'.ly at wholesale prices ! and in unbroken packages, and these prices arc the very lowest the market affords. Neck We'd like to have a telephone attached to the ear of every man in the county. We want to tell all about our New Spring Neckwear. We have just opened a line of the prettiest ideas vou ever saw. All the new Spring Fancies. Come in and see the display. Prices very moderate. its et?* ?r SO cfs? will buy a Tie as elegant as you will care to wear. D. J. CHANDLER, The Clothier. A SJBHIOUS HUN AWAY ACCI? DENT. Phil Gaillard Receives Severe lDjun?8. A serions accident occurred on Main Street about 12-30 Saturday Pbil Gaillard, a soc ofC*pt Pbilip P Gaillard, wbs thrown from a wagoo and received quite painful injuries. It seems the yoong boy was driving a one horse wagon, loaded with several large sacks of fertilizer. Toe horse became frightened at somethiog and ran. The wagon bit a tele phooe pole io the middle of 'be street in front of the Postal Telegraph Office, breaking tbe wagoo and throwing young Gaillard cff. A sack of the fertilizer, weighing probably 30) pounds fell across bis body, it is said by tbose who were near at the time. There was, airo, a large brut=e on bis temple Some? thing may have struck bim or wben be hit tbf ground it nay have b?eo ciosed then. He was carried into the Tekgrapb Cfiice and Dr. Chios was called -n The little fallow remained in an uncon? scious state for manv boors, regaining con sciouso?s? duriog Sunday. His condition tcday, while stili critical, is much improved. - ->- ? Sec that you get the original DeWitt's Witch Hezel Salve when you ask for it. The genuice is a certain core for piles, sores nod skin disea?es.-J S Hnghson & Co. Jury Lists. The following jurymen have been drawn for the April term cf court : Grand jctry : Alien Creighton, Providence. Dolpbus Goodman, Shiloh. T L Ingram, Privateer. C R Moor?, Providence J M Jackron, Primmer. J Rollin Kolo, Privateer. W ? Al'eo, Raft'rg Creek. J B Raffield, Providence B G Morri3, Rafting Creek. E D Smith, Shiloh. G W Mahoney, Coccord Scriven Moore, State^urg. Petit jurv, ?r&t week : J?rn F McIntosh, J D Clark, H V Ander sen. W R Sanders, B F Jonss, Lynchburg A J Pipkens. J M Kolo, Marvin B ingram. Jus G Tindee, Privateer T C Robertson. R A Weldon, R L Mathis, Sr. W F Smi-h, Sprigg Hill. J Frank Mathis, Carter's Crossing. J L Moore, M E Truiuck, J Charlie Tru lock, Silas McElveeo, W E McE.veeu, W E McBride, Shiloh. J F B^ker, Rafting Creek J C Nunnery, H M McLaurio, J Scott Dwight, J B Rvan, Middleton. Jiff D King, J A Carees, A V/ Kelley, J F Woodward, BiabOfvUle. Dwight C^in, Manchester. S<m MobUy, Thomas Benenbaley, Provi cV ce. A J Pringle, Concord J F Friersoo, Stateburg; M McCUm, Mayesvilie J ? Gool Cough. Medicine for Chilton. "I hare no hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain's Couch Remrd^" says F. P. Muran, :\ we!! know > and popular biker, of ; Peters. urg, Va. ''We bave given to our children wheo tronbied with Oadijoug^r, also ; whooping coogb, aad h*i3 alwavs given ; perfect 'e*.tiVfactioa. It w.*s r- riimtcended TO : me by a dru^mst as tbe be ! cou;>ti medicine .or children *.<? u contained no opium or other barnful drag " Sold by Dr A J Cbica T<.>!*-phen? I>ine TO Suo.ter. Mr. Luther A!ex-i-.dc-r 13 engaj^d in put iiru u.. a telephone ?ice to Sumter VS e'll j BOO?) be ?ole to tJik with our Sumter frie&de. j - Watere? Me83eoger. I CONSPICUOUS BEAUTY Without the ?east touch of vulgarity, ie a feature of every model in our dinplay of Trimmed Hats Many novelties are shown in mate? rial, ornament, shape and mode of trimming. We offer a line of Hats which are both beautiful in conception and de velopment and rich in material. They cannot be duplicated at the money Miss McDonald. FOR SALE. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND All fine and shipped on approv? al. At South Carolina State Fair Oct. 29th. my Barred Rocks won 1st Hen, 1st Cock, 2d Pullet, 2d Pen and tied Bi;tmore for best exhibit. EGGS, - - $2 per 13 J. A. OTLLUM, Jaa 30-4OJ Ridge Spring, S C. BARRED ANO WHITE ROCKS. Eifis Si.50 per l > My Barred P.ymouth Roc ka nive won for mc ?nd ruy customers at three large ehows this eeneon. L. C. DAISEY, Box 12, Sunny Side, Ga. Feb c- '?ca SURVEYING M^il Civil Engineering work j p:oikp'i', <i'"l HCf-tirHt?!'.' done LO RING LES. O vi; EHRT. : M..V 23-o _ j Land Surveying ? V. I!1, (TT-VE prorant :.T tc:; ? s >'i to " . ii.- i .J, ? Ci .. fox T.-ur.-- "?ti i J r* * . i . I . ?.,-. BANKS H tfOYKIN, , i O-t OaTe??H-}}. S C. cn. UUHfcS WHERE ALL fcLSfc rAILb. Best Coujih Syrup. TaKes Good, use in time. Sold by druggist."._ CONSUMPTION ? Our Buyer is in the West and will return with 60 Head Horses and Mules. There will be some fine Mules among them. Competition being the life of trade we will have to hustle to merit our share o patronage, there being six sale stables in the city. . BARBY. 040+ In Fine China, Bric-a-brac, Bronze, Clocks, American Cut Glass, Mirror Plateaux, Sterling Silver and Fine Plated Ware, etc. Showing finest line of Goods ever exhibited in Sumter, SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. Ec A. lULfMAI, Jeweler and Watchmaker, oct si MAIN STREET.