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tut (Wluttta ani) *ou:ijroii ?ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1910. Mill!ill AI ?m PonuxflVx? AI Sumler, 8. C. aa Second IIam Matter. NKW ADVEHTISKMKMX A. A. Straus* * Co.?Health. O'Donnell 4 Co.?Axmlnster R?gt. M. V. Ansai. Governor?Proclama? tion. The Flrtt National Bank?State? ment. U H. Anderson?Sale at Public Auction. MAL? sirs. I. A. Giles, ot Panama, who has been visiting Mlas Moneta Oateen left on Tuesday for Columbia to visit friends Mr. T. M. Bradley, of Spring Hill, was in in* city Tuesday. Mr. Neill COonnell returned from Chaileston Monday night. Miss Sarah P. McKown and Mies Beende L. Miller, of West Virginia are visiting Mrs. D. James Wlnn at ttt West Calhoun street. Messrs. J. W. and R. 8. Moore, proprietors of the Bennettsvllle Brick Works spent Wednesday In town. Mlsaes Uelle Lawson. Laura Law son, Miss Ruth McCullough and Pauline Kelly. Miss Rosa McCall. Mrs. Albert Parrott, Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough. Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Bureh. Means. H. M. Reld. Ell Reg? ister and J. R. T. Major, of Darling tost were in the city to attend the marriage of Dr. Jas. P. Lawson and Miss Inas McCullough. Mr. Vsn Cleve Parrott is at home from the University of South Carolina for a few day a. Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St Charles was In the city Wednesday. Messrs. I>. D. Wltcover and Carl Hewett. of Darlington spent Wednes? day in tosni. Mr. 8. T. Burch, of Florence spent Wedsesday In the city. Mr. R. J. Compton left Tuesday for Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Alv.v Green, of the University of Sooth Carolina la In the city for a few days on a visit to his parents M. and Mrs. M. Green. Mrs. B. Ol Irby and Mr. Jim Irby. of Berk Ins. were in the city Tuesday. Mr. B. C. Trlppett. of Boykln. was IIa the city Tuesday. Mr. D. V. Keels. If Rimbert wan la the city Wednesday. Mr. W. L. Saunders. of State b?*rg was in the city Wednesday. Mr. I. hi. Lewis, of New York. I* in the city for a few days' stay. Mr. Mdwerd Scale has returned to the city from Poughkeepsie where he has been attending school. Bishop Oaerry will visit St. Philip's Church. Bradford Springs, next Mon? day, the 14th. The service will be held at 100 p. m. The next day the Bishop will visit the Church of the Ascension, Hagood. I At a meeting of the board of dl sectors of the Bank of Sumter, held Monday afternoon. Mr. Davis D. Melee was elected a member of the board to All the vacancy created by the death of MaJ. Marlon Motse. The roof of Shlloh Baptist Church, colored, on South Main street, caught afire Tuesday night about 8.30 o'clock, probably from a spark from th?? chimney of a nearby house. It was d Acovered before it had gained much headway and was extinguished without much damage having been done. Ail ':he trees on the west side of South Main street In the block be? tween Dugan and Bartlette hn\< been out down to make way for the cement sidewalk, and the tree cut? ters began on the trees on the east side Wednesday a. m. One tree that was partially decayed was removed, but a renewed effort Is being mad* to anve the remainder of the trees on that block Mr V H I'helpa found a queer reptile In a bunch of bananas yester? day end has It on exhibition in his Store a* ailing the coming*..f ,i faunal naturalist to give it a name. The beuat la about six or seven Inchei long and looks more like a ?mall alli? gator than anything else, hut differ I fr< m an alligator In that It has no clawM *n Its feet, Which ar.lUHted With cup shaped Bttetion p.ids u th whh-n It attaches Itself any object upon which It walks. At the regular meeting of Qgsjn Co. k Ixidge, K. of IV, Monday night, the l Ith. the delegates to the last X. of P. Idstrlct convention, will make thetT r. port FOR HI NT Ott KAI.I / My farm on the White's Mill road 4 12 mllea from town. Good dwelling, BjeW barn and stables and tenant hou?e on the place. Possession given at once. Neill O'Donnell. l-17-tf. ^fctfiillough-Lawson. Miss Inez McCullough and Dr. Jos. C. Lawson, of Darlington, were mar? ried at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday after? noon at the residence of Dr. C. P. Osteen on East Liberty street The cerinony was performed by Rev. R. J. T. Major, of Hartsvllle, S. C as? sisted by Rev. J. P. Marlon, of this city. The marriage was witnessed by a number of the relatives and friends of the bride and groom, many com? ing from Darlington for the occasion. The parlor where the ceremony was performed was prettily decorated with smllax, ferns, palms and pot plants, as were also the halls and reception room. Following the cere? mony refreshments were ser-ed. Di. and Mrs. Lawson left on the Qjgl iraln for New York, where thev will *p? nd two weeks before re'urn log to Larbiu. ten, their fu'.uro h>rne. The bride Is veil known in this c't> where she t.tunded school for sn eral years. Dr. Lawson is one of the beul k'i rWfl and most succssful phys'? clans of Darlington. The drummers have it In for any j and every member of the legislature , who opposes the mileage book bill ; now before the legislature. The time is drawing near for the bl-ennlal meeting of the City Demo? cratic organisation to arrange for the municipal primary. Under the resolution adopted at the last meet? ing the aldermen will be elected at large this year and not two from each ward as at the last election. ?An attack of the grip Is often fol? lowed by a persistent cough, which to many proves a great annoyance. