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Time to Loosen the Purse Strings Our new and handsome stock has had a thinning out in many lines, which is noticeable, hut lots of pretty and seasonable merchandise is Deing constantly received to take the place of that already sold, thus creating an ever-changing picture of beautiful merchandise in Dress Goods, Cloaks a,nd Millinery. We cordially invite you, if noi already a patron of ours, to call at our store and learn the secret why our several departments are daily thronged with enthusiastic customers. Prospective purchasers of Blankets, Carpets, Linens and warranted Footwear are being offered a golden opportunity just at this time. Who does not prefer fresh goods to those several seasons old in these especial lines ? Is there any common sense or not in the asking of this question ? Your Friends, THE SUMTER DRY GOODS CO. S TT Js/L IR, , - S.C. MA YES VI LIE W EWS. tferefeaurts Observe Thanksgiving?Farm ers Battering Average Gre of Cot* too, by Reason of Top Crop and Lite Season. Mayesvi?le, Nov. 25.?A petition was circulated among the merchants here yesterday in regard to closing their stores on Thursday on account of Thanksgiving day. The following which includes every white merchant in town, signed the agreement: R. J. Mayes. Sr., Weinberg & Co., W. D. Mayes, Goldman & Harris, R. F. De Champs, C. S. Cooper, J. W. Cooper, S. M. McCall, R. A. Chandler, A. A. Murphy, J. R. Mayes, X E! Barrett, A. A. Strauss, Miss F. A. Mayes, H. S. Thomas, J. E. Mayes, H. L. Thomas, J. F. Bland. This is some thing unusual, as all the stores here were never closed before on a legal holiday. The cotton crop seems to be a pro longed one this fall. The bolls con tinue to open and it is reported that the plants are blooming again in some placea Many of the planters who fear ed that their crops would be a little short have made about the average crop. The rise in price has caused the ! receipts to beccome a little heavier during the past few days. . ' Miss Ada Mayes and Mr. R. A. I Chandler, Jr., went to Manning this) morning to attend the wedding of Miss - Annie Harvin. 1 Mrs. Leila Pierson Mayes, of Suin ter, is -visiting Mrs. N. F. Mayes. ' Mr. H. H. King and family, have ? moved to Bishop-ville. A number of visitors are expected in town for Thanksgiving. G. j Hagood News Notes. 1 Trying to write news items with an aching tooth is no worse, a job than trying to write news items, having an aching tooth. I am not telling the world that I have the tooth ache ; I would not have it for anything?if I could.^help it. Kenny, Rev. J. W. if .yoaipiease, says be once knew a man who wore his heart on his sleeve, and that at first people sympathized with him but that pretty soon they jostled the same as they did others. That was bad for his heart at least Tell your successes to the world but keep your troubles to yourself. Speaking of Bra Kenny, he has been holding a series of meetings at New Hope Bap tist Church. The preaching was done by Bro. Haggins, of Packsville, so you know just how fortunte we have been. He talked like a man that had been with Jesus and was, telling his friends about it To me his most in teresting talk was on "A Wrong De cision" when Pilate condemned Jesus to be crucified. The congregations were good, especially at night, with Increasing interest. The seed sown was good; hope the ground was in a con dition to receive it. The Lord bless Bro. Huggins. This New Hope community is devel oping fast. Ton have been told of W. R. Brown and what he is doing ; there are others that are following his ex ample, and in a few years this section will be abreast with most others in the country. Notwithstanding the high price of provisions, the farmers seem very well pleased with the crops and prices. The writer knows a number of men who not only cancelled this year*s^but the balance of last year's indebtedness, and then had' something left The corn, was better than the cotton crops, and peas, that at one time weire not at all promising, turned out exceedingly well. If the acreage in small grain,in others parts of the county is what it is here there never was a time in the history of the country when it was so ! great As we see it our people arej feeling the wave of prosperity that is sweeping over the country, and are investing in modern machinery for the better cultivation and harvesting of their crops. Without doubt the pros perity of the farmer means better times for everybody. Just a word here about raising meat. We can do it if we will. Why not raise cattle for market when it.can be done so easily? Every farmer ought to have a mower and harvest his pea vines. These will save his corn to bis horses, and with the surplus he can raise cattle. But I must stop. The health of our community is fine. ? purpose to say something soon on "our schools. The articles 1 wrote be fore bore some fruit but not what I had hoped. I shall have somewhat to say in these about compulsory educ ation. "Hagood'' Cot ion ? futures opened Monday with an advance of 10 points and the spot market responded to the stronger tone in futures and prices immediately stiffened. Middling sold on the streets Monday at 7^a7.80 and there is strong competition between buyers for all that is offered. SAD ACCIDENT AT IONIA. Good Crops and Farmers Out of Debt Ionia, Not. 24.?It has been some time