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G?BSWEU AT Sf. CHARLES. What Our Special Correspondent Saw and Heard ia That Thriving Town. :'# " -- St Charles, S. C.. May 4.-Church folk? know St. Charles in a kind of a way-as it is the getting off and on, place *'when they're dolus'' at the Mt. Zion (Presbyterian Church, \o mile ont, and the Rock Church (M. E. ) three miles away. Drummers know it as having three of the neatest country stores in the State-and cot? ton men know it for its thousands of bales of the White King, and the railway company knows it, because they take car loads cf cotton there? from, and lumber, but they know it better by the long lines of long eared mules hanlinfg cotton to Sumter, like the marchi of an- army trein. That hurts-and although St. Charles has many passengers .geing, and coming there is no railroad ticket office. The railway station, with good agent is open fer freight and telegraph or telephone business, however. St. Charles raises strawberries, fine . in quality, but not great in quantity as yet, but it is emphatically a huckleberry town, and every season hundreds of crates are shipped, so that an endearing phrase is "She is my Huckleberry." The St Charles ginneries, two in number, turn out about 2,000 bales of cotton annually, but there are gin? neries outside, and in other villages which send hundreds more, and they go from St Charles by road and rail. 3. M. Jenkins has his handsome home in St. Charles, and 1,000 acres in Sumter county, and 475 in Lee. He has 410 acres in cotton, 350 of which are about two miles from the ctiy of Sumter, and he has 150 acres in corn and 75 in oats. \ The R. ll. Jenkins ?aw mill, at tue St Charles railroad station, is equip? ped with circular saw and edger, en? gine 35 h. p. Dry kilns will soon be added, but in the meantime the yards contain air dried boards in quantity. He has long leaf . yellow pine, and Eosemary timber and bought several hundred acres more lately. His cotton ginnery, 3-70 saw, Munger system, is cnei cf the best on the line, and he has a fine' grits mi IL His mercantile house, two stories 30x60 is wei! stocked up and down, and three able men assist him in sales. R. M. Jenkins, was born in Sumter county in a part new in .Lee, and he has always bee? a planter, and for over 20 years a mer? chant, and mill man, and he is a member of the Southern Lumbermen's Association, A. F. and A. M., and K. cf P., and always for the advancement cf the Palmetto State, The mill business in this region is and how many laths are in your own * not huge, but there are big opportuni . ties of causing material now refuse to become valuable. Notice how many. cross bars there are on telegraph arid telephone poles, house--yet the ignorant waste of material goes on and burned up are the fat slabs, and cheap labor always was false economy. The McCoy Brothers have a store in St Charles which is elegant, and have a trade which extends for 15 miles, the stock is big enough, and so vari? ous, as to keep coming. Their colton gin has 3-70 Eagle's, that is at St Charles, while the W. K. McCoy, saw mill at Oswego has capacity of 8,000 feet of pine lumber per day and aids in supplying the Sizer Lumber Company of Sumter. On the McCoy lumber yards are no? ticeable a new planing mill, and from six to eight months-air dried boards and good material all in and around Oswego. There are two well stocked stores tl ere* but this is not a busy time so the merchants "go a fishing." Politics or prohibition'? Two miles north of Oswego is a spelndid wager power and tbe woods \ hide-it from the train traveller. Be? hind the trees you flash by on tbe rail, and the furrowed oppecings, are fields of level beauty ?200 acres in one tract There is the N. S. McLeod es? tate with Scape O'er Creek, an abundant river giving unceasing How, and power passing all the tima A grist mill stands in solemnity by the bridge, darkies perch on rocks fishing, and mere darkies below the falls, and in the shade of trees more darkies-and . great fields spread. The dam could be raised an eight (8) feet head secured and pou-erby race (not nigger) given to mills requiring 400 h. p. The fact that South Carolina has water powers for electricity is all v^ry well, but the oldest water power will do for the modest, and a few v. heels in the head of this p?t of Scape O'er Creek will cause thousands of looms to loom up the busy bennett of Carolina ambition. N. S. McLeod has 9 ) acres in oats, ?00 acres in cotton and 200 in com. and the only year be ever bought corn m iSSl-when this country could not have any-drcueht That is nearly a quarter of a century ago. He has 25 tenants on bis estate which includes 400 acres near Mechanics vi Ile and other properties, and will embellish vith orchards, and make gardens, and cause vines lo grow. N. S. McLeod believes that the growth of Scu.b Carolina is in availing itself of it opportunities, and be states that he is not selling the water power, further than it will go to manufacturing en? terprises of merit for stock and that is a power of backing. By the way ne&r the bridge and mill is noticea? ble any amount of the best sand for plaster, some of it suggests the idea of Silica from which glass is made. The sand is candy. It is valuable. The many advantages