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been extensively used and with good success for th* relief and cure of this cough Many cases have been cured after all other remedies had failed. Sold by W. W Slbert. Work on the gas plant was started Tuesday. It 's planned t > have the system completed and In operation by winter: ?If troubled with Indigestion, con? stipation, no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv? er Tablets a trial and you will be pleased with the result These tab? lets Invigorate the stomach and liver and strengthen the digestion. Sold by W. W. Slbrt The meeting Saturday to organize the Boys Corn Club of Sumter county is expected to be largely attended. ?Do you know that croup can be prevented? Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the croupy cough appears and it will pre? vent the attack. It is also a certain curs for oroup and has never been known to fall. Sold by W. W. Sl? bert The work on the postoffice build? ing Is progressing with considerable rapidity at present ?A few minutes delay in treating some cases of croup, even the length of time It takes to go for a doctor often proves dangerous. The safest way Is to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In the house, and at the first Indication of croup give the child a dose. Pleasant to take and always cures. Sold by W. W. Slbert. _ Another Car Load. Received on Monday Feb. "1th. another carload of fine horses nnd mules. Ther-3 are some extra nice horses and mules in this lot. Shaw and Drake. w 2t. I 3t-2-8-10 ?While it Is often Impossible to prevent an accident, It is never im? possible to be prepared?It is not be? yond any one's purse. Invest 25 cents in a bottle of Chamberlain's Lini? ment and you are prepared for sprains, bruises and like injuries. Sold by W. W. Slbert. PROCLAMATION. STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Kxecutlvo Chamber Whereas information has been re? ceived at this Department that on the 3rd day of February, a. d. into, a combination barn and stable be longing to Miss Flor> nee Ellerb; near Kembert. In the County of Sumter. was burned, and there being reason t ? Boilers that th<- burning was an ii t of incendiarism, \ow. Therefore, I, M. F? Ansel. Governor of the Statt of south Caro? : aa, In order that Justice may be done and the majesty of the law vin dlcated, d<> pen by offer ? r ward of Fifty Dollars for th*-- apprehension and conviction of the person or per? sons w ho committed said sei of In 04 udi.-rlsm. in Testimony Where >f, i have hereunto sei my hand snd oausetfl the Cn at Seal of the State to be af? fixed, at Columbia, this eighth day of February, \. i?. lllo, and in tht It4lb year of the independence of the United stat? s of America. M F, ANSEL (I*. Si By tin Covernor: it. If, MoCown, Secretary of Hate. 2-10-lt CRAFT FOR RAILROADS. FOR CARRYING TIIK MAILS OF THE UNITED STATES. Publishers Make Charge Before Mouse Committee?Lack of Busi? ness Principles Alleged. Washington, Feb. 9.?The charge that the big trunk lines of the rail? roads throughout the country are re? ceiving from the government too large a compensation for carrying the malls; that they are receiving more than they receive from the express companies for equal service, has been persistently and vigorously urg? ed before the committee on post offices and post roads of the house recently in letters from citizens and in statements from periodical pub? lishers. "Readjust the rate of pay to the railroads; get that down to a fair and just basis; ascertain the truth of the charge that the roads are receiv? ing from 8 to 16 times too much for the service they render the govern? ment, and then talk about increasing the postal rates to magazines," say the publishers. The postal commission in its re? port, published a year ago, made the suggestion that the railroads were be? ing overpaid. Representative Mur dock insisted that some additional millions of money was paid annually to the roads through the use of an inequitable and unjust system of ar? riving at the average weight of the mails, which might be cut off. In a statement before the house committee on postoffices and post roads Herbert Myrick dwelt at length upon the subject of railway mail pay in connection with the proposal to in? crease the postal rates to magazines. He said that before taking this step to tax the dissemination of intelli? gence, the whole organization and ad? ministration of the postoffice depart? ment should be prohed to the bot? tom. Mr. Myrick appeared before the house committee on postoffices and Mr. Myrick appeared before the committee