since I have sent you the items from this place, and we like to be heard from occasionally, so I will at tempt to give yon the news from here again. We are about through gathering our crops. very fair crop of corn has been made, and with the price of cotton have paid our debts, bid and new, a large crop of oats has been sown, and this warm weather is making them look fine. I don't think I ever saw a finer crop of potatoes than has been made here, and at almost every house you will find some large, fat hogs ; so you see we are living. . ? very sad accident happened here last Saturday, the 22nd. Mr. Thomas Hatfield and Mr. Metts Bodgers and a Mr. Farmer were out hunting. Mr. Rogders fell down and his gun went out, the whole load entering Mr. Hatfield's right side, killing him al most instantly. They were both young men and well thought of by all who know them. Mr. Rodgers married Mr. Hatfield's sister about a year ago. Mr. Hatfield was not married. Mag istrate Rhame was notified and held the inquest Saturday night, and the verdict was in accordance with the above facts. Ionia Grange will ?hold a special meeting the first Saturday in Decem ber, th? regular meeting being on the Saturday before t ie second Sunday in each month. The State Grange meets in Bishop ville the second Wednesday in Decem ber. Mrs. Davis Boykin died on the 19th, and was buried at Antioeh Church the next day. 'She had been sick for about three months. A good wifeand mother is gone to rest. She was about 25 years old. Rev. T. P. Peney preached his last sermon here last Sunday before'going to the annual conference. Old aunt Marthy Feaster is very sick and is not expected to live. Mr. W. F. Daivs is also sick. J. F.M. Pisgah News and Comment. Pisgah, Nov. 25.?This has been the finest fall to gather crops, and get small grain up that we have had in years. The stand of oats is perfect, and unless we have killing weather soon, the danger of a freeze-out ? will be past. The protracted meeting at New Hope Church closed last Thursday evening. There were two additions to the church. Rev. J. D. Huggins did the preaching after he came. His ser mons were practical and fine. Dur ing his stay he made many friends, who will be glad to see him come again. After the sermon last Thursday evening, Mr. Joseph J. Hatfield was ordained to the deaconship. Mr. Huggins delivered the charge and Mr. Kenney, the pastor, made the ordain ing prayer. The young ladies, of New Hope Church will give a box supper at Mr. Davis Brown's, near McLeod's Mill, on 27th instant, for the benefit of the church. Mrs. J. B. Mendenhall and chil dren, of Fort Mill, are here visiting her sister, Mrs. Bright Gillis. Mr. J. J. Cooley, of Darlington, visited his daughters here, Mrs. Men denhall and Mrs. Giilis.last week. Editor Cunningham, of the Bishop ville Vindictor, was through here last week, and made me a pleasant call. I found him a very' agreeable gentleman and his friends here would be glad to have him come again.. Ned Kendrick, who was killed over the river in Kersbaw County, was born near here. His father was a slave of Mrs. Epsey Ellerbee. Ned worked here for years, and ? was a j peaceable negro. Sad Death at Magnolia. Magnolia, Nov. 21.?Our little town was saddened last night by the death of Mrs. Edith Moore, nee Mclntosh, at 11.20 o'clock. She had been extreme ly ill for two weeks, suffering with malarial fever. Mrs. Moore was a most estimable lady, and was loved and esteemed by all who knew her in timately. No death in this community I ever excited -more sorrow and deeper S sympathy. Her many relatives and friends have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community. The funeral services were conducted bv Rev. Mr. Humbert at the M. E. Church at 3.30 today.. Master Walton Boyle is quite sick. Dr. Tarrant is on the go nearly all the time. Dr.- E. F, Darby' has been with us severs! days?came here to attend Mr.s. Moore in her last illness. Mrs. Toon is visiting her relatives in Summerton. Mrs. D. O. Rhame is visiting in this place. Occasional. STRIKE AND RIOT IH HABANA. Two Strikers Killed and Eighty Two Persons Hurt. Habana, Nov. 24.?As the Test t of conflicts of a serions nature today be tween the police and the men on strike here, two strikers are dead and 82 other persons are wounded. Five of the wounded, one lieutenant of police, whose throat was cut by a striker, have very severe injuries. The police have the rioters well under control this evening but every precaution is being taken to prevent further out break of disorder, and all the, police and rural guards in the suburbs have been summoned to concentrate in Habana.. The strike, which at first only con cerned the cigar workers, began this morning by the calling out of all trades in sympathy with the cigar makers. All the trades people closed their doors this morning, clerks, cooks and every class of workmen having obeyed the command of the union except the motormen and conductors of the electric cars, who refused to join in the general strike. The trouble began early by the hold ing up of electric cars by the strikers whose wrath naturally was directed against the street railroad employes. Several cars were held ap and stoned in the outskirts of the city and the passengers were compelled to walk in to "Habana, among these being the British and German ministers. Several cars were wrecked