of this region, are nor. known even by tue possessors. By the way, some of those little towns, which are as leaves on the branches of the stalwart Sumter tree, have railway agents who have excel? lent ability and gentlemanhood. Of course McLeod at Oswego is at home, but you ought to hear him speak about Sumter county. St. Louis and Missouri ain't in it. E. S. Smith railway agent at St Charles ii; also very patriotic, and has the combination of ability and all around good sense. For five years he has been a railroad man and always a gentleman. James Cars well. One of the greatest blessings a modest man can wish for is a good, reliable set of bowels. If you are not the happy pos f essor of such an outfit you can greatly improve the efficiency of those you have by the judicious use of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are pleasant to take and agreeable in effect. For sale by China's Drug Store. A HIGH COMPLIMENT. Assistant Adjutant General Patrick Says Graded School Company is Next to Best Drilled Company in State. Col. J. M. Patrick returned from Sumter yesterday where be inspected the military company of the Sumter Graded School. The boys of tbe four higher grades have adopted the military feature and have guns and uniforms. This, it is said, is the only graded school in the south which has a military feature. .There were 60 beys in line yester? day for inspection, and although the ages ranged from nine to 15 years, Col. Patrick says it is the best drilled company, with possibly one exception, in the State. Cadet Captain Manning, son of State Senator Manning, is due the credit for the success of this boy company. The citizens of Samter are proud of their graded school and its military character. Prof. S. H. Ed? munds is the superintendent.-The State, May 7., Bishopviile News Items. The merchants of Bishopviile have signed an agreement to close their stores at 6 o'clock p. m., Saturdays excepted from May 1 to September L An election has been ordered in Bishopviile to -determine whether bonds to the amount of $20,000 shall be issued for the purpose of establish? ing a water works system. The following delegates will repre? sent Lee county in the State Demo? cratic Convention : W. W. McKinzie, W. A. James, Edwin Wilson, T. G. McLeod, E. D. Smith and W. AL Gardner. * The Western Union Telegraph Co. has accaeded to the request of the business men of Bishopviile and have established at the Dr. McLeod's old drug store an office for the conveni? ence of business. This is merely in keeping with Bishopville's progress. The Letter Carriers. The South Carolina Association of the National Association of Letter Carriers will hold their annual meet? ing in Sumter on Monday, May 30th, with the Sumter branch, -No. 904. Delegates and visitors from every free delivery postoffice will be here. Bon. J. C. Keller of Washington, TX C., President of the National As? sociation, is coming. Delegates will be elected at this meeting to the National Association, which meets at Portland, Oregon. This organization is one of the largest and strongest in the world composed of high class, intelligent, well informed citizens. No doubt Sumter people will take pleasure in assisting the Sumter let? ters-carriers to entertain the delegates and visitors. Washington, May 5.-Through Mr. Andrews, the Colombian consul gen? eral in New York, the State depart ment has learned that Dr. Berr?n, the Colombian charge, who formally withdrew from Washington about two months ago, will soon return to this city in the same capacity, indicating a complete restoration of friendly rela? tions between the United States and Colombia. To Farmer and Stockman. For Farmers and Stock owners; use El? liot's Emulsified Oil Liniment-is the best ever produced. You get a fall half pint for 25c and you'll find it a very satisfac? tory liniment for use in the family and cn animals. All dealers. New York, May 5.-The first sui? cide from the new Williamsburg Bridge, which spans the East River a mile above the old Brooklyn Bridge, was recorded today, when an unknown woman leaped to death in the river,. 135 feet below. A Cure for Piles. -I had a bad'case of piles''says G. F. Carter, of Atlanta, Ga., and consulted a physician who advised me to try a box of Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. I purchased a box and was entirely cured. It is splen? did for piles, giving relief instantly pnd I heartily recommend it to all sufferers." Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled f r its healing qualities.1 Eczema and other skin diseases, also sores, cuts burrs and wounds of every kind are quickly cured by it. Sold by O. B. Davis. New York, May 6.-The executive committee of the National Civic Fed? eration began its annual meeting today at the federation's headquarters in this city. The principal business of the meeting is to elect a successor to the late Senator H*nna as president of the Civic Federation. Francis L. Robbins, president of the Pittsburg Coal Company is prominently men? die ned for the honor. Summer Colds. Summer colds, usually hang on stub b rnly and are hard to cure. Rydale's Elixir ; p^edily cures summer colds and i intro* inj? cough?. This modern scientific :em*dy is a prescription, especially adapt? ed 13 che successful treatment of all chron? ic, threat or lung diseases. If you are afii'Cted with a summer cold or a lingering cough, get a trial bottle of rlyda e* Elixir. You'll be surprised at the result. Trid 3iz3, 25c. Familv eiz9 50c. All dealers. Danver, Colo., May 6.