as the representative of the National Agricultural Press League. He is president of the Or? ange Ju id Company, and the Phelps Publishing Company, mib:'?mers of The American Agriculturist ?New York), The Orange Judd Farmer (Chicago), The New England Home s.uad (Springfield, Mass. i, Farm and Home, Oood Houaekeeplng, and then aome. , He made a very exhaustive dls cuaaion of the subject and endeavor? ed to show that a very large part of the $17,000,000 postal deficit could be made up, if the excessive pay? ments to railroads waa atoppped. He said: "If the postoffice were run on busi? ness principles, free from politics, graft and overpayment of railroads, even its present rates of postage would earn a profit." Adverting to the postal commis? sion's recommendation of a reduction of pay on the heavily traveled main ror es of road, he quoted from their repont as follows: "There Is also a widespread belief that the high total cost of the postal service results, in sonve degree at least, from what is regarded as over payment to the railroads for mall transportation. Much of the contro? versy as to a proper charge for sec? ond-class matter has raged around the question of railway mail pay. So far as this commission has felt it to be within its authority, it has en? deavored to formulate Just conclu? sions as to the merits of that contro? versy. It has accordingly recom? mended in this report a reduction of mull pay upon dense routes where the great volume of second-class matter permits economies in trans? portation, and it has also recom? mended the elimination of return empty bags l.om the computation of weight. Mr. Lloyd, a member of the com? mittee, asked the question: "You are a wart1, are you not, that the rail? road rates were changed since that recommendation?" To which Mr. Myrick replied that ha believed It had })?'<mi done but did not know to what extent. Queattoned Initiier by the chair? man <>f the committee to know wliMlo r lie was acquainted with any man in the United State! who had made a careful Inveatlgatlon of the subject within a year and believed the government was i>a> intoo much for the rallroada. Mr. Myrick recall? ed a statement made by an expert in the poatal service to his superinten? dent of malls In which lie spoke of the "exhorbltanl rates paid the New York Central." He did not recall the name of the postal expert, but prom? ised t ? aend it to the committee later. Ho also quoted a statement from Mr. Knattachnlt, the fourth vice presid? nt of the Southern Pacific road) who said: "if we wire permit? ted to handle the BCCOnd-Claaa mat? ter In our own way, in freight cars ill full loads, we would le glad to hand is 11 at those ratea, Wa make a hall ocnt from New Orleans to Ban Pranoleco, I think the axpreaa com , panlea aava an enormoua amount of I money by running their cars loaded I full." Representative John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts, the chairman of the committee, said that despite the gen? eral charges of overpayment to rail? roads made from time to time In past years, there was not before his com? mittee any evidence which the mem? bers considered warrranted any rad? ical change in railroad rates of pay. UEPOBT Or THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER, at Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business. Jan. 31st, 1910. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $479,888 59 Overdrafts, seemed aud unse? cured, 9,604 60 U. S. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 26,000 00 I Premiums on U. 8. Bonds, 500 00 j Bonds, securities, etc., 18,000 00 ; Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3.000 00 i Other Real Estate Owned 551 37 | Dae from National Banks (not reserve agents), 12 178 08 Due from State and Priv.'te Banks and Bankers, Trust Companies, and Savings Banks, 5,522 59 Due from approved reserve agents, 45,569 64 Checks and other cash items, 1,152 P6 Notes of other National Banks, 550 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 1,413 (>9 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 21,142 5 I Legal-tender notes, 3,000 00 24,142 50 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1,260 00 Total, $628,322 81 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $100,000 00 ' Surplus fund, 50,000 CO Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 33,778 53 National B:.nk notes outstand? ing. 25,000 00 Dae to State and Private Banks an 1 Bankers 3,171 65 Dividends Unpaid, 58.67 Individual deposits subject to check, 416,313 96 Total $628,322 81 State of South Carolina, ) gg County of Sumter. ) I, J. L MoCALLUM, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. MoCALLUM, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of Feb. 1910. GEO. L. BICKER, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: NEILL O'DONNELL, ) H. D. BARNETT, V Directors. GEO. D. SHORE, ) February 9, 1910. H. L. B. WELLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Money to Loan on any Good Security. Notary Public With Seal. 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