and some motormen and conductors were injured during the occurrences. The car men, however, continued running their cars until 10 o'clock, when Supt. Greenwood ordered a suspension of trafile. The employes were willing tc remain at work, but the officers of the company, in order to protect their property deemed it wise to suspend the service. Mr. Greenwood had ask ed for protection from the civil gov ernor, but the authorites were unable to protect the public vehicles. A mob of strikers drove the men in the Western railrooad from the trains during the morning. The mayor of Habana and the secre tary of government. Diego Tamaya, had the past week openly sympathized with the strikers and had given orders to the police not to use force in dis persing the crowds and under these conditions the police were unable to cope with the strikers. The situation was approaching a critical point at neon, serious disorders having taken place in front of the palace itself, in which a police officer named Maso and a number of police men and strikers received injuries, when President Palma sent word to the mayor that unless the city au thorities could preserve order and protect the railroad company, the state would intervene. The mayor then took drastic measures and issued an edict prohibiting crowds from gathering in the streets and authorizing the chief of police to kill, if such action should be necessary to preserve order. A similar show of force early in the morning undoubtedly would have pre vented the trouble, but now the strik ers had become emboldened and fre quent clashes between them and the police occurred in all parts of the city. The police were obliged to charge a mob of rioters at the slaughter house and several among the latter were in jured. The vigorous attitude of the police now made itself felt and traffic on the car lines, which had only been suspended for a brief period was resum ed and was continued from this time forth with only occasional interrup tions. Most of the injuries' sustained by the strikers were caused by the policemens' clubs. A meeting this afternoon over which Gen. Gomez presided sent word to the labor unions that if the disorders con tinued the veterans would offer their services to President Palma to pre serve order. No bread or meat was on sale today and a continuance of the strike will cause much suffering to the poor. The police fear that trouble may occur in the city tonight and a detachment of rural guards is expected to reach Habana at 2:30 tomorrow morning. Senor Tamayo has resigned the office of secretary of government, but Presi dent Palma will not accept his resign ation until the strike has been settled. The public blames Tamayo for his active participation in the strike and says that he and the mayor are re sponsible for today's riots, as he had openly expressed sympathy with the strikers. At a political meeting on Wednesday at which Senor Tamayo was chairman he endorsed the action of the strikers. - Barlow Wilson's Minstrels had a large audience Monday night, but the performance was so inferior to what was expected that nearly everyone was dis appointed. Taken altogether it was a poor show. SECRET MARRIAGE ENDS IN TRAGEDY. Duston Sarvis Kills Himself and Wounds His Wife. Special to The State. Nichols, S. C, Nov. 24.?A tragedy occurred here this afternoon as a re sult of which Duston H. Sarvis, a telegraphy student, lies dead, and Miss Josephine Burns, a popular young lady of this own, is seriously wound ed. It seems that Sarvis and Miss Burns were secretly married on September 22nd and lately the girl has begged Sarvis to acknowledge her as his wife. He refused and threatened to shoot her if she should divulge it. She went to him this afternoon and de manded that he go to her people and tell of the marriage, as it must now be known. She said she had told her parents and they would publish it if he did not. Upon this Sarvis shotjher, the bullet entering the centre of the fore head, ranging up and passing through the scalp. As she fell Sarvis turned th? pistol on himself and sent a bul let under his ear and through the base of the brain. His death was instantaneous. Both Sarvis and the girl who claims to be his wife are well known and the terrible tragedy is greatly deplored by the community. Sarvis is from Loris, Horry County* He was about 22 years old. Thoroughbreds Improving. (From Outing. ) We constantly hear that our thor oughbreds are deteriorating and that the race horse of today is inferior to his ancestors. This statement is made by two classes of men ; one which has grown too old to see any good in what ever exists, the other a class who only know the older horses by tradition and see everything magnified by the purple distance of time. I might add a third group?those who are forever lamenting the "want of class" in our great races, but this amounts merely to an affectation of blase and hardly merits notice, as it is insincere. Comparing the horses of today with those of thir ty or forty years ago, I should say the superiority was all in favor of the former. In old times horses ran sel dom?often not more than five or six races in a year?often less. The races were over longer distances, but they were specially prepared for them, and as handicaps were few, the best horse had pretty easy time. Besides, the number of horses was small. The re turns