-TheRepub l'can state convention is in session here today to select the Colorado delegates to the national convention at Chica? go. The delegation will go to the national convention instructed to vote for the renomination of President Roosevelt and it is probable also that resolutions will be passed by the state convention indorsing John F. Spring? er for the vice-presidential nomina? tion. A Sure Thing. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not altogether true. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thousands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. VanMetre of Shepherd town, W. Va., says "? had a severe case of Bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for Croup, Whooping Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Trial bot? tles free. Regular size 50c. and $100. j EOTH?M GOSSIP OF ?LL SORTS. No Sport on Sunday-Improving Police Discipline-The Hearst Boom Collapses-Theat? rical Notes. New York, May 7.-Visitors from Europe, who pay their first visit to New York and admire its cosmopoli? tan character without reserve, are usually surprised and disappointed when "they see the city in its Sunday state. However much it may resem? ble the great European centers of pop? ulation during the week, on Sundays it assumes a character quite different from that of any large European city and becomes, in the eyes of the for? eign visitors, an overgrown and over? populated village. Play houses and concert halls, saloons and many res? taurants are closed and although the visitor under the. competent guidance of a native friend, soon becomes convinced; that there are many ways in which the Sunday closing laws can be circumvented, he never feels free and comfortable in one of those places which he has entered through the back door. It seems that even the New Yorkers feel not perfectly at ease under the feeling that, from a moral standpoint they are violators of the law. The visitors frequently give expreession to their surprise and ask, how it is possible that such a condition is tolerated in a city the population of which consists to a great extent of foreign born citizens and an enormous number of foreigners who are not citizens. If one considers that undoubtedly one half of New York's population is opposed to Sun? day restrictions and a considerable part of the other half would willingly acquiesce in the abolition or limitation of the restraint, it is indeed remark *ablethat New York still has its puri? tanical Sabbath. Every year efforts are made to mitigate the rigor of the Sunday laws, but the ministers and the church members are watchful and oppose these efforts with such vigor that they usually leafi to no tangible result. Just before the beginning of the baseball season an effort was made to except baseball from the amusements prohibited by the Sunday laws. The move had been expected, however, and ' the ministers of the various chnrches, irrespective of their denom? ination combined their efforts to de? feat the attempt. There was not a church in Manhattan or Brooklyn where the ministers did not thunder against the threatened descration of t he Sabbath and so terrifying was the picture of the consequences of len? iency in that respect, which the minis? ters* drew in their sermons, that cold chills chased one another down th*e backs of the listeners. That settled it. In every church petitions against Sunday baseball were signed by men, women and children and during the next few days the Mayor's mail was quite voluminous. The result is, that Sunday baseball remains tabood in Greater New York as heretofore and with it every open indulgence in the various Sunday amusements which give to European Sundays so distinct and cheerful a character. New Yorkers who, on their occa? sional visits to other large cities of this country, had the opcrtunity to compare the trimness and military neatness of the police force, especially in Western cities, with the slonchiness of our metropolitan police force, were pleasantly surprised, when they read of the latest reform move of Commis? sioner McAdoo. After this the officers will not be permitted to wear old and :*aggei uniforms or slouchy helmets. They will be fitted out with good uniforms and will be compelled to pay more attention to their personal ap? pearance. They will also be expected to display a more military bearing and greater energy in their movements. The latter result, it is oxpected, will be obtained by drilling and gymna? sium work. The command of the com? missioner does not hit the ordinary officers only, but also the lieutenants, inspectors, etc, who recently contri? buted considerably to the demoraliza? tion of the force by their own laxness i nd ^touchiness. They will no longer be permitted to appear before the com? missioner in an informal mixture of uniform and citizens clothes. Those who have seen our police force know that there is considerable room for improvement in that direction. There is great rejoicing, -especially among the women of New York over the repeal of the "near side" ordi? nance, one of the most absurd and foolish ordinances ever passed by any city council. It wilPbe remembered taat, to please a few crackbrained kickers, who bad the cranky notion toat street car accidents and col? lisions could be prevented in this city ii1 the cars were compelled to stop for passengers at the "near" side of the crossings. As the front doors of the cl osed winter car" were kept closed, the passengers who wished to get on a trolley car were compelled to walk through the mud and slush of the street. That change was particularly u jpieasaut for women, whose dresses and shoes are not suitable for wading through mud several inches deep. Experience also showed that the new rule offered no material advantages in any other direction to compensate for ti e annoyance to the patrons. There w?re just as many, in fact more ac? cidents than under the old system and blockades occurred more frequently ti:an ever. The street car company remained non-committal and obeyed the order without protest. It was soon discovered, however, first by the patrons and later by the city govern m3nt,that the new method was a fail? ure and after it had been given a thor? ough trial it was once more abolished. The season of the Metropolitan Opera House, the first under the man? agement of Mr. Conried and one of the most brilliant and successful ones ever known in this city, closed this week and most of the foreign song birds have left for Europe. Some of them, who still have a number of concert engagements, have remained, bet they are in a decided minority. The net profits of the season are es? timated at half a million dollars and some enhtusiasts place them even at a higher figure. The management of tho house has not yet given out a re? port, but there is not the least doubt, that the result, of the season was more than merely satisfactory. Mr. Conried; certainly, deserves great credit for his longheaded and shrewd management of the affairs of the thea? ter. But that is not all. He has earn ed the everlasting gratitude of every music lover of this country, by his audacity in taking np a fight against long odds and transplanting "Parsi? fal," that remarkable and so sacredly guarded work of Richard Wagner on American soil It was a great ven? ture and it is doubtfr.l whether it could have been accomplished at all by any other man. It is even more doubtful whether any other manager could have succeeded in making the performance of "Parsifal" cn Ameri? can soil as dignified an artisitc suc? cess as Mr. Conried made it. Another theatrical event of impor? tance took place during the past week. The old partnership of Joe Weber and Lew Fields, which has been in existence for over twenty eight years and has made the Weber & Fields Music Hall the incubator of many remarkable comedy successes, has been dissolved. Fields has given out that he will be associated with Fred. R. Hamlin and Julian Mitchell in a new theater to be built on Broad? way and Forty third street by Nathan Stein, Louis Beers and Charles Rein? hardt. It is expected that the new house will be built by next year and that it will be used for the production of spectacular shows and big musical comedies. As was expected the bottom has dropped out of the Hearst boom, which, for a while at least, caused some of the democratic candidates and parjjy leaders sleepless nights and uncomfortable hours during the day. Tli6 managers of the Hearst boom in the East have recognized the fact that the boom, so far as the east is concerned, has ignominiously col? lapsed like a soap bubble. The un? sophisticated West, or at least some disgruntled Democratic reformers in the West are still holding ont, but it is merely a, question of time, when the Hearst boom in all parts of the country will be as dead as a door nail. The frisky would-be candidate should have remembered the golden words of the lamented president Lin? coln concerning the possibility of fooling.all the people all the time. --? ? i-m Philadelphia, May 3.-There has been no change in the building trades situation since yesterday, when five thousand men were ordered on strike by their local unions for increased wages. The advisory beard of the Master Bnilders' Exchange will meet tomorrow and consult with the pres? idents of the various associations af? fected by the present strike as to the proper course to pursue. Winchester, Tenn., May 5.-Henry Judge, Joe Delph and John Evans were hanged here today for the mur? der of >Simon B?cher and his wife last August. The three men exhibited the same indifference and stolidity that marked their condcut during the trials, and walked without assistance to the scaffolds. Each of them made a short speech, expressing prepared? ness. All said their only regret was that they were leaving their wives and children. None of them made any reference to the deed for which they paid the penaly. Sick headache results from a disordered stomach and is quickly cured by Chamber? lain's Stomach ard Liver Tablets. For sale by China's Drug Store. London, May 4.