of 1880 showed 640 foals. In 1900 as many as 3,827 were reported to the Jockey" Club. A good horse of today runs from fifteen to thirty races in a season, meeting a large number of competitors, and is asked to concede weight, and is kept in training fully nine months of the year. If time is any criterion, there is no comparison between the horses of today and those of former years. Gen. Frost's Assistant. Capt. John M. Patrick, of Anderson, will be the next assistant adjutant and inspector general of the State, under Gen. Frost. This appointment could scarcely be improved upon. It is not only a graceful tribute from Gen. Frost to Capt. Patrick, but it is an other evidence of the splendid spirit pervading the state campaign of 1902. ?J. E. N. in News and Courier. Bennetts ville, November 24.?A tele gram was received here yesterday con taining the sad intelligence of the attempted suicide of Tom Sparks in Augusta, by taking laudanum. Mr. Sparks is a son of Capt. Alex Sparks, of this county, and married Miss Spencer, of Chesterfield County, and is the fahter of two childlren, but for some cause has not recently lived with his wife. John W. Gates, on the subject of success, advises young men thus: "Attend strictly to your own business: keep well posted as to your competi tors methods and profits : agree with your competitors rather than fight them; make hay while the sun shines: always discount your bills: never try to deceive your banker: never neglect your business for pleasure." A man in Vermont having killed twenty-five skunks and burned his clothes afterward has suggested to an esteemed contemporary Bill Nye's story of the man who ran a skunk farm at Huntington, Ind. "Last year,' said Bill, "he attended the Congregational church, but this year the society lias paid him five dollars a month to pray in secret. '1 TO AIS ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. Siate Supt. McMahan Makes Some Suggestions to the Several County Superintendents. State Superintendent of Education J. J. McMahan is sending out a cir cular of suggestions to the several conn ^superintendents of education. It is of considerable public interest. It is as follows : "First. Now is the time to have every teacher employed in your county submit to you his or her certificate so that you may make a record in your office of its date of expiration and its grade. At the same time you should learn from each teacher how long he or she has taught, and you should keep a record in your ofiBce from which a report at the end of the year could be made, showing the average length of time that your teachers have taught, and the number, men and women, who have taught more than five years. "Whether or not you are to be in ofiBce at the end of the school year, you should render this service now. "Second. Require each teacher to write you a signed statement that the adopted course of study is being follow ed and the children are being graded, as near as their preparation permits, according to the course laid down by the State board- of education, in its published course of study. Of course, you will see that each teacher has a copy of this course of study. The copies are limited in number and cost something and therefore it should be enjoined upon the teachers that they are expected, at the end of the year, to report for the year the number of children in each grade. With such report, it is possible for us to judge to what extent our public schools are educating our people. We do not know how many children ever reach the fourth or fifth grade. You see the importance of having such statis tics in the future. I enclose a leaflet such as is printed in the back of each teacher's register, and on which last year you were asked to see that your teachers should make reports. The almost entire failure of county super inendents, however, to give any satis factory report this year on the sub ject, shows that not much has yet been done toward grading the schools. "Fourth. Encourage your teachers to celebrate Jefferson Davis Day, on any day that they may select for a public ?occasion. Programmes will be sent from this office if requested. Contributions, however, small, should be taken up and sent to Mrs. Alice A. G. Palmer, Charleston, S. C." "Winter Homes in a Summer Land." The Southern Railway has issued its beautiful "Winter Homes in a Summer Land" folder for the season 1902-3. This folder is published in a very at tractive form aDd is profusely illustrated with photographs of the famous Southern Winter Resorts and their environments. It also contains numerous views of the scenery from the Mountains to the sub tropical scenes of Florida and Nassau. The booklet gives full and complete informa tion regarding all of the leading Winter Resorts for health or pleasure and also a complete list of all the smaller hotels and boarding honses which have accommoda tions for Winter Tourists, giving rates per day, week and month and other valuable data to those desiring to locate for the winter anywhere in the South. If you are contemplating a trip to any point do not fail to first supply yourself with this booklet by pending a one stamp to any Passenger Agent of this Company. If you are not contemplating a trip send for one anyway ; you will find much in it to interest you. Winter tourist tickets at greatly reduced rates now on sale. For any further