-The executive com? mittee of tlie British Cotton Growing Association today decided to apply for a royal charter. The capital of the concern will be S2,500, OOO in shares of ?5 each. No profits will be divided during the first seven years. A Startling Test. To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt, of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test re? sulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, **a patient was attacked with violent hem? orrhages, caused by ulceration of the stomach. I had often found Electric Bit? ters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. The pa? tient gained from the first, and has not had an attack in 14 month?." Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed for Dys? pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Only 50c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store.' Brunswick, Ga., May 3.-Tonight the lumber yards of the Hilton and Dodge Lumber Company were almost totally destroyed by fire, the loss be? ing from $60,000 to $80,000, partly covered by insurance. A million and a quarter feet of cypress lumber were destroyed, with two dry kilns and a quantity of shingles. Ladies and Children who cannot stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups and cathartic pills are es peeially fond of Little Early Risers. All persons who find it necessary to take a liver medicine should try these easy pills and compare the agreeably pleasant and strengthening effects with the nauseting and weakening conditions iollowing the use of other remedies. Little Early hisers care biliousness constipation, sick head? ache, jaundice, malaria and liver troubles. Sold by O. B. Davis. When the Sap Risas Weak lungs should be careful. Coughs and colds are dangerous then. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds and gives strength to the the lungs. Mrs. G. E. Fenner, of Marion, Ind., says, 4'I suf? fered with a cough until I run down fi om 14S to 92 lbs. I tried a number of rem? edies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this wonder? ful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Sold by O. B. Davis. -? i ? HM*-^ Washington, May o.- The jury in the trial of James N. Tyner and Har? rison J. Barrett charged with con? spiracy to defraud the Government, was completed today and several wit? nesses went on the stand. The testi? mony today was by department officials and related principally to the method of procedure in the issuance of fraud orders. O. B. Davis does not hesitate to recommend Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to his friends and cus? tomers. Indigestion causes more ill health than anything else, lt deranges the stom? ach and brings on all manner of disease. K idol Dyspep.-ia Cure digests what you eat, cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Kodol is not only a perfect digestaut but a tfssue building tonic as wtlL Renewed health, perfect r?ti'dngth and ic creaked jitalily follow its use. m KEiRS? iW THIS ? i Money to Burn ; Five Millions j of lt. That's What They Say Democrats Will Raise for Judre Parker. New York, May:'.-Today's Tribune, in a front page story, says: August Belmont, ex-Senator David B. Hill, Senator McCarren, William P. Sheehan and Cord Meyei plan to raise in this city a compaign futid cf ?5,000,000 for use next summer and fall in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana. The work of raising this fund will fall almost entirely upon Mr. Belmont, who has indicated that he is willing to assume responsibility for financing the campaign if Judge Parker is nom? inated at St. Louis. If Parker is not nominated, Mr. Belmont and his co? workers will not overtax themselves in raising funds for the national com? mittee. The money will be spent by David B. Hill and Senator McCarren. Probably any request that Mr. Belmont may make with reference to spending the money after he has raised it will receive respectful consideration, but Hill and McCarren will be the real managers of tue campaign and will decide where the money is to go. This campaign fund of $5,000,COO will be larger, approximately, by 81,500,000 thau the Cleveland campaign fund of 1892. There was raised in Ne%v York that year S3,500,COO, and the greater part of this was spent in New York, Connectent, New Jersey and Indiana. Bryan and Parker. According to The New York World Mr. W. J. Bryan held very different opinion of Judge Parker so late as last year from what he pretends to think of him now. That paper pub? lishes two of Mr. Bryan's expressions of opinion of the New York chief jus? tice, the one made last year the other in his Chicago speech of last week :* "I consider Judge Parker an able, conscientious and energetic statesman, broad minded and full of progressive ideas."-Bryan in an interview with J. T. Woods Merrill in 1900. "Judge Parker is not a fit man to be nominated either by the democratic party or any other party that stands for honesty or fair dealing in poli? tics. "-Bryan in a speech delivered at Chicago on April 27, 1904. Mr. Bryan in 1900 went on to say pf Judge Parker to bis friend. Merrill: ' "And with bim we could be sure of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey." The World says Mr. Bryan wanted Judge Parker to occupy the second place on the ticket with him in 1900, Mr. Bryan should tell the public what the New York chief justice has done in the last four years to cause him to so change his opinion of the latter. A Question of State Rights. Washington, May 4.