information desired as to rates, routes and resorts write to the nearest passenger agent of the Southern Railway. J. C. Beam, District Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. : R. W. Hunt, Division Pas senger Agent, Charleston, S. C. ; H. F. Carv. District Passenger Agent. Jackson ville", Fla. Winter Tourist Rates. Beginning October 15, the Southern Railway will commence sale of winter tourists tickets to principal resorts in the South under the same conditions existing in previous years. For detailed information as to rates, resorts etc., apply to any agent of the Southern Railway. W. H. Tayloe, Assistant General Pass. Agt. Atlanta, Ga. R. W. Hunt, Division Pass. Agt. Charleston. S. C. J. C. Beam, District Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. The latest in fine stationery just re ceived and placed on sale at H. G. ?steen ?c Go's book store. LEE COUNTY GASE BEFORE TBE COURT Important Motion Presented Yes terday-Involves Validity of Act. This morning the annual fall term of the State supreme court will begin, and there will be a matter of consider able moment before the court at the opening session. Yesterday morning, pursuant to the order of recess hereto fore passed-the court met at 10 o'clock and there being no business before the court, the April term of 1902 was ad journed sine die. The very first matter that will pro bably occupy the attention of the court will be a motion in the pending case involving the validity of the act of the general assembly establishing Lee county. The attorneys in the case are Robert W. Shand, Esq., of this city for the petitioners, who oppose the new county, and former Judge J. H. Hudson, Gen. LeRoy F. Youmans and B. Frank Kelley, Esq., of Bishop ville, for the respondents, the officers of old counties from which the new county is taken. Some time ago the parties represent ed by Mr. Shand filed a petition with the court in the case of "Wm. W. Fraser, et al., respondents," asking the court to enjoin the county officers from proceeding with the carrying out of the provisions of the act creat ing the county of Lee, alleging the unconstitutionality of the act. On this a rule to show cause was issued against the respondents. The allegations contained in the peti tion were to the effect that Lee coun ty did not receive the favorable vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors voting in each section of the proposed new county; that the new county did not have the necessary population and assessed value of property, nor leave the necsesary population and as sessed value of property in the three old countries from which it was carved ; that it has not the boundaries in the act designated in the petition that should have controlled the election and that it has cut the county of Sum ter within eight miles of its court house building. The return of the respondents denies emphatically each and all of these al legations, and at length shows to the court reasons why they are without founation. It alleges that the peti tioners have taken the misnaming of one or two points to mean that other lines than those in the original survey were used, whereas the county lines were actually laid out according to that survey. Affidavits are presented as to the figures on population and assessed valuation, and in conclusion the return asserts that the opponents of the county have had ample remedy already, having fought the matter be fore the governor and at every other point. The hearing on the petition has not yet been held. The motion to be made this morn ing is stated in the following notice just served on the attorneys for the respondent : 'Please take notice that the open ing of the November term of the su preme* court on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1902, ^t 10 a. m., or as soon therafter as counsel can be heard, a motion will be made before said court for an order referring it to some suitable person as referee to take testimony up on all the issues of fact raised by the pleadings in this case with directions to report tha same, together with his findings of fact to the court. "And also at the same time and place a motion will be made before the same court for an order enjoining and restraining the respondents from turning over to the county board of commissioners of Lee county or sueh other officers as niay be exercising their authority, the public buildings... bonds, obligations, lands or money in their hands belonging to, or held, for the said alleged county of Lee, or from otherwise ceasing to discharge? any of the duties imposed upon them by section 2 of the said act of the legislature ''to establish Lee countv," 23 Scat, p. 1196 until the final judgment is rendered in this case or until the further order of the court. "These motions will be based upon the petition, return and the tranverse in said case now on file in said court." ?The State, Nov. 25. Against Jim Crow Street Cars. New Orleans, Nov. 21.?The city criminal court today decided the Jim Crow car law unconstitutional as it compelled the conductors to decide which passengers were white and which colored, and this was not with in their province and power. The law has been in operation onlv fifteen days, during which time it has given a great deal of trouble and has been repeatedly and openly violated. The case was appealed to the supreme court.