-The only in? formation the Department of State has touching the reported friction between Mexico and the State of Texas over the question of cattle quar? antine, is contained in a short tele? gram from United States Consul Gen? eral Hanna at Monterey, saying that Texas has threatened a quarantine against Mexican cattle, that the Mex can cattle are free from disease and that the proposed acion might lead to retaliation. The matter may in? volve an interesting question as to the supremacy of State and National quar? antine laws. The Department of Agriculture, through the bureau of animal industry will probably take part in the investigation likely to be made. A New Orleans Sensation. Chicago May 5 .-A dispatch to the Tribur.e from New Orleans, says : Mayor Capdevielle has asked the members of the board of police com? missioners of New Orleans to resign as a result of charges by Commissioner John A. Woodville that the commis? sioners are "grafters" and responsible for gambling houses and lottery shops. The mavor's action produed a sensa? tion. Riotous scenes attended the meeting of the board, and, on ad? journment Woodville was cheered and carried about by a crowd cf his sup? porters. Quick Arrest. J. A. Galledge of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles cabing 2-i tf. mors. After doctors ar.d all remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrested further inflamation and cured him. It conquers aches and kills pain. 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. The New York Tribune says that Mr. John Sharp Williams has at a single session of Congress demonstrated his special fitness for the position which be holds on the floor of the House as Democratic leader. "He bas the temper and qualities, " says the Tribune, "of an admirable floor man? ager and tlie intelligence and force to hold his own in any parliamentary struggle. No Democrat since Randall and Carlisle has led his party in the House . with the dexterity and tact which Mr. Williams has so far exhibi? ted." That is a high tribute from a Republican newspaper to a Demoratic leader and is signifiant of the better temper of politicians and political or? gans in this day and generation. Time was when the New York Tribune would have thought of praising Judas Iscar? iot as soon as it would have thought of praising a leading Southern Demo? crat.-Richmond Times-Dispatch. An Open Letter. From the Chap?n, S. C., News: Early in the F pring my wife and I were taken with diarrhoea and so Revere were the pains that we called a physician who prescribed for ns, bnt his medicines failed to give any relief. A friend who had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar? rhoea Remedy on hand gave each of ns a dose and we at once felt the effects. I pro? cured a bottle and before using the entire contents we were entirely cured, lt is a wonderful remedy and should be found in every household. H. C. Bailey, editor. Thi* remedy is for sale by China's Drug St<-re. Our money winning books, written by men who know, tell you all about Potash ' They are needed by every man who owns a field and a plow, and who desires to get the most out of them. They zzzfree. Send postal card. GERMAN CALI WORKS StT? y?ri:-8S ?<&MSU Street, Atlast* So, Broad St. THE SUMTER S?V1NGS BANK. HORACE HARBY, President. I. C. STRAUSS. Vice-president. GEO. L. RICF.ER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability of Stockholders, 25,000 TO TAKE CARE OF MONEY , -the saving? of all classes of people-?9 the reason for the existence of The Sumter Savings Bank And this duty is performed with satisfac? tion to all concerned. Money is absolutely safe here and every dollar deposited, be it principal or interest earn? 4 per cent per annum. A small sum will open np an account and secure a bank book. Begin to sav? now. Interest payable quarterly. TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. SOO FREE SCH0LAESBIPS OFFERED GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE, MACON. GA Dr. E. A. EARLY, DENTIST. Phone No. 190. Office over Bul tm an Bros.7 Shoe Store. Office hours 8.30 tO 1 ; 2 tO 5. nov?5-ly Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, ?c. BANES H. BOYKIN, D. 8., Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C. THE BANK SF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockhold? ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business; also has a Saving Bank Department. De? posits of $1 and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. I. MANNING, W. F. RHAME, vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. 1 Send model, sketch or photo of invention for* 1 free report on patentability. For free book, ' 'HowtoSccureTQinC ftiADIfQ ^rite1 Parents and ? nAU?-!f1M.!\3 to Opposite U. S. Paten* Office WASHINGTON D.C. DeLORFiE'S PHARMACY, 23 South Main St Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p, m. ; Sunday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Having consolidated my two stores, I will be pleased to see all my customers at the above stand, where I am better pre? pared than ever to serve them. Your prescriptions will be called for and delivered. Phone 45. Full line of Drugs, Garden Seed and Cigars. Your patronage solicited. Call bell for night waok.